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Uh, one of the biggest advantages that startups have is execution speed
創業最大的優勢之一是執行速度，
and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.
并且你要保持不間斷的工作節奏
Um, Facebook has this famous that says, move fast and break things.
Facebook有這樣一句名言，快速前進，打破常規
Um, but at the same time, they manage to be obsessed with quality.
但同時，他們會設法達到應有的質量
And this is why it's hard.
這就是為什么做起來很難
It's easy to move fast or be obsessed with quality.
快速行動很容易，達到應有的質量也容易
Um, the trick is that you have to do both at a start up.
但你要在創業時同時做到這兩點
Um, you need to have a culture
你需要創建一種文化
where people have very high quality standards for everything the company does but still move quickly.
讓員工對每件事都要有高質量的標準，而且還要行動快速
Ah, Apple Facebook and Google have all done this extremely well.
蘋果公司，Facebook和谷歌在這方面都做得很好
It's not just about the product um, it's about everything they do.
不僅是產品方面，而是他們做的每件事
They move fast and they break things and they're frugal in the right places.
他們行動快速并打破常規，他們在正確的地方錙銖必較
But they care about quality everywhere.
但他們在每個地方都注重質量
Um, you know you don't buy people shitty computers if you don't want them to write shitty code.
如果你不想他們寫出低劣的代碼，那么你就不要買劣等的電腦
You really have to you do have to set a quality bar that runs through the entire company.
你一定要在整個公司設置質量標準
Related to this is that you have to be decisive.
與此相關的是，你要果斷
Um, indecisiveness is a start up killer.
猶豫不決是創業殺手
Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans but they never quite make this decision.
普通創業者花很多時間談論了不起的計劃，但他們從來沒有果斷執行
You know, they're, they're talking about well I could do this thing
他們僅僅是說，我能做這件事
that sounds great or I could do this other thing.
這聽起來不錯，或者可以做其他事
And they keep going back and forth and they don't act.
他們如此反復，猶豫不決，沒有采取行動
Now what you actually need is this bias towards action.
現在，你真正需要的是采取行動
Um, the best founders work on things that seem small,
最優秀的創業者著眼于每個細節
but they move really quickly, uh, they get things done really quickly.
但他們的行動很快，他們的行動速度真的很快
Every time you talk to the best founders, they, they've got new things done.
每次和這些優秀的創業者交談時，他們都會有新進展
In fact, this is the one thing that we learned best predicts success of founders in YC.
實際上，這是我們YC在預測創業者是否會成功時所關注的東西
If every time we talk to a team they've gotten new things done
如果每次我們和一個團隊交流，他們有了新進展
that's the best predictor we have of the company will go on to be successful.
這就是公司走向成功的最好見證
Part of this is that you can do huge things by, in incremental pieces.
其中，你可以一點點完成繁重的工作，徐徐圖之
If you just keep knocking down small chunks one at a time.
如果你能保持一次解決一點事
In an year you look back you've done this amazing thing.
一年后回過頭來看，你就會發現自己完成了了不起的事
On the other hand if you disappear for an year.
另一方面，如果你消失一年
And you expect to come back with something amazing all at once it usually never happens.
期待帶著令人稱奇的成果回歸，這種情況一般不會發生
You have to pick these right sized projects.
你得選擇把工作分成適量的幾部分
You know even if you're building this crazy synthetic biology company.
即使你正在創建一家了不起的綜合性生物公司
Um, most people would say well I have to go away for an year, I can't do this incrementally.
大多數人會說，我必須要離開一年，我不能循序漸進地做這件事
There is almost always a way to break it down, into smaller projects.
總會有辦法把一件事分成幾個小的項目
Um, so speed is this huge premium, right?
所以速度才是關鍵，對吧？
The, the best founders usually respond to email, the most quickly.
通常最優秀的創業者回郵件的速度也最快
Um, they make decisions the most quickly.
做決定的速度最快
They're generally quick in all these different ways.
他們通常在不同方面的行動速度都很快
Um, and they just have this do whatever it takes attitude.
他們保有這種“一心要完成工作”的態度
They also show up a lot.
他們還經常露面
Um, they come to you know, they come to meetings they come in they meet us in person.
他們參加會議和我們面對面交流
Um, one piece of advice uh, that I have.
我的一條建議是
It's always worked for me is that they get on planes in marginal situations.
這對我來說是有用的，那就是在緊急情況下，趕緊“上飛機”
