Tu\u1ea7n tr\u01b0\u1edbc t\u00f4i t\u1edbi m\u1ed9t h\u1ed9i ngh\u1ecb c\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7 \u1edf Detroit v\u00e0 g\u1eb7p James Conway, m\u1ed9t c\u1ef1u sinh vi\u00ean c\u0169ng \u0111\u00e3 tham d\u1ef1 cu\u1ed9c h\u1ed9i ngh\u1ecb n\u00e0y. Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh \u0103n t\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng nhau, v\u00e0 anh \u1ea5y k\u1ec3 cho t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 kinh nghi\u1ec7p c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p c\u1ee7a anh \u1ea5y.<\/p>\n
James b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u: \u201cSau khi t\u1ed1t nghi\u1ec7p, em l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho Microsoft nh\u01b0 m\u1ed9t k\u0129 s\u01b0 ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m. Trong m\u1ed9t t\u1ed5 nh\u1ecf \u0111\u1ec3 x\u00e2y d\u1ef1ng c\u00f4ng c\u1ee5 cho Window, em \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ecdc \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c v\u00e0i \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u1ec3 th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng, nh\u01b0ng cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c c\u1ee7a em l\u1ea1i ch\u00e1n, cho n\u00ean em t\u1ef1 h\u1ecfi m\u00ecnh: \u201cM\u00ecnh c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 l\u00e0m \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c c\u00e1i g\u00ec?\u00a0 Trong m\u1ed9t c\u00f4ng ti l\u1edbn, m\u00ecnh ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 m\u1ea5u r\u0103ng nh\u1ecf trong \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1 r\u1ea5t l\u1edbn, ch\u1eebng n\u00e0o \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u01a1 c\u00f2n ch\u1ea1y t\u1ed1t, m\u00ecnh c\u00f2n an to\u00e0n. Tuy nhi\u00ean, m\u00ecnh c\u00f2n tr\u1ebb v\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea7y tham v\u1ecdng, m\u00ecnh mu\u1ed1n th\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c b\u1ea3n th\u00e2n m\u00ecnh v\u1ec1 c\u00e1i g\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 kh\u00e1c \u0111i. Sau khi l\u1eadp k\u1ebf ho\u1ea1ch c\u1ea9n th\u1eadn, c\u00f9ng v\u1edbi v\u00e0i ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n, em b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u m\u1ed9t c\u00f4ng ti.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKhi em b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u c\u00f4ng ti, cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng c\u1ee7a em thay \u0111\u1ed5i ho\u00e0n to\u00e0n. Ch\u1ec9 trong v\u00e0i tu\u1ea7n, em bi\u1ebft \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c nhi\u1ec1u v\u1ec1 s\u1ee9c \u00e9p. Thay v\u00ec \u0111i l\u00e0m v\u00e0 v\u1ec1 nh\u00e0 nh\u01b0 nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c, em \u1edf l\u1ea1i trong c\u0103n h\u1ed9 nh\u1ecf v\u1edbi b\u1ea9y ng\u01b0\u1eddi l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c t\u1eeb m\u01b0\u1eddi t\u1edbi m\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ed1n ti\u1ebfng m\u1ed9t ng\u00e0y. Thay v\u00ec \u0111i \u0103n tr\u01b0a v\u1edbi t\u1ed5, em \u0103n “m\u00ec \u0103n li\u1ec1n” g\u1ea7n nh\u01b0 m\u1ecdi ng\u00e0y \u0111\u1ec3 ti\u1ebft ki\u1ec7m ti\u1ec1n. Ch\u00fang em t\u1ef1 m\u00ecnh bi\u1ebft thi\u1ebft l\u1eadp h\u1ec7 th\u1ed1ng v\u00e0 c\u01a1 s\u1edf d\u1eef li\u1ec7u m\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 b\u1ea5t k\u00ec gi\u00fap \u0111\u1ee1 n\u00e0o. Thay v\u00ec h\u1ecfi ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u00e1n h\u00e0ng v\u00e0 ti\u1ebfp th\u1ecb v\u1ec1 xu h\u01b0\u1edbng th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng, em ph\u1ea3i g\u1eb7p kh\u00e1c h\u00e0ng m\u1ecdi tu\u1ea7n \u0111\u1ec3 bi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 nhu c\u1ea7u c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Thay v\u00ec vi\u1ebft b\u00e1o c\u00e1o h\u00e0ng tu\u1ea7n cho ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed, em ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0m t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u m\u1ecdi th\u1ee9 v\u00e0 \u0111\u1ebfm t\u1eebng \u0111\u1ed3ng \u0111\u00f4 la ch\u00fang em chi ra \u0111\u1ec3 ch\u1eafc r\u1eb1ng ch\u00fang em kh\u00f4ng v\u01b0\u1ee3t qu\u00e1 ng\u00e2n s\u00e1ch c\u00f3 gi\u1edbi h\u1ea1n.