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安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 319
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
Our competitors in steel were at first disposed to ignore us. Knowing the difficulties they had in starting their own steel works, they could not believe we would be ready to deliver rails for another year and declined to recognize us as competitors. The price of steel rails when we began was about seventy dollars per ton. We sent our agent through the country with instructions to take orders at the best prices he could obtain; and before our competitors knew it, we had obtained a large number--quite sufficient to justify us in making a start.
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卡内基的钢铁厂刚起步时,对手根本没把他们当回事。对手自己建厂时吃过苦头,觉得卡内基至少还得一年才能供货,所以不承认他们是竞争者。当时钢轨每吨约七十美元。卡内基没等工厂完全就绪,就派销售员四处接单,价格能谈多高就谈多高。结果在对手反应过来之前,他们已经拿到大量订单,足够支撑开工。核心是:别等万事俱备才行动,先用订单验证市场、逼自己启动。做法是派可靠的人去一线,灵活定价,抢在对手轻视你的时候积累客户。
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安德鲁·卡内基在自传中回忆19世纪70年代创办钢铁厂、切入钢轨市场的经历。
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你手上有没有因为“还没准备好”而迟迟没启动的项目?能不能先拿一个订单或一个用户来逼自己开始?
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