关键要点
- 大学只需改两件事就能完美培养创始人：让学生觉得创业是自己能做的事；鼓励他们做自己的项目。
- 让学生相信创业可能的最有效方法是展示真人榜样——看到创始人既厉害又像普通人，会同时觉得想要和我也可以。
- 学校应该给本科生更多自由时间（比如把哈佛的 reading period 翻倍），而不是塞满课程。
- 别搞商业计划大赛：创业的核心不是写打动投资人的故事，而是做出打动用户的产品；竞赛教的是前者。
- 对学生的副业项目睁一只眼闭一只眼；最好的训练是做出原型、拿给真实用户用。
—— 本文选自东西书院 dongxishuyuan.com
PG 原话
事实上，大学只需改变两件事就能完美培养创始人：让学生相信创业是自己能做的事，并鼓励他们做自己的项目。
In fact there are only two things universities need to change to be perfect at preparing founders: they need to make students feel that starting a startup is something they can do, and they need to encourage them to work on their own projects.
想象一下，如果哈佛的 reading period 翻倍，美国 GDP 会是什么样。
Imagine what the US GDP would be if reading period at Harvard were twice as long.
创业的核心不是编一个打动投资人的故事，而是做出一个打动用户的产品。
The core of starting a startup is not creating a story that appeals to investors, but creating a product that appeals to users.
出处
- 英文原题：How Universities Should Prepare Founders（2026年8月）
- 原文：https://www.paulgraham.com/prepare.html
- 本书院编译 · 底本为 paulgraham.com 英文原典
中文为本书院编译（意译），关键英文术语保留原文；英文引文逐字核验为原典连续子串。
延伸阅读 · 跨篇互见
做好事上：把做好事写进公司的目标函数
别只把做好事当营销：把它写进公司的目标函数——做人们想要的东西、真心帮用户，好产品和好生意是同一件事的两面。
Make something people want. Dont worry too much about making money. What youve got is a description of a charity.
You grow big by being nice, but you can stay big by being mean.
场景交集：寻找创意、打造 MVP出处：Be Good · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
局外人的打法：冒险、亲力亲为、小而快
没什么可输、亲手接触介质、做小做轻、盯着新平台——这是边缘者的四件武器。
The most obvious is that outsiders have nothing to lose. They can do risky things, and if they fail, so what? Few will even notice.
If most of your ideas arent stupid, youre probably being too conservative. Youre not bracketing the problem.
场景交集：寻找创意、打造 MVP出处：The Power of the Marginal · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
创造新东西的六条原则
做新东西的六原则：简单方案、被忽视的真问题、非正式交付、粗糙 1.0 版、快速迭代。
I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.
Like a contrarian investment fund, someone following this strategy will almost always be doing things that seem wrong to the average person.
场景交集：寻找创意、打造 MVP出处：Six Principles for Making New Things · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
Web 2.0 到底是什么意思
从会议营销词到真含义：Ajax（web 当平台）让软件浪潮重来一次。
that I both despise the phrase and understand it is the surest proof that it has started to mean something.
Basically, what Ajax means is Javascript now works.
场景交集：寻找创意、打造 MVP出处：Web 2.0 · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
本区为 L2 延展案例（跨篇互见）：PG 其他原典中的相关论述，仍属原典直读；引文均为逐字核验。解读与主编观点见 L3（筹备中）。