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		<title>Life as an Ant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 19:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic-cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[result]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hình dung bạn là con kiến ở trong cái lon, cái lon nằm trong cái thang máy. Vận tốc của con kiến nhỏ hơn vận tốc của thang máy. Con kiến có đeo một cái đồng hồ hiển thị độ cao so với mực nước biển, và kiến biết xem đồng hồ. Định nghĩa: * [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hình dung bạn là con kiến ở trong cái lon, cái lon nằm trong cái thang máy. Vận tốc của con kiến nhỏ hơn vận tốc của thang máy. Con kiến có đeo một cái đồng hồ hiển thị độ cao so với mực nước biển, và kiến biết xem đồng hồ.</p>
<p>Định nghĩa:</p>
<p>* Kết quả cuộc đời bạn được đo bằng độ cao tuyệt đối so với mực nước biển.</p>
<p>* Chiều đi của thang máy trùng với chiều đi của chu kỳ kinh tế. Thang máy đi lên là kinh tế đang lên.</p>
<p>Hình ảnh này sinh ra các hệ quả sau:</p>
<p>1. Khi thang máy đi lên thì có bò xuống (làm chuyện ngu) cũng có kết quả tốt. Khi thang máy đi xuống thì cố bò lên thì kết quả cũng chả lên mấy.</p>
<p>2. Thang máy đang lên, kiến bò ngang mà thấy độ cao tăng thì hoang tưởng mình bò giỏi, móc antPhone ra tự sướng để khoe trên Antstagram.</p>
<p>3. Kiến lờ mờ đoán được sự tồn tại của loài người, những sinh vật kiểm soát được thang máy. Nhưng đoán được thì kiến làm được gì?</p>
<p>Mở rộng: Nếu bạn không thích &quot;chu kỳ kinh tế&quot;, bạn có thể gán những thứ hoành tráng khác (ví dụ <b>SỐ PHẬN</b>, Giai Cấp, hay bàn Tarot) cho cái thang máy.</p>
<p>Image credit: http://data.fresnobeehive.com/assets/beehive/assets_c/2012/01/ant%20jar%20butterfly-thumb-480&#215;364-53430.gif</p>
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		<title>Life doesn&#8217;t have to have meaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meaning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nihilism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Giving meaning to what you do post-event is more meaningful than to the events, which, by definition, arrive randomly. Ego is best shown through results.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Giving meaning to what you do post-event is more meaningful than to the events, which, by definition, arrive randomly.</p>
<p>Ego is best shown through results.</p>
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		<title>Diminishing return on specialization in Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://www.taitran.vn/diminishing-return-on-specialization-in-vietnam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specialization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specialize]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most manufacturing &#38; commerce activities in the economy have not been specialized to the level that require deep specialization of skills. Lack of tools (technological equipment, data for research). A good case study is to look at success models of the most successful businesses in Vietnam: investing in breadth. Vietnam is still the economy that [...]]]></description>
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<p>Most manufacturing &amp; commerce activities in the economy have not been specialized to the level that require deep specialization of skills.</p>
<p>Lack of tools (technological equipment, data for research).</p>
<p>A good case study is to look at success models of the most successful businesses in Vietnam: investing in breadth.</p>
<p>Vietnam is still the economy that one has to develop a broad set of skills to navigate through one&#8217;s career.</p>
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		<title>A quick update of my opinion on online payment in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online-payment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The online payment market consolidates (it is) even before penetrating mainstream buyers. Online payment through credit card grows at a surprising rate. After all, Vietnamese users tend to learn more about online payment with services from banks. I personally don&#8217;t think PayPal&#8217;s model can be replicated in Vietnam, not with the power of the banks. [...]]]></description>
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<li>The online payment market consolidates (it is) even before penetrating mainstream buyers.</li>
<li>Online payment through credit card grows at a surprising rate. After all, Vietnamese users tend to learn more about online payment with services from banks. I personally don&#8217;t think PayPal&#8217;s model can be replicated in Vietnam, not with the power of the banks.</li>
