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You may still fail.
大家这么想
The outcome is something like idea times product times execution times team times luck,
结果就是，好创意×好产品×执行力×团队能力×运气
where luck is the random number between 0 and 10,000.
最后的运气值，可能在0和10000之间变化
Literally that much.
好运和衰运相差很大
But if you do really well in the four areas you can control,
如果在这四点，大家都能做到很出色
you have a good chance of at least some amount of success.
那么可以在某种程度上说是成功了
One of the exciting things about startups,
创业有一点很吸引人
is that they are surprisingly even playing field.
就是它对每个人都很公平
Young and inexperienced, you can do this.
没有经验的年轻人可以创业
Old and very experienced, you can do this too.
有经验的年老一点的人，也可以创业
And one of the things that I particularly like about startups is that
而我个人最喜欢的一点就是
some of the things that are bad in other work situations,
对做其他工作来说是缺点的方面
like being poor and unknown are actually huge assets when it comes to starting a startup.
比方说个人经济紧张，默默无闻，对创业却可以说是好事
Before we jump in on the how.
在介绍如何创业之前
I want to talk about why you should start a startup.
我想先讲一下为什么要创业
I'm somewhat hesitant to be doing this class at all,
其实关于授课我还是有点犹豫
because you should never start a startup just for the sake of doing so
因为如果为了创业而创业是不行的
There are much easier ways to get rich and
要致富，有很多方式
everyone who starts a startup always says,
每个创业成功的人都会说
always, that they couldn't have imagined how hard and painful it was going to be.
他们之前根本无法想象创业是多么难的一件事
You should only start a startup if you com,
所以我建议大家
feel compelled by a particular problem.
当创业是解决眼前问题的唯一途径时
And that you think starting a company is the best way to solve it.
其他方法都不能胜任的时候，再考虑去创业
The specific passion should come first and the startup second.
首先要有创业的热情，其次再付诸行动
In fact, all of the big successes we have at YC followed this.
YC投资成功的项目都是这样的
So, for the second half of today's lecture,
今天课程的后半部分
Dustin Moskovitz the co-founder of Facebook and Asana,
是由Facebook和Asana的合伙人达斯汀·莫斯科维茨
is going to take over and talk about why to start a startup.
给大家介绍为什么要创业
We're so surprised by the amount of attention that this class got.
我们的创业课程受到了广泛关注
That we wanna make sure we spend a lot of time on the why.
所以首先我们要讲清楚，为什么要创业
