We all have heard of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg – twenty-something college dropouts who built billion-dollar companies at the cutting edge of global innovation. We have heard of the many start-ups that they and others acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars - Instagram, Skype, YouTube, Tumblr, and, most recently, Waze.
我们都知道史蒂夫·乔布斯、比尔·盖茨和马克·扎克伯格——这些20出头的大学辍学者建立了数十亿美元规模的公司，站在了全球创新的最前沿。我们听说过许多赚取亿万美元的创业企业——Instagram、Skype、YouTube、Tumblr，还有最近的Waze。既然如此，为何不效仿这些成功者？