Sunday, March 15, 2009

You should like Poker than Entrepreneurship!



Have you ever wondered why people keep on liking poker rather than entrepreneurship? even I myself am addicted to it. Well you'll surely know why. Over this past few years I've seen some events and activities that have tried to stimulate creativity and often buzz the people in business. It seems that in this current generation it really makes sense, commercializing it either in a pure business sense or even not as a profit sustainable project, then it all results to frustration!

In poker, creativity is absolute, people, gamblers, or even us students who likes the game learns tools and techniques, learning that each and everyone is capable of being creative. How to "bluff" the players when the cards are uncertain. What numbers does one need to look at. The tacit knowledge required in order to surpass the other players, and the most suitable plan.

We don't need to know stuffs like brainstorming, brainwriting, or whatever, in poker you don't need those. You just need to be lucky and have faith with much dedication to assure the win of your cards.

There are some techniques in entrepreneurship by W.Chan, Kim Mauborgne named Knowing Business Idea when you see one. I wasn't even enlightened, things became much more blur to me. Under it are some tools like Buyer's Utility Map, The Price Corridor of the Mass, and the Business Model Guide, which didn't even attracted me, for me its no help in cleansing a persons confused mind about business. Also these Business Models, these categories means nothing to me, for me more risk is better.

I realized that whatever you do these things will certainly come, you can't help but be ready for it, be ready to avoid it, don't even have a second thought of accepting it! It won't help really!

Then there was this new thing that I just heard, the Blue Ocean Strategy, creating a new market rather than competing the current industry. What's the point of getting into the market if your the only one? its lame, you should be competitive, if you have the chance to shine because your the first one to make such market then don't do it! You ain't gonna be happy with it surely.

Ignore Entrepreneurship! Just play Poker or some other vices, don't think of being creative, and don't even think about business! Just be some Vigilant or Outlaw or Something else. :P

Before I end this blog, For your currently boiling head, I would like to say these two words that would make you change your mind and chill. "REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY" (",)
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I thank Sir Ramon Duremdes by the way for opening up my mind about entrepreneurship, it really helps, i owe you two, :P, for encouraging us to develop new things and innovate ourselves.

At the very last, I learned that everything we need is everywhere, we just need to grab it, its just waiting for us, it doesn't even require fees, friends are everywhere. So its up to us to do our best with the corresponding principles, guidelines, facts , and then we can make a successful and harmonious business venture!

Here are other blogs and topics related: Entreps, Noemi, Clary, Darren,
Larry. Meng.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Twofold Sparrow

Hi people, this is my first blog, hope you like it. By the way I'm Jared of Asia Pacific College, I'm a clumsy happy go lucky boy, staying strong, drinking Gatorade.

Well, I am a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest, Honestly, I'm not pretty good at blogging, my fingers just happen to type on its own rofl. This blog is about Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Mind.

Have you guys heard of the words Entrepreneurship or Intrapreneurship, well of course you do, (just now) I really like to blog about a movie so i related it to this topic. An Entrepreneur is someone who creates a new venture and assumes risks and rewards, the greater the risks, the greater the price. An Intrapreneur is an entrepreneur within an organization. They differ because entrepreneur works with his own venture while intrapreneur exists in an organization.

I know someone whom I idolize for his unpleasant personality. Outside you can tell that he acts like gay but the truth is he is just unpleasant, unpredictable person that aims for the better good. He may not be in real life, we've only seen him in a movie but still i idolize him. He is a Captain of a ship, he may seem to think and act only for himself but he really plans for the benefit of his crew. At heart, he is a pleasant person, he just likes to bluff and hide it intentionally because if he reveals his true personality, his people might breakdown, because he is a role model for his funny planned ways to get around life, which he succeeds, and no matter what, he would do anything to achieve it. Leaders intend to hide their weaknesses to strengthen their members intellectually, psychologically. emotionally, increases their presence of mind and positive thinking.

Back then, Sparrows were just a bird that you could see in your backyard. Not much more to it that than. Then things changed when Johnny Depp's Pirates of the Caribbean and the main character Captain Jack Sparrow. The sparrow grew to new heights. You know Jack Sparrow. He is humorous, a renegade and foreboding at the same time but he is in fact the opposite of it. There are a lot of men who would to have those qualities. They want to be like Jack Sparrow and because they admire the character, so do I. Sparrows represent freedom, also, freedom to choose, that's why i related sparrow to this topic.

The bird Sparrow, i also idolize the bird herself, more of a n entrepreneur. her vigilance in her goals. She is always bustling for her needs, foraging for her nests, and gathering food for her young. Fastidious and productive, she is a reminder that idle hands (and idle minds) which entrepreneurs always say, should be avoided in order to live a full, healthy life. She is a master of flight, and camouflage, and as such the sparrow teaches us to use our creativity to get around in life - think outside the box, and be creative in solving our problems. And they never fly alone.

Sparrow Beckons us to keep our burdens as light as we can in order to avoid a heavy heart. We can all be an entrepreneur or intrapreneur, we just have to be like a sparrow, spread our wings, be the best. We can enhance teamwork with our fellow. There really is no risk in trying it, the risk is when you don't try it. There is no secret ingredient in all things, you just have to believe! Like Sparrow, Aim High, Think High, Fly High!

Hi to Professor Ramon Duremdes! for opening my mind in entrepreneurship! I owe you one. To Jana for helping me! to AC61 kids and specially to my fellow Left 4 Dead gamers.