Entrepreneurship is hard work, this is the common thought of all entrepreneurs, but after success, when you look back at your struggle, do you feel that the sweat you left is very valuable? Below is a selection of articles about the hardships of starting a business that I have compiled for you. I hope it will be useful to you!
Selected articles about the hardships of starting a business 1: Nothing is easy
Author: Zhi Wuya
?Nothing is easy? It is an ordinary saying. A mediocre person is not qualified to say that, a person who is not familiar with the world has difficulty understanding the meaning, and a young and successful person cannot understand the whole story. When a person has gone through vicissitudes of life, changed, struggled, struggled, and said this sentence sincerely, he has faded away from childishness, erased frivolity, experienced bitterness, shed sweat, gained stability, and accumulated Mature.
?Nothing is easy? This is a philosophy. One sentence explains the hardships of the world, one sentence expresses the aspirations of all living beings, and one sentence summarizes all walks of life.
?Nothing is easy? It’s common sense. Senior officials lamented that "being an official is not easy", farmers lamented that "farming work is hard and tiring", businessmen complained that "competition is fierce and profits are limited", entrepreneurial youth confided that "it is difficult to start a business and there are many obstacles", college students cried that "jobs are hard to find and housing prices are too high" /p>
It’s normal that nothing is easy. Being displaced from place to place, enduring material shortages; having no worries about food and clothing, but spiritual crisis is unavoidable. Life in this world cannot be without difficulties; life is bound to be bumpy and bumpy; career cannot be accomplished overnight. Life is actually about constantly overcoming one difficulty after another, eliminating one trouble after another, growing in the process of overcoming difficulties, and sublimating in the process of eliminating troubles. Life is endless, with constant difficulties, troubles, and struggles.
Since nothing is easy, then don’t ask about the harvest, but ask about the hard work. Get rid of utilitarianism, eliminate impetuosity, enjoy the joy of hard work, and taste the unexpected fruits. The journey of life will be filled with tranquility and beauty.
Selection of articles about the hardships of starting a business 2: Life is hard, you should give up!
Author: Shang Yunxin
If you have been working for many years now, If you have always been mediocre and have no outstanding performance, then please give up struggling. If you are unemployed and homeless now, but you want to start a business and get ahead, then please give up this idea. If you are not satisfied with the job at hand but are unwilling to work too hard, then please give up the idea of ??changing jobs. If you still disdain or even hate the arrangements of your superior leader, but want to show it in front of others, then please give up this idea. Life is not easy, with sweetness and hardships. If your abilities are limited or you are too self-righteous, please give up your resistance to fate.
I have seen too many people who behave normally in life, but have dreams in their hearts that are beyond their capabilities for a lifetime or even several lifetimes. I fantasize about living the life I dream of every day, but my work is not that great and even the most basic tasks are so difficult. I spend a lot of time every day imagining? If I live that kind of life, what will I do? How will I do it? What kind of happiness?. There is nothing wrong with having ideas, but please finish the work at hand and make it beautiful before you think about it. There is nothing wrong with young people having entrepreneurial ideas, but those who are most vocal often don’t even know what they want to do, don’t even have a job, and have no experience at all to start a business, talk about the future, and talk about achievements. We think too much about each other, but do too little. Please think about your current situation in advance before thinking about your dreams, and whether it can be worthy of your future.
The reality is cruel, and everyone is tired. Please don’t forget your dreams, but more importantly, finish the things in front of you before talking about it. If your ability is really limited, then I advise you to give up resistance, do what you can do, and use it as a stepping stone. Life is like a play. Since you can't be the protagonist, why not play a supporting role and achieve the glory of others. This may not be an option. Choosing to give up can also make you live a happy and wonderful life at this height.
Selection 3 of articles about the hardships of entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship is a difficult road
Author: David Wang (Lian Feifan)
November 8, 2013, This is a day worth remembering, at least in my heart, it has left an indelible mark. On that day, Hongji Milk Tea Shop officially opened. It was crowded with people on the first day of opening. Looking back now, it is still exciting.
I am not Hong Ji’s master, but I have an inextricable connection with Hong Ji that cannot be severed.
? We can open a milk tea shop, and we can also sell all kinds of breakfast, oden and so on. From the squad leader’s simple, joke-like idea, to today, everything is like a dream. From that moment on, I made up my mind to follow him. No matter how difficult it was, I couldn't give up. I wanted to change my boring and disgusting college life. Yes, I was already responsible for my laziness and irresponsibility. I was so disgusted that I needed a change, a complete breakthrough. It was from that simple idea of ??the monitor that my college life really changed dramatically.
No entrepreneurial path is easy. Although I am not the owner of Hongji, nor do I hold any shares in it. The purchase of all equipment, raw materials, and rent are all borne by the squad leader alone. To put it simply, he invests alone. But my help was huge.
