Ma Yu once said, for someone who venture, today is bit, tomorrow is bitter, but the sunrise the day after tomorrow is beautiful. but most people give up before seeing the sunrise. For something that is important, stick to it, do not give up easily, good things will happen…

all these sites aim at being hte next Groupon.com in china. many successful web business in china started this way – i.e. copy the business model from usa and apply it to china. baidu, eachnet, taobao, renren, ganji, baixing, etc. now, there will be some 团购 sites that will survive and be successful, but 100s of sites will die, no doubt about it.

some thoughts:

– there will always be new ideas come out, business opportunity will always there for active thinkers
– there is huge advantage for first comers
– you win by being the first and being innovative, or you win by focus on one area of business and be specialized so no one can easily copy your idea
– build something for high demand and needs. in china, anything related to 吃喝玩乐 are good business target

Here are a list of 团购网站:

http://www.tuan800.com/

http://www.122.net/

This link has everything about 团购：

http://www.122.net/tuangou_wangzhan.htm

(1) 刘备是个做老板的料

• 有诚信，可以信赖。不管别人如何看，刘备本人心善，不是那种对自己人，对朋友背后做小动作之人 
• 实干，不浮夸。他刚出山时，在袁绍十八路诸侯面前，刚于说自己是织席贩履的，也不会编个好听的头衔，或弄个假文凭之类
• 有大的志向，他名为奉诏讨贼，实为争江山。有把企业做到行业老大之志
• 不是个打工仔，他创业前跟过袁绍，曹操，刘表，公孙瓒，都无疾而终，无所作为
• 懂得用人。

（2）诸葛亮是个职业经理人

• 有本事，感兴趣的是如何辅佐明公，而不是自己去创业。
• 对雇主要求：有前途，老板要贤明，最好是start up (创业型）， 喜欢做的事情是把一个有活力的小公司从小做到大，刘备正合了他的要求
• 忠心。。

（3）水镜先生是个风险投资家

• 不完全是，因他自己不以此赢利，
• 人脉广，和很多企业及能人交往
• 能在人材，企业定位等个startup以帮助。 刘备就是在水镜先生那里招聘到徐庶，进而尝到能人的作用，也是在水镜先生处听到了卧龙，进而请出诸葛亮

。。。

all profit models mentioned are targeting some area of business focus. for example the Pyramid Profit model talks about covering a broad range of customer needs, the ones at the bottom of the pyramid are the most basic ones that has a very low profit margin, while at the top are high end of the same product, focusing on more luxury need. the bottom supports the top and the top makes the bottom investment really payoff. it is more like creating a culture with your product and forming a generation of followers. such as the babie baby, etc

• there are many factors in life that would try to take control of me. Try to be active and take good control of these enviromental factors and not let them control you:
  • deadline
  • competition
  • peer pressure
  • desire to achieve
  • fear of failure
  • fear of unknown
  • inexperience
  • frustration
  • information overload
• do not fear unknowns, find a way to make it known
• take time to make a solid plan before taking action. decisions make up front have the greatest impact on productivity
• find all the facts before making decision. decisions may seem good but if they are made based on bad or false info, they are bad decisions and will certainly cost. so stay calm, be patient, dont rush to decisions
• speck to the “old man”: every field you will find the old man who represents the past knowledget, who are the knowledge as stackholder. those old man could be:
  • customers
  • co-workers
  • leadership
  • competitors
  • reports
  • library
• value your resources. especially, time, info, people
• do not plan for the sake of planning, plan for productivity (in this game, the productivity is time in the mountain, not time in the desert)
• there is a big difference between playing to win and playing not to lose – maximize your chance to win and dont compromise on situation
• measure every decision based on the impact it has on the desired outcome.
• consensus, if unfocused, will lead to compromise and mediocrity. sometimes you should step up and make tough decisions, even they are not popular
• make sure your goals are:
  • specific
  • attainable
  • measurable
  • agreed upon

this is a very good team building and goal setting training that i highly recommend

every team starts from the home base and will spend max 25 days to the gold mine and return safely. everything in the home base is free. but going into the desert will need water and food to survive.

there are villege in the desert. you can buy extra food or water at the villege, but cash only. there is also dival tome that usually has very bad weather. there is oasis that usually has clear weather and free water. the most other places you will stay is desert.

further, water is $25/jug at home base, and $50/jug at village, and each jug weighs 50lbs. food is $10/basket at home base

we are divided into 6 groups each having 3-4 members. the entire training is

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Tip 134 – Five Tips to Bulletproof Your Job Today
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In a recent tip I gave advice to those facing the challenge of a job search in a down market. How about those who have a job but may be nervous about keeping it? People often tell me they know they’re doing a great job, but they’re not sure their bosses or other higher-ups do. Well then, it’s time to show them with a little proactive PR! Remember, personal branding isn’t about telling people how great you are. It’s about reaching out to others in ways that show what you care about and believe in.
With that in mind, I turned to Stephen Viscusi’s Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Simple Strategies to Ride Out the Rough Times and Come Out On Top at Work, an entire book on how to make your personal brand at work unassailable.
Here’s my list of just a few favorites pulled directly from the book.
Five Tips to Bulletproof Your Job Today

1. Introduce Yourself: “You don’t need to get your name on a billboard to make yourself known to a company bigwig. You just need three things: say your name, assert your connection to her, and share your personal pitch… Follow up with an e-mail or handwritten note, reminding him of your brief meeting and saying how much you enjoyed it.”
2. Volunteer to Lead: “Offering to take the lead shows you have a stomach for risk, the capacity to learn, and the desire for accomplishment that others might not possess.”
3. Be Positive: “In short, positive people are easy to work with and negative people are not. And smart positive people are among the most valuable in the workplace…. You can choose to be positive – and to set off the whole chain of positive influence – simply by indentifying your current worldview and habits and making conscious positive adjustments… All you have to do is smile.”
4. Be A Mentor: “…step up and offer a bit of support that will help newbies feel a connection that will make them want to stay in the game and get with the program… It allows you to plant seeds of influence and support throughout your company and your industry that will grow and become more valuable to you over time… You just need to know the ropes of your workplace and have some experience that would be helpful to someone else… Keep things informal, meet regularly, keep it professional, and keep up the connection.”
5. Improve Your Networking Skills: “Job survival and advancement are about always having a substantial list of professional acquaintances… The most influential and useful are usually those who work in and around your field, but it’s not at all unusual for an outsider to be the most effective person in your network… For every person you collect into your network because she may be helpful to you, you should count on being called onto be a resource for her, too.”

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