Y Combinator 的 co-founder Paul Graham 寫了一篇 Why to NOT NOT start a startup, 是一篇勸進網路創業文..
裡面有些觀點還不錯, 尤其是對剛畢業的同學們. 下面是我覺得有趣的部分:
1. Too Young
心智成熟與年齡無關..
Paul 提供兩個方法來判斷對方是否心智年齡已經成熟:
- 觀察對方是否會像小孩子一樣遇到問題就用 "我不會" 來退縮..
- 若提出質疑, 對方是否會還沒完全搞清楚狀況就退縮..
"If you're too inexperienced to start a startup, what you should do is start one."
5. Know nothing about business
"You don't need to know anything about business to start a startup. The initial focus should be the product."
"The most valuable truths are the ones most people don't believe. They're like undervalued stocks. If you start with them, you'll have the whole field to yourself."
6. No cofounder
Paul 建議最好一畢業就創業, 一是因為還年輕可以經得起考驗與失敗, 沒有負擔, 二是因為在學校你很容易可以找到志同道合的同學們一起創業..
我覺得這講得真好, 我已經離開學校多年, 不管是同學或是朋友, 說要一起在聚起來創業, 已經是幾乎不可能..
大家可能有家庭因素, 興趣因素, 金錢壓力, 畢業後工作公司內容不同也會讓之後大家的專業南轅北轍..
而在職場上再遇到可以創業的夥伴, 我想機會又會更小了..
所以若是心中有想要創業的念頭, 請盡早開始..
7. No idea
"but the main thing we care about is whether you're good at making things. Being lead developer of a popular open source project counts almost as much."
"A need that's narrow but genuine is a better starting point than one that's broad but hypothetical."
12. Need for structure
"A reporter once asked David Beckham if there were any language problems at Real Madrid, since the players were from about eight different countries. He said it was never an issue, because everyone was so good they never had to talk. They all just did the right thing."
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