Polygon创始人自述创业经历:出生平民窟,三次连续失败

Odaily星球日报Pubblicato 2023-11-13Pubblicato ultima volta 2023-11-13

Introduzione

韧性至关重要

原文作者:Sandeep Nailwal

原文编译:Block unicorn

Polygon创始人自述创业经历:出生平民窟,三次连续失败

随着 Nailwal Fellowship 上个月的启动,我花了很多时间回顾自己的根基,思考这样一个项目在我创业的旅程中会如何帮助我。今天,我想分享一下我创建 Nailwal Fellowship 的经过——从一个农村小村庄的谦卑起源,到现在 Polygon 是一家领先的区块链网络协议。

我的早年生活

我出生在印度北部的小山镇 Ramnagar。我的家庭来自非常简单的背景——我的祖父是一个富裕家庭的家务帮手,我的父亲是一名临时工,我的母亲从未上过学,是一位家庭主妇。为了给我更好的教育机会,我还是个孩子的时候,我的家人搬到了德里的「Jamna-Paar」地区。我自豪地称这个地方为家,然而,它经常被别人贴上贫民窟或贫民区的标签(下图所示)。

Polygon创始人自述创业经历:出生平民窟,三次连续失败

我们的生活被「紧张」所定义。紧张来自我们将生活从 Ramnagar 搬迁到德里的新社区,紧张环绕着我父亲的饮酒、赌博和暴力倾向,以及由于我们不稳定的收入而产生的财务紧张。这些经历塑造了我的愿望——我决心不让我的家庭,包括现在和未来,重复这样的生活。我清晰地记得一个童年事件,对我的生活产生了深远的影响。

当我六岁的时候,我在搬到德里之前访问了 Ramnagar 的一座寺庙。在这座寺庙里,离开之前习惯性地许愿。我许愿有一天能够给我的家庭提供我父母无法给予我的生活。这个愿望成为引导我走出困境、塑造我作为创始人成功的力量。

Polygon创始人自述创业经历:出生平民窟,三次连续失败

教育是我通向更好生活的道路,即使在搬迁后换了学校,我仍然很幸运在学业上取得了优异的成绩。当我该进入初中时,我的邻居和朋友建议我父母将我送到 Jamna-Paar 以外的学校,以充分发掘我的潜力。从德里的一所较大的学校过渡是具有挑战性的,但我知道这是迈向我家庭更好生活的一步。我专注于学业,再次取得了顶尖成绩,这导致了我接下来的大学教育和创业之旅。

期望的负担:我的创业之旅

期望可以成为通向生活目标的踏脚石,也可以成为阻碍个人成长的负担。在我的生活中,它们是我背负的沉重负担。作为长子,我被期望成为养家糊口的人,即使在偿还学生贷款的同时也要为家庭提供经济支持。有时,由于为家庭提供支持而感受到的压力让我难以入眠;我清楚地记得曾经不知道自己是否能够凑足资金资助妹妹的婚礼。尽管我为了家庭提供支持感到自豪,但这些期望常常迫使我将收入稳定置于创业抱负之上。

在我的个人生活中,随着我与 Harshita(我的女友,现在是妻子)的关系变得严肃,我感到了购房和为她提供一定生活水平的压力。这本来会迫使我走上一条不适合我的职业道路。幸运的是,Harshita 鼓励我追求我的激情,推翻了认为拥有大房子才能幸福的观念。这种支持使我能够追随自己的兴趣,最终导致我创建了自己的第一家公司,后来共同创办了 Polygon。

Polygon创始人自述创业经历:出生平民窟,三次连续失败

然而,我知道并非每个人都有这样的支持。Nailwal Fellowship 的目标是为个人提供支持,使他们能够追随自己的激情,摆脱社会期望的束缚。通过 Fellowship,你将获得财务支持和获取资源网络的机会,使你能够按照自己的条件追求自己的激情。回顾过去,我希望自己能够有机会参与像 Nailwal Fellowship 这样的项目。这将加速 Polygon 的创立,并提升我的整体幸福感。

韧性的重要性

总结我作为创始人的个人经历,我想强调一种我认为对于任何创始人都至关重要的品质——韧性。我一直对创业充满激情,但在我一生中,诸如学生贷款、要养家糊口以及社会期望等各种因素常常让我望而却步,不敢追求自己的激情。我早期的创业经历都是兼职,围绕我的常规工作时间安排。由于无法全职投入,大多数项目都以失败告终。然而,这些失败是宝贵的教训,培养了我的韧性。

我的第一次真正的创业经历是在大学时期参与的一家小型创业公司,我们为政府机构开发软件。虽然我们取得了一些进展,但由于时间限制,我们无法扩展,最终不得不关闭。我下一次尝试是在几年后,在德勤担任顾问的同时,我承接了一个兼职项目,是一家物流创业公司。我们取得了初步的成功,但竞争非常激烈。然而,另一家创业公司不得不关闭,这些经历给了我宝贵的教训,我需要寻找一个蓝海市场——一个我能够拥有竞争优势的领域。更重要的是,我需要全职投入,才能实现显著的增长。

Polygon创始人自述创业经历:出生平民窟,三次连续失败

我(最左边,顶排第二个)回到大学时代

在 Harshita 的鼓励下,我离开了稳定的公司工作,开始全职致力于我的创业项目。接下来,我着手开发一家显示增长迹象的 B2B 市场。与大品牌签订了合同,收入开始稳步流入。然而,我们很快遇到了瓶颈。尽管我们付出了最大的努力,但我们无法突破增长的平台期。我们不得不关闭它,标志着我第三次努力的结束,三次连续的失败导致了自我怀疑。但我的韧性比我的疑虑更强大。我从过去的经验中吸取了教训,而且我得到了家人坚定的支持——他们鼓励我振作起来,继续前进。而第四次尝试的确是成功的契机。我的下一个创业项目是一个名为 Matic 的小型区块链项目。当时我并不知道,Matic 将发展成为 Polygon,并取得难以想象的成功。

Polygon创始人自述创业经历:出生平民窟,三次连续失败

Matic 早期的我、JD 和 Sid

韧性(坚持)在我今天的成就中发挥了至关重要的作用。Nailwal Fellowship 旨在识别并支持那些展现出韧性、愿意克服挫折实现梦想的创造者。我们不在乎你失败了多少次,我们在乎的是你振作起来并再次尝试的次数。对我们来说,这是任何创始人必须具备的最重要的价值观。如果有一个创始人从我的故事中得到的教训,那就是你需要内在的动力推动你构建更好的东西。你不需要和我有相同的背景,但我认识的每一位伟大创始人都内心深处有着推动他们取得更多成就的力量。

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