在中国企业家的名录里，季琦是一个绕不开的名字。他先后参与创立携程、如家，亲手缔造的华住已经成为中国酒店集团中市值最高的企业。 作为连续将 4 家公司推向上市的 "创业教父"，季琦的经历远比商业爽文更精彩。从携程到如家，从汉庭再到华住赴港上市，他四次创业均获成功。 一次两次成功可能靠运气，三次四次成功一定是靠硬实力。 为此，我们整理汇编了季琦的过往文章和他的新书《心生之境》，谈到了他在创业路上的反思和感悟，他对对管理经验、人生态度的理解。 过去的三家上市公司 让我懂得了这5个道理 从1999年到2010年，差不多十年的时间里，我创立和参与创立了三家企业（携程、如家、汉庭），最后这三家企业都在美国纳斯达克成功上市了，市值也 都超过了10亿美元。 携程从网上旅行社到订房中心，如家从酒店联盟到经济型直营，汉庭从中档有限服务到经济型酒店。 这个过程中关键的是创业团队要有变通的能力，不断摸索和创新。 综合起来看，这三家企业有许多共同点。 第一个特点，实际商业模型和最初融资的不完全一样。 如果守在当初不现实的理想模型里，这些初创企业可能都会夭折在摇篮里。 当理想的模型在实践中经受检验的时候，我们要能够敏锐地找到一条现实可行 ...

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