Messing up a few times isn't that big a deal. But if you get scared and try to avoid all mistakes by sticking with just a few "tried and true" behaviors, you'll miss out on most opportunities as well.

吃几次亏没什么大不了，但如果你变得胆小并因为一点“被验证的正确的”习惯而试图避免所有的错误，你也会因此错过很多机会。

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“Big sucks the traffic out of small, ” Milner says. “In theory you can have a few very successful individuals controlling hundreds of millions of people.

“大网站将小网站的流量都吃掉了，”，米尔纳说道，“从理论上说，你可以通过一些十分成功的人士来控制几亿人。

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"Big sucks the traffic out of small," Milner says. "in theory you can have a few very successful individuals controlling hundreds of millions of people."

“大网站将小网站的流量都吃掉了，”，米尔纳说道，“从理论上说，你可以通过一些十分成功的人士来控制几亿人。”

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The truth of the matter is if you look at the technology industry, there's always a few big guys, some medium size guys, lots of small guys, and the names are always changing because the industry is so darn dynamic, and there's so much new stuff being invented.

真相是，如果你回首科技行业，人总会分为三六九等，耳熟能详的名字总在变化,因为这个行业发展实在太快了，有如此多的新事物被发明出来。

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Step up to the window and you see Bill Gross next to you fingering a few big bills from his money clip and betting on the municipal ponies.

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Amazingly, the initial fear (it is impossible not to be intimidated, especially just before they open the gate between you and big sharks) passes in just a few minutes, because you quickly realize that the sharks regard you with more ambivalence than curiosity.

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And that's how you develop a big idea from a few little tweets.

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