Entrepreneur: How to win 1 million dollars in "Speed ahead"

About "The Amazing Race"

"Speed Ahead" (The amazing Race) is a reality show that CBS television began to broadcast on a quarterly basis in 2001, recording more than one months of global competition. "Speed forward" from 2003 to 2013, the 9 consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for the Best Live Sports Program award. The program has authorized a number of countries to produce the local version of the "Speed ahead", the Chinese version of "Speed" is made by Shenzhen satellite TV.

A brief introduction to the "Amazing Race" reality show, usually about 10 contestants per season, each of 2 people, usually choose a close relationship, such as father and son, husband and wife, colleagues, lovers and so on. The program is divided into stages, the final one out of the knockout section, until the remaining three to complete the final showdown, the winner can receive 1 million dollars in bonuses. The starting point of the competition is in the United States, the middle of the world through many countries. Teams must travel around the world in accordance with the route information given by the producers and complete the mandated tasks during the schedule.

The so-called stage is usually in the world of a country in the city, each stage usually has a 1~3 task, each pair of players need to work together to complete the task to ensure that not be eliminated from the bottom. The reality show for the contestants, can be a global adventure, the winner can also receive 1 million bonus, for entrepreneurs, this is a living textbook, can learn from the valuable entrepreneurial experience.

If there is no accident, the main mention here is the U.S. version of the "Speed forward." The United States version of the "Speed forward" has been carried out to 25 season, this year I first contact, only to watch less than 5 seasons, so this article may have a description of the situation, next year to try to read all.

What is the benefit to the entrepreneur?

Almost every entrepreneur cares about several important issues:

How do startups stick to more than three years without failing?

How to recruit complementary partners? How to avoid the black sheep of the team?

How to make the right decision in product, operation and management? How to make the wrong decision?

What are the qualities of successful entrepreneurs? How to manage a team?

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I believe that the vast majority of successful entrepreneurs have experienced countless failures, errors and setbacks before, and that is the process of paying tuition fees and learning lessons. Chinese entrepreneurs do not have a very good classroom, the vast majority of learning from continuous failure, this growth is painful and heavy. Thanks to the internet today, entrepreneurs in the 80 and 90 have access to a wealth of entrepreneurial resources, including investment environments, books and Internet resources.

"Speed ahead" can be said to be an excellent entrepreneurial open class. Although most of the contestants are not entrepreneurs, you can still think of each player as a common entrepreneur, with a very clear goal-1 million dollars. In order to achieve this goal, the wits of each other, so that we can observe the close distance, what is the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs? What are the key factors that enable them to succeed? What strategies have they adopted in front of a series of problems?

Each season usually has more than 10 teams of players, each pair of players have their competition strategy, some unscrupulous machinations, some cooperation to form alliances; What kind of competition strategy ensures success? At the same time, each person's personality, psychology, conduct, ability are different, which factors are the key to success? It is recommended that every entrepreneur should see "The speed Ahead", which will bring you deep experience and feelings.

Following is a common strategy for the contestants to fail. I believe that a successful company depends on a variety of factors, such as good business model, product, talent, however, the entrepreneur himself in the early days of the company is the biggest factor in the establishment of a complete, mature company system, the entrepreneur should avoid committing the following mistakes.

Why did the unscrupulous fail?

Most people think that those who are good at scheming, cheating and attacking should be able to take advantage more easily, but why not at "the speed of the race" and more on failure? Common unscrupulous means include cheating a pair of players to mislead them, turning a pair of players to increase the delay or task.

Why did it fail? This is because a malicious approach, once discovered by the parties or other players, becomes the enemy of all players and causes the other players to have an association reason and ultimately be isolated. Despite the strength of the malicious players themselves, the other three teams joined together to help each other, with the result that the three teams were more efficient than those who took the malicious approach.

In turn, those who have the strength and take the help of others, in the end often win, both won the prize, but also to win the respect of other players. For example, the 24-season father-son pair is a typical, in many stages to help other players to complete the task, and to make a few teams of the father and son team generated dependence and trust, these factors are the key to success.

Why is losing control a catastrophe?

Constant disputes, crashes, recriminations and anger are all signs of impending elimination.

In the first season, Black twin sisters quarrel with each other because of the wrong decision of a task, the reason is that the younger sister is afraid of the elimination of their own cushion, with the passage of time and more players to complete the task of dissatisfaction with the sister, eventually become the two sides to argue who is wrong. Obviously, most of the time spent on this quarrel, elimination is also inevitable.

Most startups have disputes over their interests, such as the distribution of shares between partners and the benefits of treatment between employees. A dispute is never the way to solve a problem. And the other players, in front of the problem will remain calm, do not argue who is wrong and who, focus on how to solve the problem. Those who are grumpy and impatient are often difficult to rush into the third.

Summary

See "Speed forward" more than the above two feelings, feeling is very much, but a moment to write not finish, so or recommend everyone to see thin experience.

Watch the way there are Sohu video, B station, I was on the ipad to see, more convenient, B station resources compared some.