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保罗·格雷厄姆:创业公司就是增长·第6则

保罗·格雷厄姆《《创业公司就是增长》》· Startup = Growth · 成长 · 投资 · 财富 · 决策

Growth drives everything in this world. Growth is why startups usually work on technology — because ideas for fast growing companies are so rare that the best way to find new ones is to discover those recently made viable by change, and technology is the best source of rapid change. Growth is why it's a rational choice economically for so many founders to try starting a startup: growth makes the successful companies so valuable that the expected value is high even though the risk is too. Growth is why VCs want to invest in startups: not just because the returns are high but also because generating returns from capital gains is easier to manage than generating returns from dividends.

出处: https://paulgraham.com/growth.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 6 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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增长驱动着创业世界的一切。创业公司通常做技术,是因为快速增长的点子太稀有,最好的办法是发现那些因变化而新近可行的机会,而技术是快速变化的最佳来源。增长也让众多创始人理性地选择创业:增长让成功公司价值极高,所以即使风险大,期望值也高。增长还是风投愿意投资的原因:不仅回报高,而且通过资本利得获得回报比靠分红更容易管理。简单说,增长是理解创业公司为何做技术、为何有人创业、为何风投投资的统一逻辑。

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保罗·格雷厄姆在《创业公司 = 增长》中总结增长如何解释创业生态中的技术选择、创始人动机和风投行为。

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你所在的项目或职业选择,是否围绕“增长”这个核心逻辑来思考?

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