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保罗·格雷厄姆:亿万富翁如何建造·第6则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《亿万富翁如何建造》》· Billionaires Build · 行动 · 财富 · 人性 · 投资
So that's what YC looks for in founders: authenticity. People's motives for starting startups are usually mixed. They're usually doing it from some combination of the desire to make money, the desire to seem cool, genuine interest in the problem, and unwillingness to work for someone else. The last two are more powerful motivators than the first two. It's ok for founders to want to make money or to seem cool. Most do. But if the founders seem like they're doing it just to make money or just to seem cool, they're not likely to succeed on a big scale. The founders who are doing it for the money will take the first sufficiently large acquisition offer, and the ones who are doing it to seem cool will rapidly discover that there are much less painful ways of seeming cool.
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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 6 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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YC 看创始人的核心是“真实”。创业动机通常混杂:想赚钱、想显得酷、对问题真感兴趣、不愿给别人打工。后两个动力更强。想赚钱或显得酷没问题,大多数人都这样。但如果创始人看起来只为钱或只为酷,就很难做大。为钱的人会接受第一个足够大的收购报价;为酷的人很快会发现有更轻松的方式显得酷。所以,关键不是否定这些动机,而是确保对问题的真兴趣和自主做事的渴望占主导,这样公司才能走远。
上下文
保罗·格雷厄姆在《亿万富翁建造者》中总结 YC 面试创始人的经验,强调真实动机比表面条件更重要。
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你创业或做事的动机里,哪个成分最主导?如果只为钱或面子,你能走多远?
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