What can startups learn from the zombie?

The American drama "Walking Dead" is more profound than the surface, in fact it is not a regular blood type horror zombie comedy, the play has a profound psychological level of enlightenment. Meanwhile, actor Rick Grimes and his team also have a lot of life and business lessons to learn from. Here are some important lessons from the previous five-quarter plot summary.

1. Success relies on clear goals

Investors often raise a conundrum for early startups, which often puts the whole investment negotiations down: "What is your final ultimate goal?"

They don't want to hear you answer "acquired" because it's not a real goal. 95% of start-ups are poorly answered. They don't want to hear you say, "Make the world a better place," because it's an empty cliché. They want a final goal that determines the company's vision and can actually lead the team.

In the American drama "Walking Dead", this group of people are wise, but there is no common goal. As with the goal of "being acquired", "survival" has become their real goal in the post-world doomsday period-and it's just a never-ending cycle of wandering and killing zombies in the countryside. When this group of people stumbled upon an abandoned prison, they decided to take it over. The success of the mission brought a brief peace to the survivors.

2. Believe that competitors will bring disaster

The start-up circle is full of young, intelligent and charismatic people. Unlike the traditional industry, in this circle, you can easily meet business competitors, even wine Huan, exchange.

The lesson I've summed up in a rather painful way is that potential business competitors are not the right partners to play with, especially those with whom you share a secret, even if you seem to be good friends. Of course, some people are really pure, do not let the interests of enterprises above the true friendship, but unfortunately, for some people is not the case.

In "Walking Dead", Woodbury's "Governor" and residents are like the business opponents of Rick's team. Why? Survivors from two groups are fighting for clean air, resources and safe locations and objects.

Andrea, one of the dominant figures in the group, is attracted to the governor's charm and trusts him--eventually to the lives of himself and some others. Personally, I still have a lingering fear of Hershel's vain.

3. Eliminate internal risks

One of the few moving scenes in the play was that Rick drove him out of the team and seemed not to be back after Carol killed two members of the prison team who were at risk of spreading the flu.

Despite this series of consequences, Carol Frank to Rick. But as a team leader, Rick still quickly decided to let Carol leave the team. This is because, Rick believes, when Carol feel threatened, she may become very ruthless and kill more people.

In startups and businesses, the hardest thing to do is to fire a good employee, especially if your personal relationship is close. No matter how fair you think you are, you will hurt their feelings more or less. Still, an employee who is likely to hurt the company's interests or team members in the future should let go as soon as possible.

(via entrepreneur, translation | Fast carp, reproduced please indicate the source)