August 26, 2006

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10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed

翻译。 

August 25, 2006

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Living Congruently

Alignment comes down to working on these four questions until they all produce the same answer:

  • What do you want to do? (desire)
  • What can you do? (ability)
  • What should you do? (purpose)
  • What must you do? (need)

When these four areas are aligned, motivation occurs automatically. Thought and action are automatically balanced because you are living your purpose consciously. You won’t feel like you should be thinking when you’re acting or acting when you’re thinking. The line between thought and action will disappear. Being and doing will become the same thing.

How Google can make - or break - your company

除了搜索引擎广告,行业网站广告和博客广告,是另外两个选项。 

Top Web Apps in China

August 24, 2006

李小龙和两杯水

故事原文

A master martial artist asked Bruce to teach him everything Bruce knew about martial arts. Bruce held up two cups, both filled with liquid. “The first cup,” said Bruce, “represents all of your knowledge about martial arts. The second cup represents all of my knowledge about martial arts. If you want to fill your cup with my knowledge, you must first empty your cup of your knowledge.”

翻译如下

一位武术大师与李小龙切磋,请李小龙把所有他知道的武术知识都教给他。李小龙拿来两杯盛满水的杯子,说,“这一杯水是你,满腹经纶,另外这一杯水是我,也有着很多武学知识。如果你要我把我这杯水倒进你的杯子,你必须先把你杯子里的水清空。”

每日阅读 8/24/06

Four Ways Competitors Can Hurt Your Startup — Without Competing

竞争对手对新创企业形成威胁的几种途径。

Self-Acceptance vs. Personal Growth

Instead of rooting your sense of self in your position, which is changeable, what would happen if you rooted your sense of self in something permanent and unchangeable?  Stop identifying yourself with any form of positional status, and pick something invulnerable instead… like a pure concept that nothing in this world can touch.  Examples include unconditional love, service to humanity, faith in a higher power, compassion, nonviolence, and so on.

August 23, 2006

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How to find your angel investor

创业者怎样寻找和吸引天使投资者。

Want To Be A Millionaire, Ask Yourself Three Questions

“Ask yourself three questions. First, what comes easy to me, but harder to others? The second question is, what would you do for work for years and years and never have to get paid for it? And the third question is, how can you be of service and how can you give back?” Gray advises.

August 21, 2006

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Where to find the world’s hottest startups

与几天前的名单不同,此单范围涵盖全世界(中国的是BOKEE,土豆、豆瓣)。关注。

2006 web 2.0 awards

分类最为详细的一张表单。 

August 20, 2006

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How to Become an Early Riser

困了再睡,定时早起。睡前看书,有了睡意马上入睡。做体操、喝牛奶,有助于产生睡意。

August 19, 2006

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30 Days to Success (中文翻译)

用30天来建立新的习惯。哪些新的习惯,文中的张清单蛮有趣的: 

    *  不看电视了。录下你所有喜欢的节目,保存到试用期结束。我们家就曾经这么做过,非常的有启发。
    * 戒掉论坛,特别是如果你感觉快对它上瘾了。它将帮助你戒掉论坛瘾,使你清楚的认识到如何参与其中才能有所收获。你一定能够坚持到试用期最后。
    * 每天都淋浴/洗澡/剃须。我知道这对你不是必须的,所以请告诉那些想这么做的人吧。
    * 每天都会见一个新朋友.开始与陌生人交谈.
    * 每天晚上都出去.每次都去不同的地方,做一些有趣的事情--这将是一个充满回忆的月份。
    * 每天用30分钟来打扫和整理房间或者办公室。累计起来才15个小时。
    * 每天都列出不同的东西去ebay上卖。把那些凌乱的东西处理掉。
    * 每天都跟不同的人出去约会。除非你的成功率低于3%,你至少能有一次约会的机会,或许你未来的伴侣就在其中。
    * 如果你在一个集体中,那么就每天给你的搭档留一条信息。或者你们轮流给对方留言,那么每个人就是15条留言。
    * 戒掉香烟,苏打,垃圾食品,咖啡或者一些其他的嗜好。
    * 每天早睡早起。(5点起床)
    * 天天写日记。
    * 每天都给不同的家人,朋友,商业伙伴打个电话。
    * 每天打25个销售电话,以次招来新的买卖。专业演说家 Mike Ferry 就这样做的,每周五次,坚持了两年,甚至在他开研究班的时候也依然如此。他收益于此习惯,使他的生意年销售额超过了1000万美金。如果你一年打1300个销售电话,那么无论的你销售技巧有多差,你都会获得一个满意的销售业绩。你可以把这种习惯应用任何一种销售工作中,就像给你的站点添加友情链接一样。
    * 每天写一篇日志。
    * 每天花一个小时阅读你感兴趣的东西。
    * 天天反思。
    * 一天学一个新单词。
    * 天天远足。

东拉西扯:纯分类信息网站为什么发展不起来

先做社区,再开发用户的商业价值。先投入,再收获。长远眼光。 

The Kiko Affair

投资商解释KIKO失败的原因:Google新产品的协同效应(与gmail捆绑)。

August 18, 2006

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Hindsight 2.0: Lessons From A Failed Web 2.0 Startup

分析一家网络日历公司的失败原因。从失败中可以学到更多。作为新创企业,未留意Google的竞争,无法与现有产品和服务整合,资金,缺少可行的商业模式,等等,评论部分有更多分析。作为VC,投资的目的不仅是企业,而且也包括投资于有潜力的年轻人,建立联系的想法,可谓深谋远虑。

20 Great Resources on Entrepreneurship

非常好的关于创业和个人发展的网上资源。 

August 15, 2006

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The Next Net 25

关于web2.0的25家代表性公司。 按其特点分为5个领域,通常意义上的web2.0只是其中一类,即“社会性媒体”。分类值得借鉴,企业值得关注。