You may still fail.
大家這么想
The outcome is something like idea times product times execution times team times luck,
結(jié)果就是,好創(chuàng)意×好產(chǎn)品×執(zhí)行力×團(tuán)隊能力×運(yùn)氣
where luck is the random number between 0 and 10,000.
最后的運(yùn)氣值,可能在0和10000之間變化
Literally that much.
好運(yùn)和衰運(yùn)相差很大
But if you do really well in the four areas you can control,
如果在這四點(diǎn),大家都能做到很出色
you have a good chance of at least some amount of success.
那么可以在某種程度上說是成功了
One of the exciting things about startups,
創(chuàng)業(yè)有一點(diǎn)很吸引人
is that they are surprisingly even playing field.
就是它對每個人都很公平
Young and inexperienced, you can do this.
沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的年輕人可以創(chuàng)業(yè)
Old and very experienced, you can do this too.
有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的年老一點(diǎn)的人,也可以創(chuàng)業(yè)
And one of the things that I particularly like about startups is that
而我個人最喜歡的一點(diǎn)就是
some of the things that are bad in other work situations,
對做其他工作來說是缺點(diǎn)的方面
like being poor and unknown are actually huge assets when it comes to starting a startup.
比方說個人經(jīng)濟(jì)緊張,默默無聞,對創(chuàng)業(yè)卻可以說是好事
Before we jump in on the how.
在介紹如何創(chuàng)業(yè)之前
I want to talk about why you should start a startup.
我想先講一下為什么要創(chuàng)業(yè)
I'm somewhat hesitant to be doing this class at all,
其實(shí)關(guān)于授課我還是有點(diǎn)猶豫
because you should never start a startup just for the sake of doing so
因?yàn)槿绻麨榱藙?chuàng)業(yè)而創(chuàng)業(yè)是不行的
There are much easier ways to get rich and
要致富,有很多方式
everyone who starts a startup always says,
每個創(chuàng)業(yè)成功的人都會說
always, that they couldn't have imagined how hard and painful it was going to be.
他們之前根本無法想象創(chuàng)業(yè)是多么難的一件事
You should only start a startup if you com,
所以我建議大家
feel compelled by a particular problem.
當(dāng)創(chuàng)業(yè)是解決眼前問題的唯一途徑時
And that you think starting a company is the best way to solve it.
其他方法都不能勝任的時候,再考慮去創(chuàng)業(yè)
The specific passion should come first and the startup second.
首先要有創(chuàng)業(yè)的熱情,其次再付諸行動
In fact, all of the big successes we have at YC followed this.
YC投資成功的項目都是這樣的
So, for the second half of today's lecture,
今天課程的后半部分
Dustin Moskovitz the co-founder of Facebook and Asana,
是由Facebook和Asana的合伙人達(dá)斯汀·莫斯科維茨
is going to take over and talk about why to start a startup.
給大家介紹為什么要創(chuàng)業(yè)
We're so surprised by the amount of attention that this class got.
我們的創(chuàng)業(yè)課程受到了廣泛關(guān)注
That we wanna make sure we spend a lot of time on the why.
所以首先我們要講清楚,為什么要創(chuàng)業(yè)