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNh\u00e0 doanh nghi\u1ec7p ph\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1eddng xuy\u00ean gi\u00e1m s\u00e1t th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u1ec3 nh\u1eadn di\u1ec7n \u0111\u1ed1i th\u1ee7 c\u1ea1nh tranh v\u00e0 s\u1eb5n s\u00e0ng c\u1ea1nh tranh. V\u1edbi c\u00e1c th\u00e0nh vi\u00ean t\u1ed5, vi\u1ec7c gi\u00e1m s\u00e1t h\u00e0ng ng\u00e0y l\u00e0 r\u1ea5t c\u0103ng th\u1eb3ng v\u00ec ch\u00fang em \u1edf d\u01b0\u1edbi s\u1ee9c \u00e9p kh\u1ed5ng l\u1ed3 \u0111\u1ec3 ch\u1eafc s\u1ea3n ph\u1ea9m c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang em l\u00e0 t\u1ed1t h\u01a1n ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c.\u00a0 T\u1ea1i Microsoft, em ch\u01b0a bao gi\u1edd ph\u1ea3i lo ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 r\u1ee7i ro, nh\u01b0ng c\u00f3 c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p ngh\u0129a l\u00e0 b\u1ea1n ph\u1ea3i gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft v\u1edbi r\u1ee7i ro m\u1ecdi ng\u00e0y. M\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 r\u1ee7i ro k\u0129 thu\u1eadt l\u00e0 d\u1ec5 s\u1eeda, nh\u01b0ng r\u1ee7i ro t\u00e0i ch\u00ednh l\u00e0 kh\u00f3 gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft h\u01a1n, v\u00e0 r\u1ee7i ro th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng l\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 n\u00e0o d\u1ef1 \u0111o\u00e1n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c. L\u00e0 nh\u00e0 doanh nghi\u1ec7p, b\u1ea1n bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p ki\u1ec3m so\u00e1t b\u1ea1n v\u00e0 c\u00e1c ho\u1ea1t \u0111\u1ed9ng h\u00e0ng ng\u00e0y c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n. Khi m\u1ecdi th\u1ee9 th\u0103ng gi\u00e1ng, x\u00fac \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n c\u0169ng th\u0103ng gi\u00e1ng theo nh\u01b0 huy\u1ebft \u00e1p c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n. Khi ch\u00fang em s\u1eeda m\u1ed9t v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1, c\u00e1c th\u00e0nh vi\u00ean t\u1ed5 s\u1ebd c\u01b0\u1eddi to v\u00ec vui s\u01b0\u1edbng, nh\u01b0ng khi m\u1ecdi s\u1ef1 m\u1ea5t ki\u1ec3m so\u00e1t, c\u1ea3 t\u1ed5 ph\u00e1t \u0111i\u00ean, v\u00e0 xung \u0111\u1ed9t c\u00e1 nh\u00e2n b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u x\u1ea3y ra.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cC\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p ph\u1ea3i \u0111i nhanh v\u00ec c\u01a1 h\u1ed9i ch\u1ec9 x\u1ea3y ra m\u1ed9t l\u1ea7n. N\u1ebfu b\u1ea1n b\u1ecf l\u1ee1 n\u00f3, n\u00f3 m\u1ea5t \u0111i. Trong m\u01b0\u1eddi s\u00e1u th\u00e1ng l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang em, ch\u00fang em ch\u01b0a bao gi\u1edd c\u00f3 th\u1eddi gian \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111i xem phim hay \u0111i h\u00f2 h\u1eb9n. Em kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 b\u1ea1n g\u00e1i, nh\u01b0ng nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c th\u00ec c\u00f3, v\u00e0 t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 h\u1ecd \u0111\u1ec1u tan v\u1ee1. M\u1ed9t c\u00f4 g\u00e1i ph\u00e1t kh\u00f9ng b\u1ea3o ch\u00fang em: \u201cC\u00e1c anh to\u00e0n m\u1ea5t tr\u00ed v\u00e0 l\u00e0m hu\u1ef7 ho\u1ea1i cu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1eddi c\u00e1c anh v\u00ec \u0111i\u1ec1u ngu xu\u1ea9n nh\u1ea5t.\u201d C\u00e1c b\u1ea1n em \u1edf Microsoft c\u0169ng b\u1ea3o em r\u1eb1ng b\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c b\u1ecf vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t v\u00e0 s\u0103n \u0111u\u1ed5i \u1ea3o t\u01b0\u1edfng, em c\u0169ng m\u1ea5t tr\u00ed n\u1eefa.\u201d\u00a0 Ch\u00fang em ph\u1ea3i m\u1ea5t h\u01a1n m\u1ed9t n\u0103m m\u1edbi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c s\u1ea3n ph\u1ea9m, nh\u01b0ng ch\u00fang em kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 ki\u1ebfm \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c nh\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 n\u00e0o v\u00e0o \u0111i\u1ec1u ch\u00fang em l\u00e0m. Ch\u00fang em c\u00f3 v\u00e0i kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng, nh\u01b0ng thu nh\u1eadp c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang em kh\u00f4ng t\u1ed1t cho d\u00f9 t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 ch\u00fang em \u0111\u1ec1u l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c kh\u00f4ng l\u01b0\u01a1ng. