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保罗·格雷厄姆《《早期工作》》· Early Work · 领导 · 财富 · 投资 · 认知
The reason many hope you'll succeed is that they hope to rise with you. For investors this incentive is particularly explicit. They want you to succeed because they hope you'll make them rich in the process. But many other people you meet can hope to benefit in some way from your success. At the very least they'll be able to say, when you're famous, that they've known you since way back. But even if Silicon Valley's encouraging attitude is rooted in self-interest, it has over time actually grown into a sort of benevolence. Encouraging startups has been practiced for so long that it has become a custom. Now it just seems that that's what one does with startups. Maybe Silicon Valley is too optimistic. Maybe it's too easily fooled by impostors.
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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 3 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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很多人希望你成功,是因为他们希望跟着你一起上升。对投资者来说,这种激励尤其明显:他们希望你成功,是盼着你能让他们发财。但你遇到的许多其他人,也可能以某种方式从你的成功中获益。至少,等你出名了,他们可以说“我早就认识他”。不过,即便硅谷的鼓励态度根植于自利,随着时间推移,它实际上已经长成了一种善意。鼓励创业被实践得太久,已经变成一种习俗。现在人们觉得,对待创业公司就该这样。也许硅谷过于乐观,也许它太容易被骗子糊弄。
上下文
格雷厄姆在《早期作品》中分析硅谷鼓励创业的文化,指出其自利根源及演变为习俗的过程。
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你所在的环境是鼓励尝试,还是急于否定?你可以如何为他人营造一点鼓励?
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