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保罗·格雷厄姆:做不能规模化的事·第7则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《做不能规模化的事》》· Do Things that Don't Scale · 领导 · 行动 · 成长 · 认知
He wrote "If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods." [ 2 ] Thanks to Sam Altman for suggesting I make this explicit. And no, you can't avoid doing sales by hiring someone to do it for you. You have to do sales yourself initially. Later you can hire a real salesperson to replace you. [ 3 ] The reason this works is that as you get bigger, your size helps you grow. Patrick Collison wrote "At some point, there was a very noticeable change in how Stripe felt.
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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 7 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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爱默生说过,如果你有好的玉米、木材或猪要卖,或者能做出比别人更好的椅子、刀、坩埚或教堂管风琴,即使你住在森林里,人们也会踏出一条大路来你家。但创业初期,你不能靠雇销售来逃避自己卖。你必须亲自做销售,之后才能雇真正的销售员替代你。这样做之所以有效,是因为随着公司变大,规模会帮助你增长。帕特里克·科里森说,Stripe发展到某个阶段,感觉明显不同了。所以,创始人先自己上。
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格雷厄姆引用爱默生的话,强调好产品会吸引人,但创始人初期必须亲自销售,不能依赖他人。
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