<li>Many e-commerce sites still resist integrating online payment services because they feel their process will be jeopardized while transaction value through online payment isn&#8217;t worth it. Chicken and egg problem and they decide not to take the pain of educating users.</li>
<li>Many other e-commerce sites (e.g. Zalora &amp; Lazada) drop NganLuong and OnePay with the same reason: transaction value through online payment isn&#8217;t worth it. Still, chicken and egg problem. I, an online payment advocate, have become frustrated.</li>
<li>We are all serious about online payment because that&#8217;s the future. But many of us have been acting like it&#8217;s a distant one indeed.</li>
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		<title>In finding the Leprechaun&#8217;s treasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading a dozen hundreds and writing like a hundred Business Plans, here are 3 things I personally consider the essence of an effective plan: Describe how the product/service solves a specific problem in one sentence. Business model in one diagram. Competitive advantages in no more than 5 bullet points.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After reading a dozen hundreds and writing like a hundred Business Plans, here are 3 things I personally consider the essence of an effective plan:</p>
<ol>
<li>Describe how the product/service solves a specific problem in one sentence.</li>
<li>Business model in one diagram.</li>
<li>Competitive advantages in no more than 5 bullet points.</li>
</ol>
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		<title>Kịch bản cơ cấu gi&#225; của Starbucks Việt Nam</title>
		<link>http://www.taitran.vn/k%e1%bb%8bch-b%e1%ba%a3n-c%c6%a1-c%e1%ba%a5u-gi-c%e1%bb%a7a-starbucks-vi%e1%bb%87t-nam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[price]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[starbucks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starbucks không cần bán giá thấp hơn vì giá như hiện tại mà đã xếp hàng lũ lượt mấy ngày nay. by Thao Nguyen Lý do giá VN cao hơn giá Ấn vì Face Value ở TQ &#38; VN cao hơn hẳn. Người tiêu dùng VN sẵn sàng trả face value premium ¹ (thuật ngữ [...]]]></description>
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<li>Starbucks không cần bán giá thấp hơn vì giá như hiện tại mà đã xếp hàng lũ lượt mấy ngày nay. by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thaonvnguyen?group_id=0">Thao Nguyen</a></li>
<li>Lý do giá VN cao hơn giá Ấn vì Face Value ở TQ &amp; VN cao hơn hẳn. Người tiêu dùng VN sẵn sàng trả face value premium ¹ (thuật ngữ mới chế, tạm dịch &quot;sang chảnh phí&quot; by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ntvim88?group_id=0">Ngô Thế Vinh</a>) để được nhìn thấy, chụp hình, check-in ở chỗ thời thượng (không nhất thiết sang trọng ²), cũng giống như nhu cầu mang đồ hiệu dễ nhận diện (hoặc fake nếu không đủ tiền mua authentic).</li>
<li>Cách mở rộng khỏi vành đai trung tâm là vẫn bảng giá đó (để giữ phân khúc cao cấp) và chạy các khuyến mãi khác nhau tùy thuộc khu vực. Cách này tỏ vẻ giữ sự nhất quán trong các cửa hàng trong hệ thống nhưng lại đa dạng hóa được giá. Cách này thường được các công ty kinh doanh chuỗi ăn uống của Hong Kong, Singapore áp dụng.</li>
<li>Thời điểm chạy khuyến mãi là khi số lượng cửa hàng đã đạt critical mass để đảm bảo khuyến mãi không ăn xuống dưới chi phí cố định. Critical mass của Starbucks là 23 cửa hàng.</li>
<li>Không bao giờ Starbucks xuống đến phân khúc của Trung Du và Trung Nguyên. Tại sao phải hy sinh lợi nhuận biên để đổi lấy doanh thu?</li>
<li>Hình: Green Tea Frappuccino, đây là món sẽ được gọi nhiều hơn hẳn cafe đen.</li>
<li>Tham khảo: bảng giá tháng 2, 2013 <a href="http://muaj.tumblr.com/post/42000758109/starbucks-vietnam-prices">http://muaj.tumblr.com/post/42000758109/starbucks-vietnam-prices</a></li>
<li>¹ premium, so với GDP per capita</li>
<li>² trà chanh 15K không sang trọng mà thời thượng nên thu hút nhiều hot girl, kể cả hot girl wears Hermès.</li>
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		<title>An argument against Rat Race Cashflow in Vietnam market</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cashflow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kiyosaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The benefit of diversification Why Robert Kiyosaki&#8217;s &#34;Rat Race&#34; Cashflow game is more harmful than useful in Vietnam market: Most available passive income sources (dividend yield, coporate bond rate, deposit rate, insurance rate) can&#8217;t beat real inflation. Relying on passive income is a gradual decay, a timed death. An illiquid corporate bond market plus an [...]]]></description>
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<p align="center">The benefit of diversification</p>
