If you want to make a big career, and not a flash in the pan

If you want to achieve a big cause, and not a flash in the pan, then one person is not, several co-founder together, to be able to cover the founders should have the ideal characteristics. Of these, I am most concerned about three traits-learning ability, executive power, passion and appeal.

First of all, the founders are the employees who can make a breakthrough for a company from 0-1 to 1-100, generally, not more than 3-4 people, they should all be shareholders, and they should be one of the first 10 employees in the company.

What should the best founders describe: Business Insights, dreams, self-confidence, intelligence, passion, integrity, charisma, risk-taking, integrity, perseverance, executive power, willingness to share, modesty ... These are the most frequently used words. Perhaps you would say that such a request is a bit excessive, so that the perfect person can not find.

Yes, is a bit too much, if you want to achieve a big cause (for VC, is billions of to Bai value of the enterprise), and not a flash in the pan, then, if a person is not, several co-founder together, to be able to cover the vast majority of these descriptions. If I have to choose a few abilities, I will pay special attention to three points: learning ability, executive power and passion and appeal.

Founders must have their own long boards, to be straightforward, where you have more than most people. This kind of long board, may embody in the technology, the marketing ability, the execution ability, to the opportunity insight and so on many aspects. No long board, a company is difficult to achieve 0-1 breakthrough, even if the breakthrough, it is easy to drift, Buthen. Don't start a business until you have a long board to cultivate. Perhaps the most important but not easy to identify is continuous, self-motivated learning and execution. Many entrepreneurial projects, because the initial assumptions have changed, the founders need to constantly adjust their business model to find the right breakthrough. This learning ability, first embodied in business insights, after that is constantly absorbing new content and constantly practice trial and error ability. Especially when the internal and external environment is under great pressure, this kind of ability appears especially important. A learning-oriented enterprise is easier to go long.

The founder's executive power, its importance emphasized no more. Although some people say "direction is more important than effort", I agree with the phrase "idea is cheap". Any good idea, if only one person thought of it, is often not necessarily a good idea. Most people do not think of a good idea, but rather the lack of the ability to turn a good idea into an execution that transcends a competitor's product. Excellent executive power must be embodied in the details, from the list, product design, marketing, staff training, to the cleanliness of the bathroom, all aspects can reflect a company's implementation capacity. Although founders of different backgrounds may have different emphasis on executive power in a variety of areas, their importance is unquestionable.

Another core competency of the founder is its irresistible passion and appeal. Many founders, in particular, the founder of Technology, in the company to achieve from 0 to 1 after the breakthrough (0-1 breakthrough generally refers to a product from scratch, from the drawing into the real, customers in the use of products), often encountered another step on the bottleneck, can not bring the company income from millions of to tens of millions of yuan. Most successful start-up enterprises, with the development of the business to form a dozens of people's excellent team, these excellent members can constantly challenge new goals, and in the process of enterprise development and growth to continuously enhance the leadership of individuals, for enterprises to assume greater responsibility.

Startups work hard and have less money. How to attract good team members? This largely relies on the founders ' irresistible Intellect and passion: the entrepreneurial dream and creativity that attracts, inspires, and burns the hearts of the most talented people. Let them give up a stable, comfortable life to join the team, to solve the most difficult and challenging problems for customers. The first of these dozens of men laid a positive and enterprising, striving for excellence in culture and DNA. And culture lays the foundation for the success of the company. To build a company with Bai market value, we must constantly recruit excellent employees. Top-class people don't want to work for second-rate bosses. The founder team, if the lack of such a leadership-style team members (often the boss), even if they are hot, with the potential of first-class boss, but can not infect, attract and motivate more team members, it is also easy to let the enterprise development stalled.

God gives everyone a different gift. If you find yourself a talent for entrepreneurship, try it bravely. If not, do not need to feel embarrassed, to be a good follower, with a common people's heart, to make an unusual career. Ali Entrepreneurial team story, we should have been familiar with!