ROBIN’S FIELD NOTES

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English translations are being added article by article. The Chinese collection contains 858 articles; 736 currently have a full English translation. Dates refer to the original posts. This page shows the 12 most recent translations; browse the full archive or subscribe to the RSS feed.

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2026-08-20

Entrepreneurship & StrategyEnglish translation

Lessons from Unitree’s Ten-Year Journey to a STAR Market Listing: Build One Complete Thing First

Reprint compilation (tagged #得到頭條20260820; author not identified), with Robin’s closing comments

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2026-05-01

Management & OrganizationsEnglish translation

Three Keywords for Hassabis: Purpose, Will, and Taste

Reposted compilation (recommendation-preface excerpt; post credits Yang Bin) + Robin’s closing remarks

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2026-03-04

Entrepreneurship & StrategyEnglish translation

Lateral Thinking: Abandon the Wrong Well, Generate More Ideas, and Leave Room for Disorder

#得到頭條20260304 (Dedao Headlines course script), with Robin’s closing comments

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2026-02-14

Entrepreneurship & StrategyEnglish translation

Edison’s Approach to Innovation: Start with Demand

Reposted compilation (post tagged #DedaoBookSummaryEdisonBiography; author not identified) + Robin’s closing remarks

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2025-11-23

Entrepreneurship & StrategyEnglish translation

When Medium-Sized and Large Companies Hit a “Boundary Wall”: The Nestlé Case

Reposted compilation (source and author not identified in the post)

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2025-02-18

Entrepreneurship & StrategyEnglish translation

Yamaha’s Vine-Like Innovation

Reprint compilation (tagged #得到頭條20250218, Wu Bofan; author not identified), with Robin’s closing comments

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2025-01-29

Trends & Emerging TechnologyEnglish translation

Wan Weigang on DeepSeek, with Robin’s Commentary

Article by Wan Weigang (as identified in the post title), with Robin’s commentary

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2024-02-19

Entrepreneurship & StrategyEnglish translation

Isaacson: Three Essential Qualities of Great Entrepreneurs

Reposted compilation (post cites CommonWealth Magazine, issue 791; author not identified) + Robin’s additions

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2023-09-25

Trends & Emerging TechnologyEnglish translation

Musk Is a Chef; Most Entrepreneurs Are Cooks

Reposted compilation (post tagged #DedaoBookSummary; summary of Tim Urban’s Musk series) + Robin’s commentary

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2022-09-24

Entrepreneurship & StrategyEnglish translation

Paul Buchheit’s Hacker Mindset: Intended Rules and Actual Rules

Reposted compilation (post tagged #NewDiscoveriesFromSiliconValley; summarizes Paul Buchheit’s article) + Robin’s commentary

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2022-06-23

Venture Capital & InvestingEnglish translation

WeWork and Venture Capital: Don’t Blindly Buy a Grand Narrative

Robin’s commentary, followed by #BillionDollarLoser #得到聽書 (reposted book summary)

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English translation added 2026-11-06 · Originally published 2022-02-18

Venture Capital & InvestingEnglish translation

Bezos’s 2018 Shareholder Letter: Intuition, Curiosity, and the Power of Wandering

Bezos shareholder-letter translation (Chinese translation by Vinchent), with Robin’s introduction

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