Eleven Easy Ways to Destroy Your Company
http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/eleven-easy-ways-to-destroy-your-company/
TEN EASY WAYS TO MURDER A BUSINESS
搞垮公司的10种做法
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001030002
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001030002/en
The Ten Commandments for Business Failure
http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Commandments-Business-Failure/dp/1591842344
纽约时报博客版:
作者Jay Goltz owns five small businesses in Chicago.
01. The lowly extension cord - [意思没看太明白,尽管单词都认识]
劣质托线板导致的意外事故,以及缺乏有效的异地备份
02. Bad receivables
收不回的应收款
例如30年的合作伙伴近期总是无法准时支付货款,抑或最大的客户突然倒闭
03. Interviewing
不合格的面试官
面试既是科学又是艺术,没有经过严格训练的人去面试未来的员工会导致公司最终的倒闭。
04. Hiring without doing background checks
没有严格审视就雇佣了不合适的员工
05. Vehicles
没有意外保险的情况下驾驶的交通工具
一旦发生事故将是无尽的赔偿
06. Vehicles, again!
每月检查所有的交通工具一次
07. And again!
边开车边做其他事情是极其危险的
08. Insurance
保险
保险价值的低估,缺乏员工雇用保险,…
09. The wrong accountant
选择不当的会计师
They are not qualified to act as an outside voice and keep an eye on the health of the company
10. Bad controls
内部控制漏洞
Your accountant should help you set up these systems to prevent 挪用、侵占、舞弊
11. Bad company policies
糟糕的公司政策
金融时报版
By Luke Johnson from Financial Times
01. Take on too much debt
过度举债
02. Choose the wrong business partner
选错商业伙伴
03. Become overdependent on one customer
过于依赖某一客户
04. Get ill
创始人生病或受伤而无法继续工作
05. Make a mess of a major IT project
搞砸一个大型IT项目,投入巨大而无法使用
06. Get into a price war
陷入价格战,与对手展开自杀性争夺。宁愿选择品质销售或其它差异化销售路线;打折是一种危险的诉求。
07. Sign a burdensome property lease
签署难以负担的房产租约,例如会计师、律师和建筑师事务所
08. Forget your customers
忽略客户,或者怠慢客户
09. Never evolve
固步自封。
自满 = “如果老一套还未失效,就不要去改进”的态度
10. Don’t bother investing
懒得投资。
如果你把每一分利润都当作股息派发,那么你最终会发现,you own a wasting asset