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保罗·格雷厄姆:黑天鹅式投资·第7则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《黑天鹅式投资》》· Black Swan Farming · 领导 · 投资 · 财富 · 成长
Some want to take over the world, and some just want that first few million. But we invest in so many companies that we don't have to sweat any one outcome. In fact, we don't have to sweat whether startups have exits at all. The biggest exits are the only ones that matter financially, and those are guaranteed in the sense that if a company becomes big enough, a market for its shares will inevitably arise. Since the remaining outcomes don't have a significant effect on returns, it's cool with us if the founders want to sell early for a small amount, or grow slowly and never sell (i.e. become a so-called lifestyle business), or even shut the company down.
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https://paulgraham.com/swan.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 7 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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创业者目标各异,有人想改变世界,有人只想赚几百万。但我们投的公司太多,不必为单个结果焦虑,甚至不必担心它们有没有退出。因为财务上只有超大退出才真正重要,而只要公司足够大,股票市场自然会出现。其他结果对回报影响不大,所以创始人想小规模早卖、慢慢做 lifestyle business 甚至关掉公司,我们都觉得没问题。关键是把精力放在寻找可能成为巨头的公司上,而不是纠结每个项目的退出方式。
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同样出自《黑天鹅农场》,Paul Graham 解释 YC 为何对创业者的退出选择持开放态度。
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你是否在某个项目上过度纠结细节,而忽略了真正决定成败的大局?
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