Freelancing is a work arrangement where individuals offer their services or expertise to clients or companies on a project-by-project basis, often without being tied to a single employer in a long-term, traditional employment relationship. Freelancers are typically self-employed and work independently, providing services such as graphic design, writing, web development, marketing, consulting, and more. Freelancing […]

Tagged with: Business • Business Values • Freelancing

Just graduated and feeling the buzz? Welcome to the league of ambitious wannapreneurs ready to shake things up. If you’ve been toying with a side hustle, believing it’s your ticket to becoming the next big thing from Kathmandu, let’s get you up to speed. In the era of online gurus and success stories that float […]

Tagged with: Business • Entrepreneurship • Ideas • Mentorship • Side Hustle

While software engineers make great entrepreneurs, coding isn’t the only thing that you need to grow a business. Below are 4 tips to build a business as a software developer: Start building – if you are a software engineer you know how to build. Build an app, a website, and a prototype. Something that is […]

Tagged with: Business • Hiring • Marketing • Software Engineering • Wantrapreneur

I like to build software, should I start a software company? If you are asking this question, you would be better off not starting a company. I may sound blunt but the question clearly reflects that you are not prepared. For the last few weeks, one young guy from Pokhara was constantly pinging me on […]

Tagged with: Business • Ideas • Software Company

Freelancing tip for beginners: Always send an hourly quote if the prospect is of Nepali origin overseas. I got a rejection on a fixed-price quote I sent to a Nepali prospect from Australia who was looking for a WordPress website with Bookings, WooCommerce, and payment integration. He wanted to get it done at 60% cheaper […]

Tagged with: Freelancing • Nepali Client

बिक्रम सम्बत २०८० सुरु हुदै गर्दा मैले आफ्नो अमेरिका बसाईको अनुभब समेटेर ब्लग लेख्छु भनेर एउटा रिजोलुसन लेखेको थिएँ । तर मलाई केहि कुरा सुरु गर्न त्यो कुरा किन गर्न लागेको हो भन्ने प्रश्नको उत्तर मिलेन भने सो काम गर्नै मन लाग्दैन । यो मेरो सानै देखिको बानि थियो । यो ब्लग पोस्टमा सो बारेमा […]

Tagged with: अमेरिका • भोगाई • यात्रा अनुभव • सिलिकन भ्यालीको

1. When you need a dynamic Search Query where variable parameters are presents you can use the following approach: $sql = “SELECT * FROM users WHERE “; $where = array(“dist_id = :dist_id”); $params = array(‘:dist_id’ => $distID); if (isset($p->username) && !empty($p->username)) { array_push($where, “username LIKE :username”); $params[‘:username’] = “%{$p->username}%”; } if (isset($p->firstname) && !empty($p->firstname)) { […]

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What is AI? AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a machine’s ability to perform cognitive functions like humans, such as perceiving, learning, reasoning, and solving problems. AI is a computer system that can perform tasks that normally require human intelligence. It includes recognizing objects, understanding natural language, and making decisions. It is a powerful tool that helps […]

Tagged with: AI & ML

We talked a lot about pay-it-forward culture in the past (2010-2015) as a local entrepreneurs group in Kathmandu called Help Me Help You NP. But, we forgot to thank one another ourselves. Lately, I have realized that gratitude is not everyone’s cup of tea. People don’t realize how they got where they got until something […]

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I worked with Google for more than 5 years when I was leading Google Developers Communities in Nepal and I had a huge respect for the company. But recently, I have become skeptical about Google and its intentions when it shut down its Google Input IME tool for Microsoft Windows (the software isn’t available for […]

Tagged with: Google • Microsoft • Nepali Keyboard

I recently read a Case Study on Affiliate Marketing Commission by Adam Dukes, a digital content creator from Las Vegas. I follow him wholeheartedly and consider him one of my mentors, even though I’ve never hired him directly to help me. Below I’m sharing a section from his Case Study on how to create great […]

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