For entrepreneurs, the New Year is really the year. Those who have not created a career cannot understand where it is difficult.

Editor’s note: This article comes from WeChat public account “Chen Bo Daily Observation” , Author Chen Bo, Chairman of Miaoju; Published with permission.

To talk about how the entrepreneurs celebrate Chinese New Year today.

I. For entrepreneurs, the year is sad.

When you were young, everyone thought that Chinese New Year was very happy, even the happiest day of the year. You can eat delicious food and get red packets.

But the adult world is not so simple. Adults have a difficult time, they have to visit relatives and friends, and give gifts and red envelopes. No matter how mixed they are in the city, when they return to the village, they must show their personal appearance.

But the hardest part is the entrepreneur. For entrepreneurs, the New Year is really the year. Those who have not created a career cannot understand where it is difficult.

There are three levels in the year.

01 Debts

Doing business is not as easy as you think. Many times things are sold, but the money is not collected, and it is time to collect the accounts every year. But you have to collect the accounts, others have to collect the accounts, everyone is collecting each other. At the end of the year, everyone had no money, so it became extremely difficult to collect accounts.

Inexperienced entrepreneurs do not know that they need to collect their accounts in advance, and wait until the last 10 days and a half to choose the money, which is even more difficult.

So before the Chinese New Year, for entrepreneurs, debt is the first priority.

02 Payment

Since someone owes you money, it is very likely that you also owe money to others. By the end of the year, many suppliers will ask you for debt, and I hope you can pay it on time or even in advance.

Therefore, for start-up companies, cash flow must not be abundant, which makes entrepreneurs have to figure out which money can be paid and which money cannot be paid. Some important ones must be paid off; some can be dragged, then put it aside; some wealthy can be paid slowly; some have pity with you, and you will be hung up if you do not receive the money. Heart, also have to pay.

So, how to pay the bill years ago is also a question for the university.

03 year-end prize

The year-end award is the most difficult of the three levels. Everyone worked hard for a year, and by the end of the year, they had to pay a year-end reward to the employees.

The issue of the year-end award is also a university question. According to my 15 years of entrepreneurial experience, there will be some people who are dissatisfied with how to issue the year-end award.

My personalThe point is that the most taboo thing at this time is to engage in egalitarianism. Everyone’s year-end awards are similar. As a result, those who work well will eventually leave, but those who are poor stay.

The gap must be widened. Those who work well can send more, and those who work poorly don’t.

Of course, the year-end awards must be linked to performance on the one hand, and on the other hand, they must also do their best. Venture capital is not sufficient, and the year-end awards are unlikely to be issued too much, so be sure to invest effective resources to the most People of value.

Second, Fully flicker employees

01 Annual Meeting

As a startup company, regardless of whether the company is large or small, you must sum up and cheer up employees at the end of the year. So generally speaking, startup companies now have an annual meeting at the end of the year.

The two most important processes at the annual meeting are awarding and drinking.

The award is given to recognize the hard work of the employees throughout the year. Personal recommendation awards can be issued multiple times to increase the percentage of awards, so that the top 20% -30% or even 40% -50% of employees can be recognized, after all, these main forces will need to work in the coming year.

Drinking, as an important means for Chinese people to connect with feelings, is also an essential link at the annual meeting. Do not drink less at the end of the year. There are many entrepreneurs who don’t like to drink alcohol. Actually, it’s the same when I was young, but with the increase of entrepreneurial time, sometimes the rewards are not in place. So I think that as an entrepreneur, by the end of the year, you still have to drink with everyone, it is one thing to drink more and drink less, but not drinking is an attitude problem.

02 Painting cake

The opening of the annual meeting is the first step. The second step is to find a suitable opportunity to draw cakes to the core staff, and explain to everyone the strategic plan for the year and future development. Although it may be difficult to achieve the goal in the short term, the future is bright. The road is tortuous, and we must also look forward together. Only by tightening the waistband can we reach the peak of life in the future.

Especially for entrepreneurial teams with few year-end awards, drawing pie is especially important. The renminbi is not enough to rely on ideals.

03 Talking

The third step is to talk to company leaders at the end of the year. Encourage encouragement if you do well, and ring the alarm if you do poorly. This is also an essential part.

By the end of the year, we must put these important management actions in place so that the team can be more cohesive in the coming year.