When he proposed to open a store, everyone in our dormitory was very excited. Everyone wanted to participate and put forward many great ideas. We looked forward to the future and hoped to learn more experience in college. After a day, everyone gave up.
? There may be no entertainment time. ?
?I have a lot of things that I may not be able to do. ?
Many, many reasons, and the monitor and I were the last ones left.
Just do it. First, we made a preliminary analysis of the market. The school gave students an opportunity: the Wumart Training Base in Building 11 can provide a space for students with ideas to start their own businesses. We The location of our store is located in the school’s Wumart Supermarket. We observed it for two weeks from Monday to Friday. There was a heavy flow of people. There were about 300 students passing by during class every day, especially from 8:00 to 8:10. , it was the last ten minutes before the first class started in the morning. Within these ten minutes, at least 150 students went in and out of the supermarket to buy bread and milk. Opening a milk tea shop and serving breakfast at the same time is quite impressive.
Of course, we also have competitors, but these competitors have very little impact on us. Our target customers are the students attending classes at the Economics and Trade College in Building 11.
Later, I wrote a detailed business plan and showed it to the monitor. He modified some data and handed it to the Wumart manager. It passed and was praised by the teacher as... The most perfect business plan I have ever seen?.
Initially, our milk tea types were set at 50, including various coffee series, milk series, and freshly squeezed series. My task was to find various formulas and production methods of milk tea. After two days of searching, Although I have found many methods, I can't understand it. The other most important reason is that I know very little about milk tea and hardly drink it. Therefore, there are some things that I cannot understand.
At the same time, the squad leader went to various markets to look for various equipment and instruments needed to open a milk tea shop. At first he planned to join and found various franchisees, but because the franchise fee was too high and he could not use his own brand, so the idea was scrapped. Therefore, everything needs to be done by ourselves. The purchase of equipment, the selection of raw materials, the production methods, the conception of brands and trademarks, etc. are all on our own.
In the days before the opening, the squad leader and I ran around almost day and night, and my heart was still surging.
Half a month has passed, and the breakfast equipment, milk tea equipment, and various raw materials are finally complete. I have also found three work partners, so the personnel have been determined, and the supervisor is added, and we are ready* **Five people, working in pairs, will not conflict with class time. There are still two most difficult problems, one is the decoration, and the other is that the method of making milk tea has not yet been determined.
However, relying on the ability of the squad leader, we quickly found two decoration masters. At the same time, there is also good news. The squad leader’s brother-in-law owns a milk tea shop and has exactly three days to come over and teach us.
At noon the next day, my brother-in-law arrived, and we began to learn how to prepare milk tea. At the end of the day, 20 types have been identified, and the proportions of the recipes have been written in more detail. I began to really understand milk tea.
The next day, when we were preparing to continue studying, my brother-in-law answered a phone call. There was something important and he had to go back to his hometown. So, we had to rely on ourselves. With the experience of the previous day, it only took us two days to prepare the rest of the milk tea recipe ourselves. Seven major series were finally determined, including milk tea series, coffee series, milk series, special drink series, freshly squeezed series, scented tea series, and QQ ball series, with a total of 56 product items, excluding breakfast and snacks. Breakfast snacks are also divided into porridge, oden, tea eggs, corn, rice dumplings, hot dogs, popcorn, etc.
A week later, on Friday, November 8th, all milk tea series were priced at three yuan. It was overcrowded and we were very busy.
That night, I went back to the dormitory at nearly 11 o'clock. I lay in bed and thought about the day. How fulfilling it was! With such longing, I don’t even know how I fell asleep.
I thought I was great, but actually, I was a waste. I'm not scolding myself, because I really am such a person, I just didn't know it before entering the milk tea shop.
After this night, how could I possibly imagine that in the next two weeks, I would live a hellish life. I always make mistakes in making milk tea. I mistake taro powder for banana powder and I can’t tell the difference between a large cup and a medium cup. I don’t know how to cashier or change. One and a half dollars plus two and a half dollars equals five dollars. I have a very bad memory and can’t use my computer. The rice cooker and electric kettle are plugged in but the switch is not pressed. As a result, the tea eggs or rice dumplings seen by people who come to buy breakfast are still covered with ice; I can’t make breakfast or bake hot dogs, and the hot dogs I bake are all It bursts open; I don’t know how to cook porridge, and every time I cook porridge, the water inside will be splashed all over the floor; I also don’t know how to cook tea eggs, let alone oden cooking.
