南桥英语口语培训选择朋友做投资伙伴会降低成功几率.doc

南桥英语口语培训，选择朋友做投资伙伴会降低成功几率（文/太平洋英语）Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin and Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 filmThe Social Network.Thinking of going into business with a friend? Your relationship could cost you, according to research.Researchers at Harvard University, in a study looking at friendship among venture capitalists, found that those who paired together based on how much they liked each other - as opposed to basing the decision on ability - were likely to see less success on their investments.The Cost of Friendship report by three authors - whether they are friends or not is not known - studied more than 3,500 venture capitalists from 1975 to 2003.The study showed that if business partners of the same minority group worked together, their chances of a successful return dropped by 25 percent.By the same token, those partners who went to the same college saw their chance of success drop by 22 percent, and by 18 percent if they started a business together before.The report said: Collaborations based on characteristics unrelated to ability might suffer from a cost of friendship and induce a negative relationship between affinity based similarities and performance.If you want to see a real-world example, just look at Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. While the pair have both reaped millions - in Zuckerbergs case, many billions - the pair had an hugefalling-out in the early days of the social network, as was portrayed in the film The Social Network.The researchers said that the flip-side of working with friends included working with too many similarly-minded people, all sharing certain strengths and weaknesses, and potentially having poor decision-making as decisions would be made on a group basis.However, it is unlikely that this report will stop friends starting businesses together - it is one of the most popular ways to set up a business.But, as the authors, warn: To paraphrase Ralph Waldo Emerson, you cannot afford to be stupid with old friends when you are venture capitalists co-investing together.在考虑和朋友合伙做生意吗？研究表明，你的友情会让你遭受损失。哈佛大学的研究人员发现，那些选择交情好的人做合作伙伴的人，相比那些根据对方能力来选合作伙伴的人，在投资上更容易失败。这些研究人员对风险资本家之间的友情进行了研究。这一研究报告名为友情的代价，由三个人共同撰写完成，至于他们是不是朋友就不得而知了。该研究在1975年到2003年间调查了3500名风险资本家。研究显示，如果选择朋友作为自己的生意合伙人，他们的投资成功率将减少25%。同样，那些上同一所大学的合伙人投资成功的几率会减少22%，如果过去曾合伙创业，那么成功几率将减少18%。报告称：“根据与能力无关的性格来确立合作关系，将可能因友情而付出代价，而且关系亲密的人相似点较多，这种相似性会对工作业绩产生消极影响。”如果你想了解现实世界的例子，只需看看马克扎克伯格和爱德华多萨维林就知道。尽管这两人都获益数百万美金以上（扎克伯格是上百亿），但是正如电影社交网络中所描述的，他们却在社交网站创立初期大吵一架。研究人员称，与朋友合伙的弊端在于，和太多想法相似的人一起工作，这些人拥有同样的长处和弱点，在集体做决定时，可能会做出糟糕的决定。不过，这一报告也不大可能会阻止朋友们一起创业，毕竟这是最普遍的创业方式之一。但是，正如作者们警告的那样：“改写一下爱默生的话：和老朋友一起做傻事没什么，但如果你是要和老朋友一起做风险投资，那你可输不起。”Vocabulary:by the same token: 同样地，由于同样的原因affinity: 密切关系falling-out: 吵架flip-side: 对立面paraphrase: 改述，改写packing-case n.包装箱pain n.疼痛palace n.府，邸panic n.惊慌paradise n.天堂parliamentary a.国会的part n.台词partial a.部分的particularly ad.特别地party n.批，组pass n.关隘passage n.流逝passer-by n.过路人past n.过去pastoral a.田园的pasture n.牧场patrol vt.巡逻pavement n.人行道peace n.宁静peaceful a.宁静的peach tree n.桃树peer vi.盯着看(与at连用)pent-up a.被抑制的perch vt.座落，位于perform vt.完成，提供performance n.运行perfume n.香水perfumed a.有香味的period n.一段时间permanent a.永久的permission n.允许perpetual a.永久的Persia波斯(现称伊朗)personal a.私人的perturb vt.使担忧pester vt.缠扰petrify vt.使发呆petrol tank汽油箱phase n.(月)相phenomena n.现象philosopher n.哲学家photographer n.摄影师phrase n.措词physical a.身体的physical exercises n.体操pie dish n.平底锅piece n.件，个piece vt.拼合pioneer n.先驱pipe n.管道pit vt.使凹下pitfall n.易犯错误pity n.怜悯plank n.木板plant n.植物plaster n.熟石膏plateau n.高原platform n.平台plead vt.辩护pleadings n.恳求please vt.认为合适pleased a.高兴的plot vt.密谋策划plug vt.堵，塞，插上，插栓 n.塞子，插头，插销plumber n.管子工plunge vi.跳入(与into连用)plunge vi.跳入pneumatic a.风动的 pocket-money n.零用钱point vi.指向(与to连用)poison vt.毒死poison n.毒药polish vt.擦亮popularity n.名望port n.港口porter n.杂务工position n.地位position n.姿势positive a.确信的，有自信的positively ad.实在地，绝对地possessions n.财产pot n.壶potholer n.洞穴探险家potholing n.洞穴探险pounce vi.猛抓(与on连用)pounce vi.猛扑(与on连用)pound n.磅pour vt.倾注pour vi.源源不断地流poverty n.贫困power n.力量practical joke n.恶作剧practice n.业务practice n.习惯做法praise n.赞美pray vi.祷告precariously ad.不安全地precise a.周密的，精确的precisely ad.正好pre-conditioning n.事先思想准备predecessor n.前辈prehistoric a.史前的，古老的prejudice vt.抱偏见prelude n.序幕premises n.房屋premium n.保险费presence n.在场present vt.呈递preserve vt.保存preside vi.指挥president n.总统press n.印刷机press conference n.记者招待会pretentious a.做作的previous a.以前的price n.价格pride vt.骄傲priest n.牧师primitive a.原始的prince n.王子print n.印子prise vt.撬开prison n.监狱privacy n.清静privilege n.特权;好处prize a.珍贵的prize-fighter n.职业拳击家proceed vi.继续进行process n.过程procession n.行列product n.产品professional a.职业的project n.工程project n.方案，计划promontary n.海角prompt vt.怂恿prompt a.及时的promptly ad.准时地proportion n.部分propose vt.打算prosecute vt.告发prosperous a.繁荣的protection n.保护provide vt.提供provocation n.惹怒pr