Why should an entrepreneur, manager or businessman study mathematics?

Because mathematics is the language used to describe the nature of everything.

Only when you understand something, you can truly understand it from its essence.

All languages ​​are connectors. Written language is used to connect writers and readers.

The language of sound is used to connect the speaker and the receiver, the language of music is used to connect the performer and the listener, the language of design is used to connect the creator and the audience, and the language of computer is used to connect the creator and the audience.

Language is used to connect the real world and the virtual world.

What about mathematical language? It is used to connect phenomena and essence.

When starting a business, we often say "God rewards hard work", "Persistence is victory", "Failure is the mother of success", and "There is only one kind of failure in this world, and that is giving up halfway."

Edison tested more than 1,600 heat-resistant luminous materials before he invented the incandescent lamp. Peter Vesterbacka developed more than 50 games, repeatedly failing and trying again.

Eventually, he created Angry Birds. Wang Xing experienced nine failed entrepreneurial ventures before he finally created Meituan.

You see, as long as we persevere and don’t give up, our efforts will eventually be rewarded and we will eventually succeed.

Is this really the case? Why does it sound so much like "chicken soup"? However, these phenomena are real. Can we really use these "chicken soup" to guide entrepreneurship?

At this time, we need to use mathematical language to understand the essence behind these phenomena.

First of all, you need to understand a very important and basic concept called "basic success rate".

The basic success rate is a multi-factor variable. It is affected by the entrepreneur's personal ability (such as whether he has started a business, made mistakes, led a team, etc.), the characteristics of the industry (such as

industry concentration, the control of the industry chain by giants, and whether the industry is facing huge technological changes, etc.), and is affected by the strength of competition (such as whether the entry threshold is high, whether the exit threshold is high, etc.).

very low, whether those who come in and cannot retreat will "rather die with honor than live in disgrace" and fight to the last drop of blood, etc.), affected by various policies (such as whether it conforms to the national strategic direction,

Whether the local government has supporting policies, whether it is subject to various policy constraints, etc.), and even affected by some unexpected situations (such as the CTO suddenly resigning to see the world, the next round of financing falling through, the database being deleted in anger by a programmer who worked overtime to the point of despair, etc.).

Under the influence of so many factors (there may not even be a dominant factor), as entrepreneurial activities proceed, the basic success rate varies, ranging from high to low, between 0 and 100%.

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The basic success rate cannot be equal to 0. What if you win 10 million yuan the first time you buy a lottery ticket? What if you just grab a deck of cards and it's a "good luck"? Although the possibility is extremely low, it is not completely impossible. This is what Adidas says "nothing is impossible" and Li Ning says "everything is possible".

The basic success rate cannot be equal to 100%. What if someone suddenly invents a disruptive technology? What if the education and training industry is suddenly governed? Although it is not easy to encounter,

The "black swan" must be waiting to take off in a corner. At this time, many companies will lament: "Why did we do everything right, but still missed the city?"