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1976年的秋天,硅谷风险投资人唐·瓦伦汀开着漂亮的奔驰轿车来到一间汽车库前。他的朋友告诉他,车库里有两个年轻人设计了一种新型微电脑,有市场前景,但他们苦于没有资金。瓦伦汀希望实地看一看然后决定是否投钱。但一进门,他便大倒胃口,接待他的年轻人,长发披肩,留着山羊胡子,身穿牛仔裤,脚蹬拖鞋,睡眼惺忪。瓦伦汀很不高兴地离开了车库,没有给一分钱。事后他还埋怨介绍人:“你怎么给我推荐这样一块料?”若干年后盛夏的一个夜晚,斯坦福大学的两位博士研究生躲在一个小房间里,为他们的网站取名而绞尽脑汁。其中一位就是
In the fall of 1976, Don Valentin, a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, came to a garage with a beautiful Mercedes coupe. His friend told him that there are two young people in the garage who have designed a new type of microcomputer that has market prospects, but they suffer from no funds. Valentin hopes to take a look at the field and decide whether to invest money. However, as soon as he entered the house, he was greatly frustrated, receiving his young people, long-haired shawls, goatee-bears, jeans, pedal slippers and sleepy eyes. Valentin was unhappy to leave the garage, did not give a penny. Afterwards, he also complained to the introducer: “How did you recommend such a piece of material for me?” One night after midsummer a few years later, two PhD students at Stanford University hid in a small room and named their websites twisted Do your best. One of them is