Interviewer: What is the most memorable piece of advice you’ve been given?
Jamie: The most memorable piece of advice is to “start small and grow big; start big and go bust.” And I think we used it in particular because we started really, really small; we started from the bedroom of my student house, and a lot of people, when they start out in business, they think maybe there’s a 9)stigma attached to starting really small from the garage or, you know, from home, but I say start as small as you can, minimize the risk until you make the decision to actually 10)take the plunge and go for it, in which case you wanna rocket your growth as quickly as possible.
Interviewer: If you can, can you give us your Top 3 tips for sort of a budding entrepreneur that maybe has that small idea?
Jamie: Yeah, sure. No.1, test it; No.2, go for it; and No.3, measure it; and, if I’m allowed a No.4, if you can’t measure it, don’t do it.
采访者:在你获得的建议中,哪一样是最值得你牢记的呢?
杰米:记得最深的建议是“始于小而见长,始于大而见灭”。我觉得我们把这个建议发挥得特别好,因为我们的起点真的很小很小;我们的第一步是从我学生公寓的卧室里迈出的,很多人,当他们创业时,他们觉得,以车库或者,你知道,自己的家作为起点也许是一个耻辱,但我要说的是,从小开始,量力而行,将风险降到最低,直至你下定决心要放手一搏,并全力以赴去实现目标,因为这样,你才能尽快地让自己快速壮大。
采访者:可以的话,你能给有初步想法的未来企业家说说创业的三个最重要的提示是什么吗?
杰米:当然可以。第一,测试可行性;第二,全力以赴实现目标;第三,评估衡量;要是容许我说第四点的话,那就是,如果你衡量不来的话,就不要做了。
翻译:Terry
