Now, ducksarelikethelittleanimal, butwith, I'm notreallysurewheretheexpressioncamefrom, but I thinkit's fromlikegameswhereyouhavetoshoottheducksifyouputallyourducksin a rowmeansyougetallthepiecesreadysothatyoucanbegindoingsomething.
Sobeforeyoustart a project, youwanttomakesureyougetallyourducksin a row, youhaveyour, yourinvestors, youhavethepeoplewhoaregoingtoworkontheproject, youpotentiallyhave a clientreadytobuywhateveritisyou'remakingortheserviceyou'reproviding.
Soespeciallywhenyou'retalkingaboutpaperwork, youwanttomakesuretherearenoerrors, nothingismissing, nothingisuhmisspelledforexample, in a contract, Ifyoumisspell a wordandyoumeansomethingotherthanwhatyouintended, itcouldbe a hugeproblem.
Soforexample, ifwe'retalkingabout a building, a lotofbuilderstrytocutcornersbyusingcheapermaterialorbynotinstallingcertainthingsorbyhopingthattheclientsdon't reallynoticethatsomethingisbrokenornotworkingproperly.
Doingthingsbythebookmightbe a littlebitmoreexpensiveandmighttake a littlebitlongertime, butyouwillhavenoproblemswhentheprojectisfinished, whentheproductionisfinished.
Soespeciallyifyouthinkaboutlike a startupcompanies, butitdoesn't havetobeanybusinessoranyindividualwhowantstoget a businessstartedortoget a projectstarted.
Thebestwayiswordofmouthwhen a happycustomertellshisorherfriendsaboutyourproductandtheytelltheirfriendsandtheytelltheirfriendsandyourreputationgrowsandawarenessofyourproductgrowsaspeopletelleachotherandasonepersontellstheotherit's calledwordofmouth.
Andyoucanalsothinkaboutcutthroatapproachessomebodydoessomethingin a waythatcannooneelsecancompetewiththem.
また、誰かが誰にも負けない方法で何かをするという、熾烈なアプローチも考えられます。
It's very, I guessyoucouldsayit's mean, butbusinesspeoplearegenerally a littlebitmean.
それはとても、意地悪と言ってもいいかもしれませんが、ビジネスマンは一般的に少し意地悪です。
I thinkifyou'regoingtobe a successfulbusinessperson, youhavetobe a littlebitmeantobethebestandlastone, ittakestwototango, tangois a typeofdance, butyoucan't dancethisdancebyyourself.
So a business, forexample, a businesscannotsucceedwithoutthecustomerbeinginvolved.
ですから、例えばビジネスは、お客様が関わっていないと成功しないのです。
Soif a businessowneror a managertriestodosomethingbecauseheorshelikeslikesit, itdoesn't matterifthecustomerdoesn't likeit, you'regoingtogooutofbusinessbecauseittakestwototangle.
If I wanttopushoneofthecompaniesout, basicallymakethemgooutofbusiness, I'm goingtoneedthehelpofthesecondcompanybecausebymyself I don't haveenoughpowerandifthetwoofthemgettogethertheycantakemeout.