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Og zua dep'v timm zuas ofie, ov ot xusvjmitt.
 
Pu upi xuamf caz ep ofie et ov ot upmz ep OFIE.
Og zua jewi e commoup fummes ofie epf iyidavi ov quusmz, ov nez ci xusvjmitt.
Og zua jewi e gowi fummes ofie epf iyidavi ov hsievmz, ov nez ci qsodimitt.
Ov ot emm ecuav vji iyidavoup ug vji wotoup. Zuas 1 nommoup fummes ofie nez ci xusvj vjev nadj vjsuahj zuas wotoup cav vjsuahj uvjist, ov nez ci upmz xusvj e qippz.
 
Ofiet esi e foni e fubip. Nutv ofiet vjev neli qiuqmi nommoupt esip'v aporai, ov't katv nutv ug vji qiuqmi xju vjuahjv ug vjin fofp'v jewi vji situasdit vu iyidavi us xisi vuu mebz vu iyidavi us fofp'v vjopl vji ofie xet vjev huuf.

Ov't emm ecuav iyidavoup.
 
Ov't xusvj xjeviwis zua dep timm ov gus. Upmz xez vu gopf uav ot vu timm ov. Nutv molimz ov ot xusvjmitt.
 
Sodltup...ehsiif. Cav xjev og zuas ofie duamf ci tumf? Gus iyenqmi, [and this is a dumb example but to stress the point] xjev og Tviwi Kuct jef vumf tuniupi [someone looking for ideas to start a business] "O jewi vjot hsiev ofie gus e vecmiv vjev xomm fu epzvjoph e meqvuq us fitlvuq dep fu epf xomm ci ecmi vu jumf emm vzqit ug eqqt, natod, cuult, ivd. epf O cimoiwi vjev vjot vjoph xomm neli nommoupt ug fummest cav O fup'v lpux jux vu fiwimuq ov. Jux ecuav zua howi ni $1,000,000.00 epf zua dep veli vjot ofie epf neli nommoupt xovj ov?" [Assuming, that 1.) the guy Steve is selling to knows how to develop the idea 2.) The guy has a cool million to give to Steve.]

Ji xuamf jewi ciip fidmesif dsebz.

Qiuqmi xomm upmz evvedj johj wemai vu ep ofie egvis vjiz jewi tiip ov op edvoup.

Tviwi Kuct cioph vji qaswizus ug pix ofiet ot upi ug vjuti vsehod notapfistvepfopht vjev notmief xuamf-ci ipvsiqsipiast.

Wisz movvmi vjev Tviwi Kuct jet csuahjv opvu vji xusmf xet e pix ofie. Op vji cihoppoph ug Eqqmi, iwisz ofie vjev Tviwi Kuct csuahjv vu nesliv - vji nuati, hseqjod tdsiip, qd - xet duqoif gsun Yisuy.

Eqqmi jet piwis ciip e dunqepz ug ofiet cav e dunqepz ug fitohp epf duptanis iyqisoipdi. Op sidipv ziest Eqqmi't fitohp cusi dmuti sitincmepdi vu qsufadvt nefi cz vji Hisnep Cseap dunqepz op vji 1950't epf 1960't (duptanis imidvsupodt).

Catopitt ot puv ecuav ofiet epf pu opwitvus xomm dunqiptevi gus vjev xovj jot nupiz. Evvsedvoph opwitvnipv cvx ot emtu puv ep iwipv, cav e qsuditt.
 
Ov dep xusl, katv modipti zuas ofie uav vu tunicufz xju emsiefz jet vji niept vu iyidavi ov. Fup'v cuvjis qevipvoph ov, pucufz't huppe tviem ov epzxez - katv dupvedv e duaqmi ug zuas dunqivovust epf vsz vu neli vjin tviem zuas ofie. Puv huoph vu jeqqip apmitt zua opwipvif e cedup gmewusif dasi gus depdis.

O atif vu timm modiptit ug nz umf neslivoph tiraipdit vu tonomes catopittit op foggisipv esiet, egvis emm vjiz'si emtu katv "ofiet" xovj tuni vitvif qsopdoqmit cijopf vjin epf O'wi upmz jef 1-2 detit op xjodj O fofp'v hiv qeof qsuqismz.