Three, Lick up “daddy”

It’s especially important for entrepreneurs to lick “Dad”.

I actually invested in a lot of companies, and I found that some entrepreneurs have done a great job in this area.Some entrepreneurs don’t do enough in this regard. But often good entrepreneurs in this area, companies start better, often do not pay attention to entrepreneurs in this area, companies start relatively poor.

Why? Because “daddys” are an important driving force for the development of an enterprise, without the support of “daddys”, where is the development of the enterprise. Entrepreneurs must not forget this.

I’m very busy at the end of each year. A big part of my job is to lick your “daddys”.

01 Important customers

Important customers are one type of “daddy.” Throughout the year, customers have given you many orders and made you money, so be sure to visit them at the end of the year.

The key to the visit is not really how much gifts you give, but because your heart is there, so that customers feel that this person is good, not an ingratitude person.

I remember when I started my business, I did n’t have much money, and communication was not well developed, so the most important thing at the end of the year is to call all important customers around the end of the new year and talk for ten minutes each. . No matter what, others will feel warm after listening, and they will continue to support me the next year.

02 Investors

In addition to important customers, another big “dad” is an investor.

Without the money of the investor’s dad, where can the company’s development and capital come from?

So entrepreneurs must pay attention. When the New Year, they must greet their investors. Because if you encounter difficulties in the future, the investors who are most likely to help you are investors.

Many entrepreneurs don’t understand this truth. It is also sad to say that 60% -70% of the entrepreneurs in the companies I invested in did not even send me a WeChat message at the end of the year. Such entrepreneurs may not continue to support him in the future.

In the past few years when I started my business, I will definitely call or WeChat investors during the holidays. After all, I will definitely visit them face to face. After all, it is important to communicate feelings, report work, and gain the trust and recognition of investors.

03 Government leaders

The last category is government leadership.

I believe that many entrepreneurs, like me, didn’t like to deal with government departments when they were young. I think that government personnel always like to “simmer oil” or deal with government people very tired.

But with age and experience, my perspective is constantly changing. Now I think some government leaders are as important as our important customers and investors. These government leaders can protect you, support you, introduce resources, introduce opportunities, and escort your entrepreneurship.

So smart entrepreneurs should learn to maintain good communication with government officials, and the number of courtesies every year should be thoughtful.

Of course, the number of courtesies I am referring to does not refer to bribes.Bribery, I have always resisted this. What I mean is that communication is in place to make others feel your sincerity and respect.

Many people will think that others are thinking about your money these days, but I don’t think so. Other people often think about your time, your feelings, and your respect.

I have a good friend’s company listed some time ago. After observing, I found out that my friend invites important guests to travel on New Year’s Day. This is the most important thing for him to be able to make his business so successful.

All in all, I hope that entrepreneurs will not be idle during the New Year and learn to spend time with important people.

Four, Pay attention to your physical and mental health

01 Don’t jump building

Another entrepreneur in Hangzhou was overwhelmed by the jump two days ago. This is the last thing you should! The year is indeed sad, but sacrifice your life is absolutely not desirable.

As long as you are an entrepreneur, who hasn’t experienced difficulties? Who has never encountered difficulties? But no matter what, you should grit your teeth and get over them, and find more important people to help you.

I think these entrepreneurs who want to jump off the building are really not suitable for starting a business. One thing I’m sure is that these people must not be able to communicate with each other. If you can’t communicate well with customers, employees, investors, and government officials, how can you do a good company?

The most important thing is not to be stupid anyway. No matter how difficult it is, the key is whether you can find someone to help you.

02 Let go

For entrepreneurs, they often stay away from home all year round, so the Spring Festival is a particularly good time to spend more time with their families.

At the same time, the Spring Festival holiday is also a good opportunity for you to let go. There are many ways to empty, sleep, clean up the room, yo-yo, vacation, etc. The most important thing is to stay away from work and relax yourself.

Appropriate venting will make it fuller in the future.

03 Think about things

In the last two days of the holiday, everyone can start thinking and think about things, the main thing is to think about the future development of the company and make plans for the coming year.

In this way, you can quickly mobilize everyone’s enthusiasm for work after work.

To sum up: as an entrepreneur is definitely not easy, compared to ordinary people, entrepreneurs will face more things at the end of the year.

So everyone has to work hard and hope that every entrepreneur can have a good year. I wish you all a Happy New Year.