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保罗·格雷厄姆：创业公司最难学的课·第5则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《创业公司最难学的课》》· The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn · 财富 · 投资 · 成长 · 哲学
At Y Combinator we sometimes mistakenly fund teams who have the attitude that they're going to give this startup thing a shot for three months, and if something great happens, they'll stick with it-- "something great" meaning either that someone wants to buy them or invest millions of dollars in them. But if this is your attitude, "something great" is very unlikely to happen to you, because both acquirers and investors judge you by your level of commitment. If an acquirer thinks you're going to stick around no matter what, they'll be more likely to buy you, because if they don't and you stick around, you'll probably grow, your price will go up, and they'll be left wishing they'd bought you earlier. Ditto for investors.
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https://paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html
定位：Essay, additional excerpt 5 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
在Y Combinator，他们有时会错误地资助那些抱着“试试三个月，如果发生好事就继续”心态的团队。所谓“好事”，指的是有人想收购或投资几百万美元。但格雷厄姆指出，如果抱着这种心态，“好事”几乎不会发生，因为收购方和投资人都会看你的投入程度。如果收购方觉得你无论如何都会坚持下去，他们更可能买你，因为不买的话，你继续做大会涨价，他们后悔。投资人也一样。所以，创业需要全身心投入，而不是浅尝辄止。
上下文
格雷厄姆在总结创业公司最难学的教训时，特别提到 commitment（投入度）是投资人和收购方判断团队的重要信号。
今日一问
你对正在做的事是“试试看”还是“无论如何都要做成”？这个态度别人能感觉到吗？
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