1) It Prepares You for How Much Work Is Involved
Many startups fail because the founders were not mentally prepared to work the ridiculous hours necessary to make a business succeed. Basically, founders who are unprepared for the rigors of a startup are less likely to make it. At the Startup Success 2006 panel discussion, one of the audience members asked if the founders were able to work from 8-5. Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, sort of sighed and had this to say:
“Before you get profitable and establish yourself, you're basically walking dead and you have to realize it's more of a marathon than a sprint.”
He then went on to say that you can expect to work over 70 hour work weeks to get the product out the door. If you've run any type of long distance race, then you'll understand the importance of mental focus. For example, if you're mentally ready to run five miles, and at the fifth mile you're told to run five more, that's much harder than mentally preparing for ten miles at the start. The only way to train for a marathon is by running, and the only way to train for a startup is by starting.
一、它会让你知道成功需要多少工作量
许多创业公司失败，是因为创业者没有对成功所必需的、破天荒的工作时间做好思想准备。基本上，对创业的严酷性缺乏准备的人很难成功。在创业成功2006讨论会(Startup Success 2006 Panel Discussion)上，当一名观众问到创业者能否朝九晚五的上班时，LinkedIn创始人Reid Hoffman很有感慨的说：
“在盈利和确立领先地位之前，你基本行走在死亡边缘。你必须意识到这是一场马拉松，不是100米短跑。”
接下来他又说，你们可以想象一下为了产品上线每周工作70多个小时的感觉。如果有过长跑经验，你就会理解精神集中的重要性。举例来说，假如你做好了跑5英里的精神准备，跑够了5英里却被告知要再跑5英里，这时你的精神和心理状态跟开始就准备要跑10英里截然不同。练习马拉松的唯一手段就是不断的跑，练习创业的不二法门就是开始去做。
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