Part1 为什么不去创业1Part1 为什么不去创业作者Marc Andreessen编辑Rework阅览室整理In this series of posts I will walk through some of my accumulated knowledge and experience in building high-tech startups.在这⼀系列的⽂章中，我将介绍我在建⽴⾼科技初创企业⽅⾯积累的⼀些知识和经验。My specific experience is from three companies I have co-founded: Netscape, sold to America Online in 1998 for $4.2 billion; Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), a public software company with an approximately $1 billion market cap; and now Ning, a new, private consumer Internet company.我的具体经历来⾃于我共同创办的三家公司：⽹景，1998 年以 42 亿美元的价格卖给美国在线； Opsware（前⾝为 Loudcloud），⼀家市值约 10 亿美元的公共软件公司；现在，Ning 是⼀家新的私营消费互联⽹公司。But more generally, Iʼve been fortunate enough to be involved in and exposed to a broad range of other startups—maybe 40 or 50 in enough detail to know what Iʼm talking about—since arriving in Silicon Valley in 1994 as a board member, as an angel investor, as an advisor, as a friend of various founders, and as a participant in various venture capital funds.但更⼴泛地说，⾃ 1994 年抵达硅⾕以来，我很幸运能够参与并接触到⼴泛的其他初创公司（可能有 40 或 50 家，⾜够详细，⾜以了解我在说什么）：董事会成员、天使投资⼈、顾问、各个创始⼈的朋友以及各个⻛险投资基⾦的参与者。This series will focus on lessons learned from this entire cross-section of Silicon Valley startups—so donʼt think that anything I am talking about is referring to one of my own companies: most likely when I talk about a scenario I have seen or something I have experienced, it is from some other startup that Iam not naming but was involved with some other way than as a founder.
Part1 为什么不去创业2本系列将重点关注从硅⾕初创公司的整个横截⾯中汲取的经验教训，因此不要认为我正在谈论的任何内容都指的是我⾃⼰的公司：很可能是当我谈论我⻅过的场景或我所经历过的事情，是来⾃其他⼀些初创公司，我没有点名，但以创始⼈以外的其他⽅式参与其中。Finally, much of my perspective is based on Silicon Valley and the environment that we have here—the culture, the people, the venture capital base, and so on. Some of it will travel well to other regions and countries, some probably will not. Caveat emptor.最后，我的⼤部分观点都是基于硅⾕和我们这⾥的环境——⽂化、⼈才、⻛险投资基础等等。其中⼀些可以顺利传播到其他地区和国家，有些可能不会。买者⾃负。With all that out of the way, letʼs start at the beginning: why not to do a startup.说完这些，让我们从头开始：为什么不去创业呢？Startups, even in the wake of the crash of 2000, have become imbued with a real mystique—you read a lot about how great it is to do a startup, how much fun it is, what with the getting to invent the future, all the free meals, foosball tables, and all the rest.即使是在 2000 年股市崩盘之后，初创企业仍然充满了⼀种真正的神秘感——你会读到很多关于创业有多么伟⼤，它有多么有趣，以及如何创造未来等等。免费餐⻝、桌上⾜球等等。Now, it is true that there are a lot of great things about doing a startup....
