tes look for companies with an experienced management team. They want someone that has a “successful track record” with experience forming teams, writing business plans, building products, and managing a P&L.
每当论及创建一家成功企业时，大多数投资人及企业倡导人都会拿那些有资深管理管队的企业来做例子。他们需要找的是某个曾经功名成就的人，这个人必须是经验老道，可以为他们搭建班子、制定商业计划、组织产品生产并管理好经营业绩的人.
You can’t blame them. As with almost everything in life, practice makes perfect and experience provides learning lessons that allow for improvement and growth. While betting on experienced batters can certainly produce doubles, triples, and even home-runs; the grand slams of entrepreneurship come from the young and ill-experienced 20-somethings.
你也不能怪他们这样做，因为在现实生活中几乎所有事情都离不开熟能生巧这一准则，而且经验本身就像课堂学习，它是靠习得的，可以帮助一个人提高和成长。毋庸置疑，经验丰富的棒球手肯定能做到二垒安打、三垒安打甚至是全垒打，但真正的大满贯企业家（形容非常有成就的企业家）往往是一些20岁左右、没有多少经验的年轻人.
Yes, I said it. That’s not what you’re going to read in the textbooks. You won’t hear that from a venture capitalist. And, you certainly won’t hear that in your MBA classes.
确实是这样的，我过去也这样说过。这些知识是你的课本中没有的，风险资本家也不会告诉你，MBA课程肯定也不会告诉你.
I know, I know. Some of you will say that I am biased because I was a 20-Something young entrepreneur when I started Lendio, but let’s look at the facts:
我知道，我知道！你们一些人也许会认为我偏执、不靠谱，认为我这样说仅仅是因为我正好是一名年轻的企业家，年轻时就创办了Lendio公司。那么，我们不妨来看看一些实实在在实例，年龄上讲这些成功的企业家大都是我们同时代的人:
(Some of the) Most Successful Entrepreneurs of our Time and Their (Age):
谷歌公司的创始人：拉里·佩奇(25岁)；塞吉·布林(25岁)
: Steve Jobs (21) &Steve Wozniak (26)
苹果公司创始人：史蒂夫·乔布斯（21岁）；斯蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克（26岁)
Founders of Microsoft : Bill Gates (20) &Paul Allen (22)
微软公司创始人：比尔·盖茨（20岁）；保罗·艾伦（22岁）
Founder of Facebook : Mark Zuckerberg (20)
脸书公司创始人：马克·扎克博格（20岁)
Founder of Wal-Mart : Sam Walton (26)
沃尔玛创始人：萨姆·沃尔顿（26岁）
Anyone else recognize the pattern? Each one of the founders was between the ages of 20 and 26 when they founded what turned out to be one of the most successful companies of our lifetime.
还有其他人认识这些年龄结构吗？这些创始人创业时的年龄都在20岁至26岁之间，而他们创办起来的企业是我们今天最成功的.
In Pictures: The 10 Most Important Lessons For 20-Something Workers
图片中是为20岁左右的在职人员设计的20堂最重要的课程。20岁左右的人输得起 （小输没什么，大输是教训）
20-Somethings Have Nothing to Lose
年轻企业家之所以能创建卓有成就的企业，一个主要的原因是他们不怕输（输得起）。这些企业家大都习惯了睡条件简单的大学公寓和吃拉面。在这些企业家创业那个时代，通常还没有抵押贷款、贷款买车以及高楼林立等条件。
One of the main reasons that young entrepreneurs can build incredibly successful companies is that they really don’t have anything to lose. Most of these entrepreneurs are used to living in a cheap college apartment and eating ramen noodles. At that age, the entrepreneur usually doesn’t have a mortgage, a car payment, or a built-up lifestyle to maintain.
相反，等到经验丰富了再创业的企业家对生活的得失就有所顾忌。而此时他们职业意向是高薪工作，他们更倾向于生活在有车族的舒适群体里，有的甚至习惯了开着豪华轿车，享受着客观的月薪。当他们的另一半突然想到要创业时，他们会考虑到过去辛辛苦苦工作搭建起来的舒适生活一下子变得赤裸裸的现实。不过，当突然想到失去是必然时，这些经验老到的企业家也会规划着创建成功的企业，包括保护好企业、精打细算、保守经营等。
On the contrary, a more experienced entrepreneur that is starting a company later in life has everything to lose. By this time in their career, they are used to a strong-paying salary. They live in a nice neighborhood with a comfortable car — maybe even a luxury car with a monthly payment attached. When his/her spouse thinks about starting a new company, he/she will also consider the stark reality of losing the comforts of life that they have worked hard to build up during their career. Suddenly, when thinking about all that he/she has to lose, the experienced entrepreneur’s plan to build a successful company include hedges, calculated moves, and conservatism.
20岁左右可以打全垒球
With nothing to lose, young entrepreneurs can look at solving problems with a completely different mindset. There is very little at risk. They aren’t required to hedge. And only the thing that crosses the entrepreneur’s mind is the drive to solve the identified problem in the best way possible. Fortunately, the young entrepreneur has the energy to consistently burn the midnight candle.
没有失败的顾忌，年轻企业家可以以完全不一样的心态去看待和解决问题。对他们来说，风险损失很小，没有必要处处设防。他们仅仅需要的是头脑里要有以可能是最好的方法来解决已知问题的思想。不过，幸运的是年轻企业家精力充沛，他们可以夜以继日不停地工作。
“I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.” — Bill Gates
“我20几岁时没有一天是虚度的，绝对没有”——比尔•盖茨
Finally, without having been in the workplace, the young entrepreneur has a fresh perspective untainted from the way-it-is-supposed-to-be mindset that is so prevalent in most boardrooms. Consequently, their solutions are new, innovative, and groundbreaking.
最后我要说的是，对于没有参加过工作的年轻企业家来说，他们有自己纯洁新颖的思想观念，不受普遍盛行于会议室那些复杂心态的约束。
Go for it. There will never be a better time in your life to live your dream of entrepreneurship. Swing for the fences with a goal to add your name to the prestigious list above. If you fail, it will have been one of the best learning experiences of your life.
如果才20岁出头，那就尝试着去创业吧！在你的一生当中没有什么比实现创业梦想更美好的事了。做一个有目标的人，放飞梦想，让自己也成为上述名声显赫的企业家之一。如果你失败了，就当它是你人生中一次完美的教训。
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