There's not some fixed number of startups that can succeed, regardless of how many are started.

成功者的数目并没有上限，不管有多少人创业。

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What the increasing number of startups does mean is that you won't be able to sit on a good idea.

创业者数目的增加，意味着你不能抱着一个想法不动。

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He took a two-year leave in 2001 to spend time as an advisor, board member, or investor with a number of startups.

2001年起，他休假两年并一度担任数个初创企业的顾问、董事或者投资人。

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Silicon Valley has felt the pain of these policies through a drop in the number of startups founded by foreign-born immigrants.

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However, my experience with a number of startups is that the majority were rather protective of how much info they shared.

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Others such as Skype, now part of Microsoft, and Google Voice, offer voice calling functionality, as do a number of startups.

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