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原文：

My Advice for Starting a Business

By Leo Babauta

Recently I encouraged my 13-year-old daughter Maia to start a vegan cupcake business, and it’s so exciting to watch her get started.

As I talked to her about starting, she had some worries:

She didn’t know how.

She didn’t know what kind of business to create.

She was worried she’d fail.

Do any of those sound familiar? Those were my worries too, when I had a day job and thought about building something of my own.

Worry about not knowing what to do, how to do it, and whether you’ll fail … these stop so many people from starting.

I’ve launched numerous ventures, from ebooks to courses to my Sea Change membership program and more. Next week, I’m launching a new video interview series called The Habits of Entrepreneurs, and can barely wait to show it to you.

Today, I’d like to share the lessons I’ve learned about starting a business, in hopes of encouraging you to get started making something you love.

Look for opportunities.

If you can’t wait to get started, you’re onto something.

Start small.

Not starting is the biggest mistake.

Start a blog.

Don’t do SEO or social media marketing or viral marketing.

Instead, be super valuable.

Start lean.

Advertising is a bad business model.

Forget about the numbers.

The joy doesn’t come later.

Forget perfection.

Screw the business plan.

Start from home, and start with friends.

Focus on important things.

Surround yourself with interesting people.

Learn to be OK with not knowing.

Get started, my friends! You’ll love it.

翻译：

我关于创业的一些建议

作者：Leo Babauta

最近，我在鼓励我13岁的女儿maia去创业卖素食蛋糕，看着她一步步开始，我也很激动。

应该怎么开始呢？与她探讨后，我知道她的一些顾虑：

她不知道从哪里开始着手。

她不知道应该创建什么样的商业模式。

她害怕搞砸了。

怎么样，这听起来似曾相识吧？当我还是一名上班族，并想着要自己干点什么的时候，我也有这些顾虑。

担心不知道该做什么，怎么做，会不会失败......正是这些想法把许多人都挡在了门外。

过去这些年，我从事过多种商业活动，从电子书到讲座，再到我的改变海洋会员计划等等。下周，我又参与了一个名叫“企业家的习惯”的系列视频采访节目，到时你应该刚好可以给你看看。

今天，我把自己学到的一些创业经验分享给你，希望能鼓励你做一些自己喜欢的事。

1.寻找机会。

2.如果你暂时还没办法开始你想做的事，那起码要多留意。

3.从小事做起。

4.不开始就是最大的失误。

5.要开始记录。

6.不要做去做竞价排名，也不要搞社交媒体和病毒式营销。

7. 真材实料才是正道。

8.轻装上阵。

9.广告不是个好商业模式。

10.不要拘泥于数字。

11.快乐总会来的。

12.不要过分追求完美。

13. 制定详细的商业计划。

14.从家庭和身边的朋友开始。

15.要善于抓住重点。

16.多和有趣的人在一起。

17.人不用什么都懂，你要学着习惯。

行动起来吧，我的朋友！你会爱上创业的。