It's?little?more?than?a?decade?since?Mark?Zuckerbergdropped?out?of?Harvard?at?the?age?of?19?to?launchFacebook.?The?social?network?has?made?him?thefourth-richest?man?in?America?and?a?hero?to?anyaspiring?college?entrepreneur.十多年前，19歲的馬克扎克伯格從哈佛輟學(xué)，創(chuàng)辦了Facebook。該社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)使他榮登全美富人榜單第四名，同時(shí)也成為所有雄心勃勃的大學(xué)生企業(yè)家心目中的英雄。

Of?course?Zuckerberg?was?already?something?of?aprodigy?when?he?started?his?global?empire.?But?forthose?with?more?modest?abilities,?there?are?nowthousands?of?schools?across?the?country?offering?courses?in?entrepreneurship.
當(dāng)然了，扎克伯格在剛開(kāi)始打造他的全球帝國(guó)時(shí)已經(jīng)是一個(gè)傳奇人物了。然而對(duì)于那些沒(méi)那么才華橫溢的人而言，目前全國(guó)有成百上千家學(xué)校開(kāi)設(shè)了創(chuàng)業(yè)課程。
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The?days?seem?long?gone?when?students?sought?skills?that?would?secure?them?a?job?for?lifeworking?for?somebody?else.
學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)一技之長(zhǎng)，然后找一份工作終身為別人打工的時(shí)代已經(jīng)一去不復(fù)返了。

"There's?been?a?massive?shift,"?says?Derrick?Maggard,?director?of?the?Apex?Systems?Centerfor?Innovation?and?Entrepreneurship?at?Virginia?Tech. "Most?of?these?students?grew?up?duringthe?great?recession?and?saw?their?parents,?maybe?their?grandparents?or?an?aunt?or?unclestruggle?and?get?laid?off?by?large?companies.?They're?almost?fearful?to?go?into?the?corporateworld.?They?say,?I?don't?want?that?to?happen?to?me?-?I?want?to?do?my?own?thing?and?controlmy?destiny."“現(xiàn)在發(fā)生了翻天覆地的變化?！备ゼ醽喞砉W(xué)院尖端系統(tǒng)創(chuàng)新創(chuàng)業(yè)中心的德里克·馬加德主任說(shuō)?！斑@些學(xué)生大部分在經(jīng)濟(jì)大蕭條時(shí)代長(zhǎng)大，親眼目睹了他們父母或者祖父母、叔叔阿姨努力工作，最后卻被大公司解雇。他們非常害怕進(jìn)入公司工作。他們說(shuō)不想類(lèi)似的事情發(fā)生在自己身上-他們想做自己的事情，掌握自己的命運(yùn)?！?/p>