<p>Why Robert Kiyosaki&#8217;s &quot;Rat Race&quot; Cashflow game is more harmful than useful in Vietnam market:</p>
<ol>
<li>Most available passive income sources (dividend yield, coporate bond rate, deposit rate, insurance rate) can&#8217;t beat real inflation. Relying on passive income is a gradual decay, a timed death. </li>
<li>An illiquid corporate bond market plus an extremely risky equity market (read: not for moms and pops) means very few choices of instruments are available to retail investors. </li>
<li>The personal wealth management industry is underdeveloped. Many lucrative assets that are expected to yield passive income are not available to retail investors. </li>
<li>Authority: the visible wealth of Kiyosaki comes from selling self-help / motivational books, not from trading financial assets. A question on the authority and validity of his methods exists, at least from a finance professional perspective.</li>
</ol>
<p>Why harmful? Because in finance, doing nothing (max loss = inflation &#8211; deposit rate) is less worse off than doing the wrong thing (max loss potential = 100% capital).</p>
<p>Image source: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdilbert.com%2Fstrips%2Fcomic%2F2008-12-13%2F&amp;h=rAQGyPYbS&amp;s=1">http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-12-13/</a></p>
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		<title>Net worth and career paths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.net]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ipo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[net-worth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>
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		<title>Books on Financial Risk Management to start with</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TaiTran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resource]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hull J., Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition http://www.amazon.com/Options-Futures-Derivatives-DerivaGem-Package/dp/0132777428/ Jorion P., Value at Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk, 3rd Edition http://www.amazon.com/Value-Risk-Benchmark-Financial-ebook/dp/B001O2S5BE/ Holliwell J., The Financial Risk Manual: A Systematic Guide to Identifying and Managing Financial Risk (Financial Times Series), http://www.amazon.com/Financial-Risk-Manual-Systematic-Identifying/dp/0273624180/ Satyajit D., The Swaps &#38; Financial Derivatives Library: Products, Pricing, Applications [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hull J., Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition <a title="http://www.amazon.com/Options-Futures-Derivatives-DerivaGem-Package/dp/0132777428/" href="http://www.amazon.com/Options-Futures-Derivatives-DerivaGem-Package/dp/0132777428/" target="new">http://www.amazon.com/Options-Futures-Derivatives-DerivaGem-Package/dp/0132777428/</a></p>
<p>Jorion P., Value at Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk, 3rd Edition <a title="http://www.amazon.com/Value-Risk-Benchmark-Financial-ebook/dp/B001O2S5BE/" href="http://www.amazon.com/Value-Risk-Benchmark-Financial-ebook/dp/B001O2S5BE/" target="new">http://www.amazon.com/Value-Risk-Benchmark-Financial-ebook/dp/B001O2S5BE/</a></p>
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		<title>Starbucks &#8211; a personal experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fist Starbucks store in Vietnam will be open next to New World hotel. When opened Starbucks will solve: Trung Nguyen&#8217;s issue: inconsistency across stores in the chain Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf&#8217;s issue: [menu] most drinks are overly sweet Gloria Jean&#8217;s issue: [menu] tasteless cakes Paris Baguette&#8217;s issue: the design is too metallic Highlands&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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<p>The fist Starbucks store in Vietnam will be open next to New World hotel.</p>
<p>When opened Starbucks will solve:</p>
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<li>Trung Nguyen&#8217;s issue: inconsistency across stores in the chain</li>
<li>Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf&#8217;s issue: [menu] most drinks are overly sweet</li>
<li>Gloria Jean&#8217;s issue: [menu] tasteless cakes</li>
<li>Paris Baguette&#8217;s issue: the design is too metallic</li>
<li>Highlands&#8217; issue: humdrum atmosphere, depreciated furniture</li>
<li>NYDC&#8217;s issue: food is overpriced, unsuitable for business</li>
<li>Tous les Jours&#8217; issue: the focus is on breads and cakes, drinks are not that good</li>
<li>Local style coffee shop: no non-smoking area, tedious menu</li>
</ul>
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