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 th\u1eddi gian b\u1ea1n \u0111\u00e1nh gi\u00e1 c\u00e1c th\u00e0nh vi\u00ean t\u1ed5 \u0111\u1ec3 x\u00e1c \u0111\u1ecbnh li\u1ec7u h\u1ecd v\u1eabn c\u00f2n tin v\u00e0o vi\u1ec5n ki\u1ebfn c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n hay kh\u00f4ng. T\u1ed5 t\u1ed1t s\u1ebd \u1edf l\u1ea1i v\u1edbi b\u1ea1n, kh\u00f4ng th\u00e0nh v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 c\u00e1i g\u00ec x\u1ea3y ra, nh\u01b0ng b\u1ea1n kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 mong \u0111\u1ee3i m\u1ecdi ng\u01b0\u1eddi c\u01b0 x\u1eed nh\u01b0 nhau. M\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u \u0111i tr\u1ec5 v\u00e0 v\u1ec1 s\u1edbm; nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c c\u00f3 c\u1edb l\u00e0 b\u1ecb \u1ed1m. Kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 n\u00e0o gi\u1eef \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c t\u1ed5 nguy\u00ean v\u1eb9n khi m\u1ecdi s\u1ef1 \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng x\u1ea3y ra nh\u01b0 h\u1ecd ao \u01b0\u1edbc. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 th\u1ef1c t\u1ea1i c\u1ee7a c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p. N\u1ebfu b\u1ea5t k\u00ec ai n\u00f3i \u201cc\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p l\u00e0 d\u1ec5,\u201d em c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ea3m b\u1ea3o r\u1eb1ng ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00f3 ch\u01b0a bao gi\u1edd b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u b\u1ea5t k\u00ec c\u00e1i g\u00ec.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cM\u1eb7c cho m\u1ecdi r\u1ed1i lo\u1ea1n, em gi\u1eef cho b\u1ea3n th\u00e2n em b\u00ecnh th\u1ea3n, m\u1eb7c d\u1ea7u b\u00ean trong, em c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y nh\u01b0 em c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 ch\u1ebft. B\u1ea1n em ng\u01b0\u1eddi chia s\u1ebb c\u00f9ng m\u01a1 \u01b0\u1edbc c\u1ee7a em \u0111\u00e3 b\u00e1c b\u1ecf vi\u1ec5n ki\u1ebfn c\u1ee7a em, v\u00e0 m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u \u0111i t\u00ecm vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m kh\u00e1c. V\u00ec em kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 gi\u1eef \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u1ecd, em ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ecd \u0111i theo \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng h\u1ecd v\u00e0 b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u tuy\u1ec3n ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c. Em \u0111\u00e3 quay tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i Carnegie Mellon nhi\u1ec1u l\u1ea7n, nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng sinh vi\u00ean n\u00e0o mu\u1ed1n l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c v\u1edbi c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p \u0111ang v\u1eadt l\u1ed9n v\u00ec kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 ti\u1ec1n trong vi\u1ec7c trao \u0111\u1ed5i l\u1ea5y m\u1ed9t m\u1ea3nh c\u1ee7a c\u00f4ng ti. \u00a0C\u1ed1 ki\u1ebfm c\u00e1c nh\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 ti\u1ec1n c\u00f2n kh\u00f3 h\u01a1n b\u1ea5t k\u00ec c\u00e1i g\u00ec kh\u00e1c m\u00e0 em \u0111\u1ed1i di\u1ec7n trong cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng. Em ph\u1ea3i x\u1eed l\u00ed v\u1edbi nhi\u1ec1u s\u1ef1 b\u00e1c b\u1ecf m\u00e3i cho t\u1edbi khi m\u1ed9t nh\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 \u0111\u1ed3ng \u00fd cho em m\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ti\u1ec1n ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u1ec3 gi\u1eef c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p c\u00f2n s\u1ed1ng.