He?says?the?most?important?characteristics?for?a?successful?entrepreneur?are?the?ability?tohandle?ambiguity?and?the?skills?to?bring?an?idea?to?fruition.
馬加德認(rèn)為，對(duì)一個(gè)成功的企業(yè)家而言，最重要的品質(zhì)就是有能力處理模棱兩可的事情，并且擅于將想法變成先現(xiàn)實(shí)。
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Mark?Zuckerberg?is?now?worth?more?than?$52bn,?adding?$18bn?to?his?fortune?in?the?last?yearalone?according?to?Forbes.?And?while?he?represents?a?tiny?percentage?of?entrepreneurs,?manyother?successful?companies?have?been?started?in?a?college?dorm?room.
據(jù)福布斯數(shù)據(jù)顯示，馬克扎克伯格目前身價(jià)520億美元，僅去年一年身價(jià)就漲了180億美元。盡管他只代表了很少一部分的企業(yè)家，但也有其他很多成功的公司都是在大學(xué)宿舍中成立的。
Dyn?was?co-founded?in?2001?by?Jeremy?Hitchcock,?studying?at?Worcester?Polytechnic?Institute,?Massachusetts.?He?developed?a?way?to?optimise?the?flow?of?data?between?online?companies?andtheir?users?to?improve?internet?performance.?Dyn,?based?in?Manchester,?New?Hampshire,?nowemploys?400?people?and?boasts?clients?such?as?Twitter?and?Etsy.
Dyn公司于2001年由馬薩諸塞州伍斯特理工學(xué)院的杰里米·希契科克創(chuàng)辦。他發(fā)明了一種方法能夠優(yōu)化網(wǎng)上公司和其用戶(hù)之間的數(shù)據(jù)流，從而提高網(wǎng)絡(luò)性能。Dyn總部設(shè)在曼徹斯特新罕布什爾，現(xiàn)在有400名員工，并且以擁有Twitter和Etsy之類(lèi)的客戶(hù)資源為榮。
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"I'd?give?the?same?advice?to?any?university?student,"?says?Hitchcock. "Go?start?a?company?or?bepart?of?something?where?you're?creating?or?building,?because?you're?at?a?time?in?life?when?youhave?that?freedom?of?exploration.?And?do?something?that's?crazy,?that's?non-traditional."
“我會(huì)給所有大學(xué)生同樣的建議?！毕Ｆ蹩瓶苏f(shuō)?！皠?chuàng)辦一家公司，或者成為你創(chuàng)辦或搭建的事物的一部分，因?yàn)槟闾幵谌松粋€(gè)有探索自由的階段。做一些瘋狂的、打破傳統(tǒng)的事情。”
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"If?you?are?a?student?entrepreneur?and?you?have?an?idea?with?a?time?limit?on?getting?it?tomarket,?I?would?encourage?you?to?take?a?leave?of?absence?and?give?it?a?go.?But?those?arerare,"?Maggard?says. "Work?on?it?while?you're?in?school.?Develop?the?idea?and?continue?to?docustomer?research.?Then?when?the?time?is?right?and?you?are?ready?to?move?forward,?go?for?it."
“如果你是個(gè)大學(xué)生企業(yè)家，你有個(gè)想法在規(guī)定期限內(nèi)要把它推向市場(chǎng)，我建議你休學(xué)并把想法付諸實(shí)踐。然而這是很少見(jiàn)的?！瘪R加德說(shuō)?！霸趯W(xué)校里繼續(xù)做研究。完善你的想法并繼續(xù)開(kāi)展客戶(hù)研究。當(dāng)時(shí)機(jī)到來(lái)而你也做好了前進(jìn)的準(zhǔn)備時(shí)，盡管努力爭(zhēng)取吧?！?/div>
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29-year-old?Mehr?Pastakia?already?had?a?degree?in?horticulture?but?started?her?rooftop?gardencompany?while?studying?at?Johns?Hopkins?Carey?Business?School,?Baltimore.
29歲的梅爾·帕斯塔基已經(jīng)取得了園藝學(xué)學(xué)位，但她在巴爾的摩約翰霍普金斯大學(xué)商學(xué)院就讀時(shí)創(chuàng)辦了自己的屋頂花園公司。
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"I?just?wanted?to?learn?what?everybody?else?seemed?to?know?about?business,"?she?says. "I?had?afew?really?great?classes?and?really?great?classmates?that?made?it?totally?worth?it?for?me."
“我只是想學(xué)習(xí)那些似乎人人都知道的商業(yè)知識(shí)?！彼f(shuō)?！拔疑狭藥滋梅浅０舻恼n程，認(rèn)識(shí)了一些非常棒的同學(xué)，這讓我覺(jué)得非常值得?！?/div>
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One?of?the?most?important?lessons?was?how?to?manage?conflict?and?develop?self-knowledge?asa?leader,?she?says.?She?was?also?able?to?meet?a?potential?investor?who?focuses?on?backingwomen-owned?companies.
她表示，最重要的一課就是如何處理沖突和發(fā)展作為領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的自我認(rèn)知。她還認(rèn)識(shí)了一位潛在投資人，專(zhuān)門(mén)資助女企業(yè)家的公司。
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"Female?entrepreneurs?are?on?the?rise,"?says?Maggard. "But?one?challenge?they?do?face?is?equalaccess?to?capital.?Venture?capitalists?are?known?to?invest?less?in?female?led?start-ups."
“女企業(yè)家的人數(shù)逐漸增多。”馬加德主任說(shuō)道?！叭欢齻兊拇_面臨著一項(xiàng)挑戰(zhàn)：得到同等資金的機(jī)會(huì)。眾所周知，風(fēng)投家對(duì)女性創(chuàng)辦的新興公司投資相對(duì)較少?！?/div>
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"Research?shows?that?women?are?more?risk?averse?than?men,?and?this?can?be?paraded?around?asunfavourable,"?says?Kathy?Korman?Frey,?entrepreneur?in?residence?at?George?WashingtonUniversity?and?founder?of?Hot?Mommas?Project,?the?world's?largest?online?library?of?femaleentrepreneur?case?studies.
“研究表明，女性比男性更加容易規(guī)避風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，而這一點(diǎn)被很多人認(rèn)為是不利條件?！眴讨稳A盛頓大學(xué)入駐企業(yè)家凱西科曼弗雷說(shuō)。她是全球最大的女企業(yè)家案例研究網(wǎng)上圖書(shū)館“辣媽計(jì)劃”創(chuàng)始人。
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But,?she?says,?attitudes?towards?women?entrepreneurs?are?changing. "If?I?know?my?investmentis?safer?with?a?person?who?is?going?to?consider?all?the?options?and?then?make?a?move,?that's?a?(good)?investment?strategy."
然而，她表示，人們對(duì)女企業(yè)家的態(tài)度在逐漸發(fā)生改變?！叭绻抑牢业耐顿Y放在一個(gè)能夠考慮所有選擇最終才做出決定的人那里會(huì)更安全，那這是一個(gè)好的投資策略?！?/div>