No One is Going to Steal Your Idea 完整註解

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許多創業者(Entrepreneur)失敗的主要原因是因為他們害怕跨出第一步，但他們並不是害怕創業失敗，而是害怕他們的想法被偷走。

NETFLIX 創辦人（也是這篇的作者） MARC RANDOLPH 認為這種觀念非常錯誤，也很危險。

Ideas don’t count. Not only is your idea almost certainly not original but it’s probably a bad idea too. But both of those things are fine – all ideas are bad ideas.  

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startup 新創公司

validation 「驗證」
文中用 idea validation 或 product validation 指的就是「點子、產品的驗證」

iteration 「迭代、反覆、重複」
The product is in its tenth iteration 意思是 這個產品經過了十次的改版或更新，目前是第十代的意思

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In 20 years of coaching wannabe founders, I’ve learned that the single biggest reason for failure is never starting. And I’ve heard every excuse there is for this failure to launch:

在 20 年的創業教練經驗中，我學到創業者失敗的最大原因是 never starting。我聽過各種各樣的藉口，為了不跨出第一步而找出的種種理由。

“I need to quit my day job.”

“I need to learn to code first.”

“I need to find a co-founder.”

“I need to raise money.”

The worst excuse of all – and one of the most frequent – is that they are scared. Not scared of failing (which is understandable) but scared they are going to have their idea stolen.

「我需要辭掉工作。」
「我需要先學寫程式。」
「我需要找到共同創辦人。」
「我需要籌備資金。」
最爛的藉口，也是最常聽到的藉口，是因為他們害怕。不是害怕失敗（這個可以理解），而是害怕別人偷走他們的點子。