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Absolute FreedomPride & Passion September 09 Tim’s Top Ten Reasons Why Start-Ups Fail
1. They run out of money. Usually, they are too optimistic about when their product is going to be accepted by the market. 2. Founders don’t have complete faith in each other. They fight instead of delegate, trust and verify with each other. 3. CEOs hire weak team members. Strong CEOs sometimes try to carry everyone with them rather than hiring people who stand up on their own. 4. They want to do too much. Usually, successful start-ups figure out a narrow niche that they can dominate and then expand from there. 5. They go after too small a market. 6. They don’t charge enough from their customers to survive. They often think their VCs are their customers and that a nice sale is all they need to make to get more money. 7. They hire too many people up front. Too many mouths to feed too early can sink a company. Keep a low burn until you have your business model in place. 8. They get unlucky. Broadsided by competitors, new technologies, big companies changing direction, etc. 9. They don’t work hard enough or fast enough or smart enough. All those little decisions add up to an outcome. Awareness of the subtleties of their market dynamics, etc. 10. They don’t take enough risks. Some start-up entrepreneurs think that they should operate as though they are big companies. This is wrong. They will never beat Microsoft or Google at their own game. They must get creative and do things differently, even at the risk of embarrassment.
PS. Tim Draper is Founder and Managing Director of Daper Fisher Jurvetson. January 21 脚踏实地，少说多做胸怀远大理想
又能脚踏实地
敢于正视自己
勇于承担责任
踌躇满志，少说多做，明年此时，且见分晓。
过去一年多谢大家的支持，我定不会辜负你们的期望，不达目标，决不回头。
Kevin
09.1.21
September 15 Bye Merrill, Bye Old USA如果雷曼的支离破碎还不够壮观，美林的卖身求活足以让人感到刺激。
到了今天，人们真正能认识到，这些所谓的金融大鳄们，一直都在光着屁股游泳。
号称世界三大投资银行的美林如今也被逼到此地步，可见这塘子水有够深。
过去20年的美国一直利用着超额借贷伪装着表面的繁荣。
明明谁都知道无法持续的做法，一如皇帝的新衣
把这个靠着二战发了横财的暴发户，硬是装扮成一个榜样，众人楷模。
可出来混，终究是要还的。
这场华尔街闹剧犹如璀璨的烟花，看似壮观，殊不知其排出的废气却要全球观众买单。
股票继续套牢，房子接着下跌，物价不断上涨，工资依然停滞。
数以万计的金融人士壮烈下岗
风投私募的投资远远看不到出路
各地企业开始在微薄利润中挣扎
中国继续像哑巴一样帮着美国买单
而那些看似可怜的银行家们，早已套现回家，开着自己的法拉利在迪拜放长假呢
罢了，还是先把我简历里的 *Merrill Lynch* 换成 *Bank of America* 吧
PS.
大家还是要看到乐观的一面，危机危机，危险中必有机遇。
有人壮烈倒下，必有人迅速雄起。
长江后浪推前浪，前浪翘在沙滩上。
与各位睿智机灵的朋友们共勉。
:)
May 20 今天，国家需要我们 | Today, China needs usWhen we see the following messages:
*********************************************************** 世界救助儿童会中国项目组在灾区的救助工作遇到困难，
急需可以英文流利沟通，最好能说四川话的有经验的志愿者参加救援。 灾难发生后，国际救助儿童会联盟派来了当下我们最需要的儿童救助专家，包括心理干预治疗师等，来自英国、丹麦、美国、澳大利亚等多个国家，但由于事发紧急，因此中方工作人员大量不足，导致了治疗与救助无法正常进行，急需翻译与中方志愿者。
请将简历发送至volunteer@savethechildren.org.cn进行报名。
请大家注意：一定要英文好，有良好的沟通能力和教育背景，可以协助外国专家工作，确定自己符合要求再联系工作人员。
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This is our response!
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世界救助儿童会 您好
我们希望在此刻给国家需要的时候献上一份力量。陈先生与我曾在波士顿咨询公司和美林证券工作，并各有在美国斯坦佛大学和美国加州伯克利大学的留学经验。
今天，我们愿意放下手头的任何事情，在国家需要我们的时候，在我们能够尽哪怕一点点力量的时候，我们希望第一时间贡献我们的力量，帮助中国一起度过难关！ 以我们的经验，我们有足够的信心用英语与各国的儿童救助专家紧密地联系，并有信心在最短的时间内帮助四川的遇难同胞脱离苦海！ 附带陈先生和我的简历。希望尽快考虑并答复！
谢谢，
陈熙, 赵叔阳
Dear SaveTheChildren Organization
We hope to contribute all we can when China needs us. Jackson Chen and I have working experiences in Boston Consulting Group and Merrill Lynch; we both have oversea experiences in Stanford University and University of California at Berkeley.
Today, we are willing to set aside our businesses, while the country needs us, while we know we could do even just a little bit, we hope we can contribute our power immediately, to help China to go through this tough time! With our experience, we have full confidence that we could well communicate with the experts from all over the world, and we are confident that we could help the victims in Sichuan to get through this horrible time as soon as possible. Attached are the resumes from us, please kindly consider and get back to us as soon as possible.
Jackson Chen, Kevin Chiu
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The aboved message is not important; what's important is that YOU can act with me together! And apply to volunteer@savethechildren.org.cn ASAP.
Or you may send your resume to me, I will forward them to SaveTheChild Org, we will then go there as a team!
See you there! And I await for your partnership!
中国人我们永远站在一起！
January 13 再见SNP记得大约两个月前，也在机场碰到了SNP。
这次，再见SNP。在不大的机舱里，就坐在他后面三排的我，一向横刀立马的我，却久久不能迈开这向前的一步。 也许就像小孩子谈恋爱
这不到5米的距离，却仿佛一道深渊，遥不可及。
前面坐着的这个家伙。 从数学神童到留美先锋； 从华尔街分析师到德意志银行亚洲区主席； 从引入携程到如家上市； 从入股易居到创立红衫。 这个早已满载光环的家伙，看你下一步还能给我们带来什么样的惊喜？
来吧！让你的步伐前进地再快些吧！ 这样，我追逐你的过程才更有意思。
那招牌性的金边眼镜，标志般的大背头。
今天，我坐在你后面，激进而无序，敢言而却步。 给我三年时间。 三年后，我要坐在你旁边，激昂而沉稳，丰茂而并进。
再过三年。。。 October 26 理想 - 海阔天空今天终于忙里偷闲, 挤出时间写一篇日志, 传一首歌. 当一个人, 有这么强的信念和理想, 还有什么做不到呢? 为了自己的理想, 永远不会放弃. 回首, 风景如画, 记忆犹新. June 25 友林全球华人学生同盟
为了同一个理想, 我们站在一起 为了大家共同的 友林 大家一同 to become a 友林大使
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