A friend of mine wants to do start-up about people networking website. There are already a dozen of them that I've been part of.
www.hi5.com
>>I cannot even remember who invited me to join first. Later on, I found out it was started by a friend's friend...
www.friendster.com
>>It is actually very popular overseas, but not in China. I don't have many friends added there.
www.thefacebook.com
>>I am just qualified to join this network and still in the process of exploration. The idea was very cool and I can tell it is running very well and have hugh potential for getting a great amount of cash into their pocket.
www.tianji.com
>>The thing I don't like about it is that it's in Chinese. It is started by a Stanford alumni. A lot of investment bankers, and most of friends are included in this network.
It shows obviously who are the hugh people networkers, because you can find out all the contacts usually all link back to a couple of people. To expand a little bit, you can find many similar business ideas in different fields. There are also something about doing project management through blogging. It is a pity that I don't have time to read about it.
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Some parting thoughts about communication. I just had a very interesting lecture today, which is actually a summary of the workshop provided for mid-managers. Look at the following paragraph:
Do not press the numbers 4, 8, and 9 as these numbers will set off the alarm immediately. To start decoding the trap, you need to press *. Decoding the trap requires you to press a particular series of numbers and symbols in order. If the order is wrong, the bomb will detonate. To decode the trap, we are 99.9% sure that the code is 5,1,6,#, 3.”
This is a training in the army. The point is that when you are asked to communicate this message, the simplest way you'll use is actually "press *,5,1,6,#,3".
