Ini ada Editorial bagus dari majalah Success edisi July 2009: http://www.successmagazine.com/issue?editionId=24. Maklum, sekarang awal bulan dan tengah bulan rutin ke Kinokuniya beli majalah bisnis & technology buat jadi inspirasi dalam menjalani startup saya....
Campur-aduk bhs Inggris-Indo yah, males terjemahin semuanya :)
"Did you know that 16 of the Dow 30 companies were started in a recession or depression? It's true; these are companies like Procter & Gamble, Disney, McDonald's, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson and others -- once entrepreneurial startups, now the behemoths of industry.
Ini adalah waktu yang pas untuk Anda memulai startup. Saya menyebutnya Trifecta of Opportunity:
1. Beberapa tahun sekali, sistem kapitalisme kita akan otomatis melakukan proses reshuffling. Krisis finansial dan kemunduran ekonomi telah menggoncang status quo. Dulunya sangat susah untuk pengusaha kecil memasuki market yang sudah ada. Namun sekarang area bermain menjadi sama; siapa cepat dia dapat. The new kings of the kingdom will be crowned over the next couple of years. You could be one of them!
2. Kemunduran ekonomi telah menyebabkan banyak problem... problem yang butuh solving. Problems adalah makanan dan oksigen untuk entrepreneurs. Those who create solutions to our new problems will become the great beneficiaries of these times.
3. Lastly, everything is on sale! It has never been cheaper to build, outfit and market your business than it is today. Vendors are flexible, partnerships are open and there is a pool of extremely talented people looking for exciting and promising companies with big ideas.
Richard Branson mengingatkan kita "The Challenge is to Follow through on a Great Idea" (bagi yg nggak ngerti: maksudnya jangan pernah menyerah dengan ide Anda walaupun ide Anda itu dikritik 1juta orang pun)
I asked Tony Hawk how he became THE dominant company in the expansive skateboard industry. He started his company when the market was down and the industry was out of fashion. He said it was cheap to start and easy to stand out. When the market came back, he rode it all the way and was the lone 800-pound gorilla standing on top of the entire industry.
That can be YOU, but NOW is the time to get started!
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Begitulah... pembukaan yg sangat inspiratif untuk majalah yg menurut saya cukup bagus (isinya berisi interview dengan orang-orang sukses).... jika Anda bergaul dengan orang-orang sukses, maka Anda akan menjadi sukses... jika Anda terus-terusan jadi pegawai maka selamanya akan menjadi pegawai :P
*Panas-panasin mode ON :P :P