What energizes me
I feel myself most energetic when 100% what I am going to do for a day is up to myself, and the future is unknown. That may explain why I woke up earlier at weekends than in week days while I was still on a day job. A day job mandates certain routine duty to keep your mind focused. After some time of repetitive work cycle, my mind human mind gets bored easily. I used to think this is MY problem only. But the more entrepreneurial cases I saw around me, the more I feel that I am not alone in this.
This also explains why a boss needs to push her employees with more (interesting) duty once the employee becomes used to the job she’s been doing. It’s not like “the boss is squeezing the last drop of energy out of employee” mentality held by many. Bosses/managers with entrepreneurial instinct and some insights into human nature all agree that it’s less about employee performance, but more about a fair/right way to keep the organization effective and productive in making stuff that people want, in a highly competitive world.
Paul Graham:如何创造财富
只有让诚实的劳动者留着他们的午饭钱,你才能统治世界!
英文原文:http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html
2004年5月
(本文节选自Paul Graham出版的 Hackers & Painters《黑客与画家》一书。)
如果你想发财,你会怎么做?我想你最好的筹码是自己创业或加入一家创业型公司。几百年来,这一直是比较可靠的发财之路。“创业公司 (startup)”一词可追溯到19世纪60年代,但实际上与此类市场行为最相似的业务模式可追溯到中世纪时代有风险投资支持的航海贸易。
创业公司通常涉及技术,因此“高科技创业”几乎是一个罗嗦的说法。创业公司是指产品定位在解决某个技术难题的小公司。
很多通过创业公司发财的人只需要知道上述道理。要成为一名好的销售人员,你并不需要掌握物理学。但我想如果你能理解(相关产品的)底层原理,你会有更大优势。为何创业公司必须“小”呢?创业公司规模的扩大是否意味着此公司将不再是“创业公司”呢?而且为何它们经常专注于开发新技术?为何那么多创业公司在卖新药品或计算机软件,而不是卖玉米油或洗衣粉?
为何我放弃欧洲(德国)来中国创业
希望这样的个案越来越多:
“我今天不在办公室,找我的QB代理吧”
机器人产品和软件产品在设计模式方面的一个共性是:都要按人类最通用的思维模型或工作模型来设计使用功能。“远程出勤”也许是代理机器人功能的一个通用需求。
创业关键的第一名雇员——全能型办公室管理员
“你注册成立公司了,要招人了,你的第一位员工应该是什么样的人呢?这位员工得有什么能耐呢?”
阅读更多:http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2009/12/16/crucial-first-hire-the-do-it-all-office-admin/

