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保罗·格雷厄姆《《黑天鹅式投资》》· Black Swan Farming · 领导 · 行动

The probability that any group will succeed really big is microscopically small, but the probability that those 19 year olds will might be higher than that of the other, safer group. The probability that a startup will make it big is not simply a constant fraction of the probability that they will succeed at all. If it were, you could fund everyone who seemed likely to succeed at all, and you'd get that fraction of big hits. Unfortunately picking winners is harder than that. You have to ignore the elephant in front of you, the likelihood they'll succeed, and focus instead on the separate and almost invisibly intangible question of whether they'll succeed really big. Harder That's made harder by the fact that the best startup ideas seem at first like bad ideas.

出处: https://paulgraham.com/swan.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 3 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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任何团队取得巨大成功的概率都微乎其微,但那些 19 岁的年轻人可能比更稳妥的团队概率更高。创业公司成为大赢家的概率,并不是“成功概率”的固定比例。如果是,你只需投资所有看起来可能成功的人,就能获得那个比例的大赢家。但挑选赢家比这难得多。你必须忽略眼前最明显的“他们能否成功”,转而关注一个几乎看不见摸不着的问题:他们能否“非常巨大地”成功。这更难,因为最好的点子起初往往像坏点子。

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格雷厄姆在《黑天鹅养殖》中解释,为什么不能只按“成功概率”来筛选创业公司。

今日一问

你在评估机会时,是否只关注“能否成功”,而忽略了“能有多成功”?

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