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cN\u1ebfu em \u1edf l\u1ea1i v\u1edbi Microsoft, em s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng bao gi\u1edd ph\u1ea3i lo ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 b\u1ea5t k\u00ec c\u00e1i g\u00ec. \u0110\u1eddi em ch\u1eafc s\u1ebd tuy\u1ec7t v\u1eddi v\u00e0 em c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 c\u00f3 l\u01b0\u01a1ng t\u1ed1t v\u00e0 c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 c\u00f2n bi\u1ebft c\u00f4 g\u00e1i n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3 \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111i ch\u01a1i v\u00e0o \u0111\u00eam th\u1ee9 b\u1ea9y. Nh\u01b0ng l\u00e0 nh\u00e0 doanh nghi\u1ec7p l\u00e0 gian nan v\u00e0 \u0111\u01a1n \u0111\u1ed9c, em ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c v\u1ea5t v\u1ea3 h\u01a1n b\u1ea5t k\u00ec ng\u01b0\u1eddi n\u00e0o \u0111\u1ec3 v\u01b0\u1ee3t qua nh\u1eefng v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 n\u00e0y. Kh\u00f4ng ai d\u1ea1y em v\u1ec1 \u0111i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y, v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng ai c\u1ea3nh b\u00e1o cho em v\u1ec1 \u0111i\u1ec1u n\u00e0y. Em th\u1ea5y nhi\u1ec1u x\u00ea mi na “c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p” v\u1edbi h\u00e0ng tr\u0103m sinh vi\u00ean tham d\u1ef1 v\u1edbi gi\u1ea5c m\u01a1 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c gi\u1ea7u c\u00f3 hay l\u00e0 ai \u0111\u00f3. Kh\u00f4ng ai th\u1eadm ch\u00ed nh\u1eafc t\u1edbi vi\u1ec7c b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u m\u1ed9t c\u00f4ng ti kh\u00f3 kh\u0103n th\u1ebf n\u00e0o. Tuy nhi\u00ean, em s\u1ed1ng v\u1edbi m\u01a1 \u01b0\u1edbc c\u1ee7a em m\u1eb7c d\u1ea7u n\u00f3 \u1ea3nh h\u01b0\u1edfng t\u1edbi em trong x\u00fac \u0111\u1ed9ng s\u00e2u s\u1eafc nh\u1ea5t c\u1ee7a t\u00e2m h\u1ed3n em. Em v\u1eabn c\u00f2n nh\u1edb t\u1edbi l\u1eddi khuy\u00ean c\u1ee7a th\u1ea7y: \u201cB\u1ea5t k\u00ec c\u00e1i g\u00ec x\u1ea3y ra c\u0169ng c\u00f3 l\u00ed do n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3, ch\u1eebng n\u00e0o em h\u1ecdc \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c t\u1eeb n\u00f3, em \u0111ang tr\u01b0\u1edfng th\u00e0nh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anh \u1ea5y m\u1ec9m c\u01b0\u1eddi: \u201cEm bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng em \u0111ang h\u1ecdc v\u00e0 tr\u01b0\u1edfng th\u00e0nh. Em \u1edf \u0111\u00e2y \u0111\u1ec3 gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u s\u1ea3n ph\u1ea9m c\u1ee7a em cho nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi tham d\u1ef1 h\u1ed9i ngh\u1ecb v\u00e0 hi v\u1ecdng ai \u0111\u00f3 c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 quan t\u00e2m t\u1edbi n\u00f3. \u00a0M\u1ed7i n\u0103m, em \u0111\u1ec1u tham d\u1ef1 qu\u00e3ng n\u0103m m\u01b0\u01a1i h\u1ed9i ngh\u1ecb k\u0129 thu\u1eadt, tr\u00ean kh\u1eafp th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi, t\u00ecm kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng v\u00e0 nh\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0. Cho t\u1edbi gi\u1edd, em v\u1eabn ch\u01b0a th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng, nh\u01b0ng em v\u1eabn c\u00f3 hi v\u1ecdng.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A story about Startup<\/p>\n
Last week I went to a technology conference in Detroit and met James Conway, a former student who also attended the conference. We decided to have dinner together, and he told me about his startup experience.<\/p>\n
James began: \u201cAfter graduate, I worked for Microsoft as a software engineer. In a small team to build tools for Window, I learned a few things to be successful, but my working life was boring, so I asked myself: \u201cWhat could I do?\u00a0 In a large company, you are just a small cog in a very large engine, as long as the engine is running well, you are safe. However, I was young and full of ambition, I wanted to challenge myself on something difference. After carefully planning, together with a few friends, I started a company.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you start a company, your life will change completely. In just a few weeks, I learned a lot about stress. Instead of going to work and come home like others, I stayed in my small apartment with seven people working ten to fourteen hours a day. Instead of going to lunch with the team, we ate \u201cInstant noodles\u201d almost every day to save money. We learned to set up system and database by ourselves without any help. Instead of asking sales and marketing person about the market trends, I had to meet with customers every week to learn about their needs. Instead of write weekly report to managers, I had to document everything and counted every dollar we spend to make sure that we did not exceed our limited budget.