关键要点
- 联合创始人不是招聘来的,是在共同做项目中自然发现的。
- 大学真正的价值不是课程,而是把一批聪明的同龄人聚集在一起。
- 找合伙人要看共事记录:一起做过项目、吵过架、交付过东西的人最可靠。
- 给学生的极简建议就两条:做东西(build stuff),功课做好(do well in school)。
- 别为了配齐技能找合伙人;找你喜欢共事、尊敬的人。
—— 本文选自东西书院 dongxishuyuan.com
PG 原话
就两件事:做东西,功课做好。
Thats it, just two things, build stuff and do well in school.
你需要擅长某种技术,需要一个要造什么的想法,还需要联合创始人一起创办公司。
You need to be good at some kind of technology, you need an idea for what youre going to build, and you need cofounders to start the company with.
别去猜基因编辑、LLM 还是火箭会成为最值得学的最有价值的技术。
Dont try to guess whether gene editing or LLMs or rockets will turn out to be the most valuable technology to know about.
出处
- 英文原题:How to Start Google(2024年3月)
- 原文:https://www.paulgraham.com/google.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
如何创办公司(之一):三要素与人的胜利
成功创业三要素:好人、做用户想要的东西、尽量少花钱;其中“好人”最重要——好人能修正坏主意。
You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible.
What matters is not ideas, but the people who have them. Good people can fix bad ideas, but good ideas cant save bad people.
场景交集:寻找联合创始人、寻找创意、决策出处:How to Start a Startup · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
学校训练你靠钻坏考试的空子获胜;创业恰恰相反——赢靠把产品做好、拿到用户。
The worst thing it does is to train you that the way to win is by hacking bad tests. This is a much subtler problem that I didnt recognize until I saw it happening to other people.
striking things about startups is the degree to which you win by simply doing good work.
场景交集:寻找创意、决策出处:The Lesson to Unlearn · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
别找借口(中):合伙人、想法与空间
没有合伙人就去找一个;没有想法就从自己的需求出发;创业空间没有上限。
If you dont have a cofounder, what should you do? Get one. Its more important than anything else.
Find something thats missing in your own life, and supply that need—no matter how specific to you it seems.
场景交集:寻找联合创始人、寻找创意出处:Why to Not Not Start a Startup · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
杀死创业公司的 18 个错误(上):战略与团队
杀死创业公司的错误归根结底只有一个:没做出用户想要的东西;战略与团队七宗罪。
In a sense theres just one mistake that kills startups: not making something users want.
You can only avoid competition by avoiding good ideas.
场景交集:寻找联合创始人、寻找创意出处:The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups · 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)。