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All right. Thank you. I've got about apparently 5 or 6 minutes
謝謝大家 我有大概五六分鐘時間
to say the most useful things I can think. I'm going to do my best
講我認為最有用的東西 我會盡我所能
And it was suggested that I distill things down to 3 items
有人建議我將內容提煉為三點
I think I'll go with 4
我想 我會講四點
and I'll try to, I think these are pretty important ones
我認為這些都非常重要
So I'm going to make it sound like well you've heard of it before
也許你們會覺得有些你們原來聽過
but it's worth reemphasizing
不過我認為強調下是值得的
The first is you need to work, if you, depending on how well you want to do
首先 你需要超級努力地工作
particularly if you're starting a company, you need to work super hard
特別是對于創立公司的人
So what does super hard mean?
超級努力是什么意思呢
Well, when my brother and I was starting up our first company
我弟弟和我一起開創第一家公司的時候
instead of getting an apartment, we just rented a small office
我們租不起公寓 只租了一間小辦公室
and we slept on the couch
我們都睡在沙發上
and we showed at the YMCA
我們在基督教青年會洗澡
We're so hard up. We had just one computer
我們很拮據 只買得起一臺電腦
The website was up during the day, and I was coding at night
網站在白天運行 而我在晚上寫代碼
seven days a week, all the time
一周七天 沒有間歇
And I briefly had a girlfriend at that period
這期間 我短暫交過一位女友
and in order to be with me, she had to sleep in the office
為了和我一起 她不得不也睡辦公室
So I work hard like at every waking hour
我工作努力到 醒著的時間都用于工作
that's the thing I would say particularly if you are starting a company
特別是對于要開公司的人 這就是我的建議
And if you do simple math, say like
你可以簡單算算
if somebody else is working 50 hours, and you're working 100
如果別人工作50小時 而你工作100小時
you'll get twice as much done in the course of a year as the other company
你公司在一年之內的作為肯定會比別人公司強一倍
The other thing I'll say is that
我要說的另外一點是
if you're creating a company or if you're joining a company
如果你要創立公司 或是加入一家公司
the most important thing is to attract great people
最重要的一點就是吸引很棒的人
So either join a group that's amazing that you respect or
加入團隊的話 你要加入讓你尊敬的美妙團隊
if you're building a company, you've got to gather great people
創建公司的話 你要聚集一群很棒的人
I mean, all the company is is a group of people
要知道 公司就是一群人
that are gathered together to create a product or service
聚在一起創造出產品或服務
And so depending upon how talented and hard-working that group is
這群人本領越大 工作越勤勞
and the degree to which they are focused cohesively in a good direction
凝聚力越強 目標越明確
that will determine the success of the company
公司就越有可能成功
Do everything you can to gather great people if you're creating a company
如果你要創立公司 你需要盡一切可能網羅最優秀的人
Then to focus on signal over noise
下面一點是 撇除噪音 專注于信號
A lot of companies get confused
很多公司都糊涂了
They spend money on things that don't actually make the product better
將錢花到不能改進產品的地方
