????盡管如此，對(duì)于真正有興趣創(chuàng)業(yè)的人，我從來不會(huì)潑冷水——而且我寧愿他們來到硅谷，而不是回到華爾街。在創(chuàng)業(yè)過程中，你會(huì)加速學(xué)習(xí)，收獲深厚的友誼和團(tuán)隊(duì)精神，你至少能積累一些了不起的經(jīng)歷。如果你真的希望創(chuàng)業(yè)，而不是單純?yōu)榱搜杆俦皇召?，你可以做以下嘗試：

????? 在某件事上做到極好。成為一名偉大的工程師、設(shè)計(jì)師、產(chǎn)品經(jīng)理、營(yíng)銷專家、銷售代表或所謂的增長(zhǎng)黑客(Growth hacker)。如果大多數(shù)初創(chuàng)公司都需要的工作，你做不到出類拔萃的話，不論是創(chuàng)業(yè)還是加入一家出色的公司都很難。

????? 深入研究一個(gè)行業(yè)。許多最好的公司最初都掌握了某個(gè)特定領(lǐng)域的專有知識(shí)，如廣告技術(shù)、保險(xiǎn)、供應(yīng)鏈管理、信息安全等。

????? 加入一家出色的初創(chuàng)公司。如果你還不知道自己在哪方面擁有專項(xiàng)知識(shí)或激情，那就追隨一位已經(jīng)確立自身專長(zhǎng)的公司創(chuàng)始人。盡早加入團(tuán)隊(duì)，做出盡可能多的貢獻(xiàn)，不斷學(xué)習(xí)，等你接觸到更多的人和想法的時(shí)候，你未來或許便能創(chuàng)立自己的公司。

????祝你好運(yùn)?。ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

????審校：任文科

????All that being said, I would never discourage someone who truly is interested in startups from pursuing one – I’d certainly rather have them here in Silicon Valley rather than send them back to Wall Street. Startup life can provide a career full of accelerated learning, great camaraderie and teamwork, and it will at least leave you with some great stories. If you really want to enter the startup world, and not only for a quick acquisition, you could try:

????? Get awesome at something. Become a great engineer. Designer. Product manager. Marketer. Sales rep. Growth hacker. It is hard to start or join a great company if you aren’t great at a job that most startups need done.

????? Go deep in an industry. Many of the best companies are started by founds with proprietary knowledge in a specific field, like ad technology, insurance, supply chain management, information security, or many others.

????? Join a great startup. If you don’t have an idea where you have proprietary knowledge or passion, follow founders who do. Join the team early, contribute however you can, learn as much as you can, and it may lead to your founding your own company in the future as you get exposed to more people and ideas.

????Good luck!