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAn entrepreneur must constantly monitor the market to identify competitors and ready to compete. For team members, the daily monitoring was very stressful because we were under enormous pressure to make sure our product was better than others.\u00a0 At Microsoft, I never have to worry about risks, but having a startup means you had to deal with risks every day. Some technical risks were easy to fix, but financial risks were more difficult to solve, and market risks were impossible to predict. As an entrepreneur, you learned that the startup controls you and your daily activities. When things go ups and downs, your emotion was also ups and downs as well as your blood pressure. When we fixed a problem, team members would laugh out loud for joys, but when things were out of control, the whole team went mad, and personal conflicts began to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA startup must move fast as an opportunity only happens once. If you missed it, it is gone. In the sixteen months working for our startup, we never had time to see movies or going out on a date. I did not have a girlfriend, but others did, and they all broke up. One angry girl told us: \u201cYou are all crazy and ruin your lives for the most stupid thing.\u201d My friends in Microsoft also told me that by leaving a good job and chasing after an illusion, I was crazy too.\u201d\u00a0 It took us more than a year to develop our product, but we could not get any investor interest in what we do. We had a few customers, but our revenues were not good even all of us were working with no salary. That was the time when you evaluated your team members to determine whether they still believed in your vision or not. A good team would stay with you, no matter what happened, but you could not expect everybody to behave the same. Some people began to come late and left early; others had excuses for being sick. It was impossible to keep the team intact when things did not happen as they wish. That was the reality of startup. If anybody says \u201cstartup is easy,\u201d I can guarantee that person never start anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite all the turmoil, I kept myself calm, although inside, I felt like I could die. My friends who shared my dream were rejecting my vision, and some began to look for another job. Since I could not keep them, I had to let them go their way and began to recruit others. I went back to Carnegie Mellon many times, but no students wanted to work for a struggled startup for no money in exchange for a piece of the company. \u00a0Try to get investors to invest money was more difficult than anything else that I face in life. I had to deal with many rejections until one investor agreed to give me some money just to keep the startup stayed alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I stayed with Microsoft, I would never have to worry about anything. My life would be wonderful and I can get a good salary and may be knowing some girls to go out\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0night. But being an entrepreneur is hard and lonely, I had to work harder than anyone to overcome these problems. No one teaches me about this, and no one warns me about this. I saw many \u201cstartup\u201d seminars with hundreds of students attending with a dream of being rich or being somebody. No one even mentions how difficult it is to start a company. However, I live with my dream although it affected me in the deepest emotion of my psyche. I still remembered your advice: \u201cAnything happens for a reason, as long as you learn from it, you are maturing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He smiled: \u201cI know that I am learning and maturing. I am here to present my product to people who attend the conference and hope somebody may interest in it. \u00a0Each year, I attend about fifty technical conferences, all over the world, looking for customers and investors. So far, I am not successful yet, but I still have hope.\u201d<\/p>\n
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