Entrepreneurship

It’s not easy, it was never meant to be…

It’s not easy to sacrifice your salary for nothing.

It’s not easy to think outside the box.

It’s not easy to change the shape of a traditional product.

It should never be about result but the act

A person who approaches the sales pitches expecting to close the sales gets disappointed most of the time. With every failed deals he gets frustrated, angry. If it continues, he starts getting humiliated loosing self-confidence.

It’s not team building, it’s sharing passion together

One of my friends, a startup founder; asked me the other day “How to find my CTO?”

Another friend today asked me “How do you get people to work for you for next to nothing?”

Winning the war

More battles you lose, the closer you are to winning the war.

Just make sure you pick yourself up, each time.

Choice

When there are two paths in front of you, which one do you choose?

You choose your own destiny

Choose your teammates.

Choose your solution.

Choose your customers.

Choose your investors.

And you wonder why you can’t succeed.

Time to hit the market but from where?

A guy who could sell a comb to a bald guy probably is a good salesman, but not the smartest. Instead he could have focussed his energy on selling it to a market of people with hair. Just imagine how much more could he sell.

Operation Problems are Opportunities for Great Customer Service

One of my friends took me to a bar saying it’s one of the best bars around for Rum. It’s winter in Hanoi and Rum does sound good. We drove to the bar. The bar manager (or perhaps owner) was quick to point out it was not…

Money doesn’t make a team, hearts do.

When you throw money at a willing person, the person might give you her / his body; but, finding a girlfriend takes time, effort and a lot of heart.

Are you putting together a team of prostitutes who run after money or a team full of…

You will not make more money by selling your hours.

If you are charging per hour and all you care about is your time in the project and your rate, you are worthless. You are replaceable by someone cheaper, someone efficient, someone smarter. Money can buy you and also replace you.