2007-07-27

10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed

关键字: entrepreneurship
新创业者的十大错误,非常精彩的文章 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/10-stupid-mistakes-made-by-the-newly-self-employed/ 1. 向错误的人推销 2. 花了太多钱 3. 花了太少钱 4. 带着假面具 5. 相信合同会被遵守 6. 违反直觉 7. 过于正式 8. 牺牲个性 9. 没能集中精力于创造价值 10. 没有优化业务
2007-05-15

Tips on presentation

关键字: presentation confidence
经常做presentation,顺便给老婆总结一下: 1. 事先想明白说给谁听和对方想听什么。 2. 听众已经知道不用多说,但不要轻易假设听众知道你所知道的。 3. 别站在电脑后让电脑挡住你的脸或面朝投影屏幕背对观众读slide。 4. 注意视线,定点关注某位听众然后转移到下一位听众,别眼神飘忽。 5. 减慢语速可以缓解紧张,宁可放慢也不要卡住。卡壳令人怀疑演讲者缺乏自信。 6. 别在一slide上写满你要说的东西,只写要点。否则大家都不需要听你只需读slide了。 7. 别用小于20号字体,不确定的自己事先跑到房间最后面看看字体是否清楚。 8. 注意听众的反应,如果有人表示困惑,停下解释一 ...
2006-12-05

The Rejuvenation of Nintendo

关键字: innovation competition
For years, industry analysts suspected if Nintendo would be driven out of game console business by Sony and Microsoft. Today nobody will think so anymore. Wii(internal project name: revolution), Nintendo's latest game console with full of innovation and imagination, has completely change the rule of ...
2006-10-09

“成功”的集合论定义

关键字: 成功
Chanlleges are universal. Risks are universal. So are frustrations.  Oppertunities behind  are very very rare and recycling clothes is such an old-fashioned example. If the founder of Buffalo Exchange thought the same, this successful chain nowadays would never exist. So let's just crack the secre ...
I've just seen this hit-the-point review (in Chinese, by Earl Zhang) on recently exposed Google's strategy to compete with Paypal. I know Ebay had its own online payment system (BillPoint), but 50%+ of ebay customers then loved using  Paypal. That was why Ebay decided to give up its own system and a ...
I happen to read about this great article, Patently Absurd by Gary L. Reback who wrote it 2 years ago, on the current issue of US patent system. Make me pay more attention to the potential social impacts of laws.
When I was in business shcool, brainingstorming is such a popular tool to start every project or even every meeting. Yet now here comes a Wall Street Journal article saying that brainstorming isn't really as effective as people believe it to be according to recent psychology study. A bit excerpt:   ...
http://www.beyondvc.com/2005/04/working_with_pa.html Nice cooking rule for me, especially when I will find partners soon once the intial product is ready.
Seth Godin, the author of All Marketers are Liars, talks about the new marketing paradigm for the Information Age in a recent speech at Google.Watch online from Google Video
Due to my busy hacking SQL recently, it took me so long to finally finish reading the interview guide recommended by Justin. Now I have to say it must be the best one in the catergory I've ever seen. Although I work for myself, it's still very helpful with lots of meaningful presentation tips. Great ...
2006-01-16

Showtime

OK, tech stuffs are done for the first stage and it's the happy time for me to write some business-wise crappy document and ppt. Luckily I happened to see the Top 10 things of Steve Jobs' presentation. Great tips as listed: Minimal text. Many slides had only one or two words. Extremely large font. ...
"To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point where it might seem unreasonable. But at a certain point, you have to be flexible and change. The hard part, of course, is knowing when to be stubborn and when to be flexible."  I'm deeply inspired by him.
Original post: linkLooking for a “big idea”? Start off by seeking a solution to one of your own problems. See, chances are others are feeling the same pain. Find a cure and these fellow sufferers will pay up for it. Case in point: Bird in Hand. Unlike traditional shoulder bags, which experts say ca ...
2005-11-26

The Real Definition of “Web 2.0″

关键字: web2.0 fun
Web 1.0:Move to San Francisco. (Take frequent trips to New York City, though.) Learn Java or PHP or Perl. Buy UNIX servers from SUN and laptops from IBM. Create a useless web-based commerce site that sells objects like books or dog food. Your website must be some made-up word– like “joinks.com” or “ ...
2005-11-12

What are VCs looking at?

关键字: vc
Quoted from Concrete Convina. Very insightful.   F - A - S - T PUQ. F stands for Financial IQ - how smart is entrepreneur financially? You have to understand your business financially. You can't delegate this. You better have a handle on the numbers. A is for Aspiration - to what do they aspire? I ...
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