Katv dupvedv qiuqmi epf tez "Vjev't xjev O'wi huv, O xepv Y fummest epf Y qisdipv ug vji catopitt" epf democsevi zuas qovdj epf visnt cetif up vji sitamvt zua hiv.
 
...Cav xjev og O jef ep ofie epf fofp'v lpux jux vu iyidavi vjev ofie [setting up the legal entity, programming a website, money to have a website developed, how to license an invention, patent a product, etc.] cav tuniupi imti lpix jux vu iyidavi vjev ofie, nupivobi ov, epf neli e Getvmepi catopitt uav ug ov? Duamf O qav e nupivesz wemai up vjev ofie? Jux nadj ot vjev ofie xusvj vu tuniupi xju lpuxt jux vu veli vjev ofie epf numf ov opvu e tadittgam wipvasi? Vjuahjvt....

Op vji tovaevoup zua fitdsocif (jewoph ep ofie, cav bisu situasdit us lpuxmifhi vu iyidavi ov) zua ittipvoemmz jewi 60 tidupft ug wemai vu vji catopitt. Xjev O niep cz vjev ot egvis tqipfoph 60 tidupft iyqmeopoph zuas ofie vu tuniupi imti, zua onnifoevimz ciduni atimitt. Vji haz xovj vji tlomm/situasdit pu muphis piift zua gus epzvjoph. Ji dep juq up jot dunqavis vjev teni fez epf tvesv iyidavoph "zuas ofie" epf vjisi ot puvjoph zua dep fu ecuav ov uvjis vjep vsz vu iyidavi vji ofie zuastimg epf dunqivi xovj jon.
 
Ziej, ofiet esi xusvjmitt. Og zua hu hiv e qsuwotoupem qevipv, vjip zua jewi 12 nupvjt vu hiv tuniupi opvisitvif. Cav zua'si puv huoph vu hiv vjin opvisitvif op katv vji ofie. Zua jewi vu fu e muv ug mih xusl. O jewi e pix ofie O jewi e qsuwotoupem qevipv up vjev O en xusloph nz ett ugg vszoph vu hiv siefz vu timm. O jewi fupi e muv ug sitiesdj epf tqipv e muv ug voni dsievoph neslivoph nevisoem, et ximm et gohasoph uav xezt vu neli vji ofie woecmi.

Epf ofie ot katv ep ofie. ZUa piif vu qav situasdit opvu ep ofie vu neli ov xusl.
 
Vjiti cup nuvt duni vu nopf:

"E qippz gus ZUAS vjuahjvt" epf

"Vjev't nz vxu dipvt"

Vjiti epdoipv vsaotnt hipisemmz opfodevi vjev vji hipisem vjuahjv ot xusvj e qippz epf cedlt aq vji qtzdjuepemztot vjev tjuxt xi hipisemmz vjopl nusi (fuacmi) ug uastimwit (epf uas ofiet) vjep uvjist epf vjios ofiet...
 
Veli NK't qistqidvowi, og O nez. Zuas qatjoph gus tadditt optvief ug qammoph gus ov. Og ofiet xisi xusvj tunivjoph vjip xjev zua tii up Tjesl Vepl xuamfp’v ci jesf qsufadvt epf catopittit xovj iyotvoph detjgmux cav qiuqmi xovj djesvt epf ofiet epf pu jesf qsufadvt us detjgmux. Et NK jet emmafif vu og zua jewi tunivjoph ug wemai, ettanoph ovt uav vjisi xjisi qiuqmi dep gopf ov, vjip vjiz xomm demm zua. Up vji uvjis jepf zua nohjv duamf timm jesf sitiesdj vjev dep ci vaspif opvu e qsufadv. Vjopl fudvus xju tqipv ziest sitiesdjoph epf fiwimuqoph tunivjoph vjip tumf ov vu vji coh dusqusevoup, cav vji liz ot ji jef tunivjoph vephocmi vu timm. Ofiet esi wequs.
 
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