关键要点
- Corp Dev 就是大公司里负责买公司的部门:跟你谈的人,目的就是谈收购你,不管你意识到没有。
- 跟 Corp Dev 谈通常是错的,除非(a)你现在就想卖,(b)大概率拿到可接受的报价——实践中只有“混得极好”或“混得极差(快死了,无可失去)”两种情形。
- 最危险的是中间地带:增长快但还不够大、不到一岁的 promising 公司最不该谈——而创始人常犯这个错,觉得“至少听听对方要什么”,又怕得罪大公司。
- 见面前先问自己“我们现在想卖吗?”不想就回“我们在专注增长”——对方不会被得罪,大公司的创始人反而更看得起你(他们当年也没卖)。
- 跟 Corp Dev 的对话是最糟的干扰:漫长、极度分心,还打击士气;报价如果“出乎意料”,只会意外地低。
- 他们的 KPI 是“多便宜买下你”,手段 brutal:先低 ball 试探、谈好价再说老板 veto 砍半——洛克菲勒戒酒法:不想卖,就别喝第一口,别开第一次会。
—— 本文选自东西书院 dongxishuyuan.com
PG 原话
跟 Corp Dev 谈通常是错的,除非(a)你现在就想卖掉公司,(b)你大概率能拿到可接受的报价。
Its usually a mistake to talk to corp dev unless (a) you want to sell your company right now and (b) youre sufficiently likely to get an offer at an acceptable price.
孩子们,你们知道我为什么从没变成酒鬼吗?因为我从没喝过第一口。
Boys, do you know why I never became a drunkard? Because I never took the first drink.
出处
- 英文原题:Dont Talk to Corp Dev(2015年1月)
- 原文:https://www.paulgraham.com/corpdev.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
靠收入活着的最优解:把公司卖给上市公司
靠收入活着没错,但最优情形是卖给上市公司——收购方是替你管公司的 pooled-risk 公司,善变得像市场先生。
Good news: they do exist. What Ive just described is an acquisition by a public company.
David isnt mistaken in saying you should start a company to live off its revenues. The mistake is thinking this is somehow opposed to starting a company and selling it.
场景交集:退出、决策、谈判出处:The Pooled-Risk Company Management Company · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
Noora Health 发行救命 NFT:为南亚新生儿护理项目筹款,拍得越高救的人越多。
For every 1000 live births, they save 9 babies.
Noora is so effective that even if you measure their costs in the most conservative way, by dividing their entire budget by the number of lives saved, the cost of saving a life is the lowest Ive seen. $1,235.
场景交集:决策出处:An NFT That Saves Lives · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
限定用途的捐款是非营利界的隐形诅咒:非营利组织比捐款人更懂钱该花在哪,不信任就别捐。
If a nonprofit doesnt understand better than its donors where money needs to be spent, then its incompetent and you shouldnt be donating to it at all.
If you want to donate to a nonprofit, donate unrestricted. If you trust them to spend your money, trust them to decide how.
场景交集:决策出处:Donate Unrestricted · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
财富税会复利:1% 税率 60 年拿走 45% 股票;2% 税率加 $5000 万起征点,拿走约三分之二。
So a straight 1% wealth tax means the government will over the course of your life take 45% of your stock.
A 2% wealth tax with a $50 million threshold takes about two thirds of a successful founders stock.
场景交集:决策出处:Modeling a Wealth Tax · 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)。