“Every organization works like a machine to achieve its goals. This machine produces outcomes. The machine consists of two big parts—the culture and the people. ” — Ray Dalio
This post is just used to record my thought about why I want to build a company(companies) and the possible steps for the future.
Recently I have been spending my time on coding, reading and investing, but not writing. For many reasons, I think it is time to start writing again.
“Make history or be a part of it.” – Phil Knight.
I always think about starting a company, no matter when I was in college or even now. Being a freelancer is once to be my goals, but being a freelance seems can’t help me achieve my goals in life. 閱讀全文〈Before starting a company #229〉
我很喜歡FB第一任總裁Sean Parker的爸爸對他說的一段話:「如果你想要冒險,就應該在你成家之前。」。當然這句話不見得適用在所有人身上,因為馬雲即使結婚成家了,也不斷的「冒險」創業,最終取得了巨大的成功。但是,未成家前的好處在於,如果你不用對其他人負責,你就有更多的機會去挑戰更多高難度的事情,畢竟you have nothing to lose。當然,已經成家的人也有成家的做法,只是考量的點相對多了點。
Jeff Bezos在創立Amazon之時便預估,失敗的機率高達70%;而Elon Musk在他創立SpaceX之前,他認為自己失敗的機率高達90%,但他還是做了。如果你知道一件事可能的風險、潛在的代價,而你在客觀、冷靜的分析後,仍決定要採取某個決定,即使失敗了你也不會太過驚慌失措,因為你早就知道最糟的情況是什麼。
那創業過程中最重要的是什麼?是募到更多的錢嗎?盡量讓更多人接觸到你的產品嗎?聘請最好的人才?這些答案看起來都不錯,但似乎不是最好的答案。根據Standford的”How to start a astartup”課程中的內容,創業中最重要的一件事就是“Make something people want”,或是“Build a product people love”,而除了這一件事之外,其他事情相較來說都是無關緊要的。