I was criticized severely by the squad leader every day, every minute. He just told me to watch this side, and immediately asked me to run over there. Before I ran over there, he He also said that he had to worry about it again. I wished I had a clone so I wouldn't have to act like a madman. How many times have I been criticized to the point of crying by the monitor, how many times have tears welled up in my eyes, but I still held back and didn’t let them come out, how many times I have thought about giving up, how many times I have hidden myself in bed and cried secretly, I hate myself, why? Why exactly? What do I want? Why do I torture myself like this? Why do I have to give birth to such a useless me? I gave up the Social Management Committee, my job in the work-study department, the chance to run for minister, I gave up my takeaway team, I gave up all my spare time Time, I gave up the computer proficiency test, gave up the English proficiency test, and gave up too much for Hongji. At first, I was full of fighting spirit and yearned for the future, but now, I am afraid of making mistakes every day. I compare it to hell, the hell that punishes me.
I have made too many mistakes. Among the three work partners, I am the most useless and know nothing, but they are all better than me, at least in some aspects.
I made seven cups of banana milk in one class, and made them all wrong. I wasted seven bananas and embarrassed my boss. In the evening, he punished me to make every cup of milk tea. Once, at 22:30, I finished it with tears in my eyes, and I controlled each drink within two minutes. With this penalty, I never made a mistake again.
Every time he scolded me, he would have a heart-to-heart talk with me, let me remember it, and also tell me, what should I do if I really meet such a boss in the future? You will be half a boss in the future. , this won’t work. I will train you well now and hope you will gain something after graduation.
No matter what you do, you either don’t do it or you do it, you have to do your best. This is what he said to me most. I don't know if he is deliberately trying to make things difficult for me, or if he is really good to me, but I prefer to believe the latter. No matter which one it is, it is a huge asset to me.
Two weeks have passed, and my transformation has been huge. From the beginning, I didn’t understand anything. Now, whether it is milk tea or breakfast snacks, I know everything in my heart. They all tease me and say that now Became an all-around man. I have progressed faster than others, and now I hardly hear criticism.
Such a transformation is not something that can happen simply, and only I know the hardship and pain involved.
Every time I was criticized, the most common thing I said was: "Oh!" Then I would silently do what the boss wanted, even if there were thousands of reluctances in my heart.
I left the dormitory and stayed away from electronic devices. Although I was tired every day, it was so fulfilling that I had no spare time! This is a portrayal of future life, and I am glad that I experienced it in advance!
When I was working, the words I said the most were: Oh!? There were very few other words. My silence, my ability to swallow my anger, and my hard work and hard work were, in the eyes of many people, difficult to understand and even very infuriating! Same thing. , my friends also advised me: Don’t do this! Their angry expressions when they care about me sometimes scare me.
Often, I ask myself, why? Do I know what I am doing? Will my hard work pay off? Have I lost my way and can’t tell what my focus is? ?It’s been a month since the 8th. From the very beginning, I didn’t understand anything, made mistakes in everything, and couldn’t do anything well. I spent almost every minute being scolded. I even lost confidence in the future and hated my parents. Why was I born so useless? Until now, I am slowly transforming day by day. Every improvement requires a huge amount of effort. Looking back some time ago, those days, I feel like crying. I can see my progress. And what I paid for is now paying off.
I think, yes, I am no longer the same person as before! Day after day of nightmare grinding, making mistakes and criticism, growing in the process of continuous improvement, maybe every day in the future will not be what I want. If I want a life, maybe I won't have time to care about others, maybe I will slowly disappear on various platforms, maybe I won't talk as much as before. No matter what, I am still the same me. When I grow up, what I am experiencing now may be the most impressive period in my life!
Following the squad leader, I personally experienced inventory management, purchasing, Bargaining, receiving goods, tallying, as well as increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, personnel management, etc., I have established a wide social circle, met many students at the chairman and leadership level, established a good relationship with teachers, improved my interpersonal communication skills, and learned various skills. Business politeness cultivates one's courage. There is also the complex psychology between people.
The squad leader’s unimaginable business acumen is also teaching me bit by bit.
Our milk tea and breakfast snacks are also constantly innovating.
My gains are huge, which I can never experience or imagine in books and classrooms.
I get up before six o’clock every day and don’t leave the store until after nine o’clock in the evening. Now I think it is worth it. My persistence was not wrong, and I finally defeated my cowardly and incompetent self.
Entrepreneurship is a difficult road. I learned too much about entrepreneurship from my squad leader. I also know that he is physically and mentally exhausted. Likewise, I am too, but I am only physically tired and cannot be with him. compared to. After walking with him for more than a month, I learned so much. What he went through, I also experienced, and these things may be inexhaustible in the future. He is the founder of Hongji, and I am the only one who has witnessed Hongji grow from a joke to its current scale.
If I wanted to start a business, I don’t think I would be afraid. Some people say that the most important thing for starting a business is funds. Without funds, everything is just a fantasy. I want to tell him that in fact, funds are the least thing to worry about. The most important thing is to have a good idea, seize the blank spot in the market, and then persevere to realize it without giving up or being decadent.
I want to tell myself that I am great now, really great. I will help the squad leader manage Hong Ji well and learn more experience.
On the road to the future, I will not be confused.