But in Silicon Valley--and this is what makes it so special and so attractive--this long process can be broken up. "If you have no money now it doesn't matter: if only you can make a prototype, you can sell it to a big company which recognizes its worth, or find a venture capital company to invest in it before you need to go on to the design and production stage.
然而在矽谷，最特殊也最吸引人的，就是這樣的流程可以打散：「今天沒錢沒關係，只要做出產品雛形，就可以賣給識貨的大廠、或是找到創投公司來投資，做進一步的設計量產。