#170 Random Thoughts of the Week (07/09/2025)

Book: The Lean Startup

Welcome back to this week's journal. As we all know, as a company grows to a certain stage, human factors increasingly influence its fate. Human factors are like water; they can carry a boat, but they can also capsize it. Therefore, hiring and retaining the right people is crucial. When someone is suitable but their performance isn't ideal, it's necessary to understand the situation better, show more concern, and try to solve the problem together. However, mishandling the situation can limit the company's development, cause headaches for oneself, and make colleagues unhappy. For me, HR is an extremely difficult task, and one that's hard to articulate. A senior colleague once told me, "To solve a problem, the question is not how, but who"—meaning sometimes it's not about figuring out how to solve the problem, but about finding the right people to help you solve it.

Let's move on to the next topic. This week, we discovered a logarithmic problem in our inventory system, causing frequent errors in both the store's inventory and the computer system. This issue had been present for some time, but this week, our colleagues identified the root cause, allowing for immediate correction. Simultaneously, this issue also prompted us to continue working on backend processes, exploring ways to improve inventory management and inventory tracking, reducing the workload for all colleagues, and minimizing manual work for tasks that can be automated by computer. Sometimes, it's best to prepare only what can be prepared initially, making the most of our time. Next, regarding the barcode system, we encountered difficulties during implementation, requiring revisions and restarts. Time waits for no one; we need to be quick.

In conclusion: I think doing business is very difficult, and I won't do it again next time. However, theoretically (theoretically), if I handle everything mentioned above well and resolve all the issues today, things should go more smoothly in the future, just like with the previous things. Theoretically, things should get smoother and smoother.