在职状况下如何创业

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来源How to Start Up While Still Employed
译者Kevin Wong

A good hedge against the risks of starting your own business is to start up while you still have a job that pays a regular salary and benefits. If you're in a position to do that, you'll have the best of both worlds. There are some simple Do's and Don'ts that can guide you as you walk a sometimes fine line between your career and entrepreneurship.

       规避创业风险的最好办法是在创业起步阶段拥有一份工作，从而获得稳定收入和福利。如果你有能力做到，便可两全其美。以下是一些简单的准则，可以引导你正确处理好职业和创业的关系。

Do's

       应该做的事情

1. Do consider running your business as a part-time operation alongside your current job. This is a great model because you'll continue to have income and benefits.

       1、一定要考虑将创业作为你现有职业之外的兼职。这是一种很好的模式，因为这样你就可以继续享受工资收入和福利。

2. Do understand and follow your employment contract to the letter, especially if it makes reference to inventions and intellectual property (IP) that you develop as part of your job. Almost always, anything developed on company time and using company property belongs to the company. If you do not have an employment contract, you're still not in the clear. Check the company's Employee Manual for references to ownership of inventions and IP. No manual? Ask your Human Resources manager or someone functioning in that role to explain the policy.

       2、一定要理解并严格遵守你的劳动合同，尤其是涉及到工作中获得的发明和知识产权。在工作时间以及使用公司财产获得的任何东西几乎都归公司所有。如果没有劳动合同，你也不能脱身。你需要查阅公司员工手册中涉及发明与知识产权归属的部分。如果没有员工手册呢？你就需要询问人力资源部经理或者负责解释这些政策的人员了。

3. Do set aside cash reserves from the income your startup creates that can sustain you when and if you decide to leave your job.

       3、当（或者假如）你决定辞职时，一定要从你的创业收益中预留出能维持你生活的现金。

4. Do be as open with your employer as possible. In fact, if your business is not competitive with theirs, see if you can turn them into a customer or client. You may even be able to get your employer to invest in your startup, or allow you to hold equity in a joint venture. If you think you might go the route of having an employer as a customer, investor or partner, get input from a trusted advisor such as an attorney on how to proceed.

       4、尽可能与你的老板言明。事实上，假如你的生意不会与你老板的业务产生竞争，你应该看看能不能将他们变成你的顾客。你甚至可以让你的老板在你的生意上投资，或者允许你在合资公司中持有股份。如果你能够让你的老板成为你的顾客、投资者或者合作伙伴，你需要咨询值得信赖的顾问（比如律师）以确定如何具体操作。

5. Do clear the decks. If you are going to do your day job and your part-time business, that doesn't leave much time for non-essential activities. Decide what's really important and dump the rest.

       5、准备行动。如果在从事一份日常工作的同时还要经营自己的生意，你就没有很多时间留给其他不必要的活动了。你应该决定什么事真正重要，并放弃其他不重要的。

Don'ts

       不该做的事情

1. Don't use corporate computers or email systems to send any emails related to your business. Even if you log into your webmail account to send email, you still have problems: you are using their property to further your own business, which could present a legal challenge later. They may have the right to read whatever keystrokes you've entered, even if your emails were not entered on the company's email system.

       1、不要使用公司的计算机或者电子邮件系统发送任何与你生意有关的电子邮件。即使你登陆网页信箱账户发送电子邮件，仍然有问题：你正在使用公司财产来发展自己的生意，这可能日后引起法律纠纷。即使你没有进入公司电子邮件系统，公司也可能有权阅读你键入的任何信息。

2. Don't feel pressured to leave your job as your business starts to gain traction. New businesses go through life cycles and some early wins do not necessarily mean you have a sustainable enterprise.

       2、当自己的生意步入正轨时你不应该因为辞掉现在的工作而感到有压力。新生意要经历许多的高峰和低谷，一些早期的成就并不意味着你拥有了一家可持续发展的企业。

3. Don't choose a business that doesn't lend itself to part-time involvement if you can only do it part-time to start. For example, opening a retail food store can be an all-consuming endeavor. If you are not reachable and not hands-on at the beginning stages, you are setting yourself up for potential failure.

       3、如果你只能利用业余时间来创业，就不应该选择不适合兼职参与的生意。例如，开办一家零售食品店需要全力以赴。如果在创业开始阶段你不能够到场并亲自参与，那么你正置自己于潜在的失败中。

4. Don't talk about your part-time business to other employees around the proverbial water-cooler. This could be construed as promoting your business on company time. The silence rule extends to discussions on company time with your employer's clients and suppliers.

       4、不要在众所周知的水冷却器周围与其他雇员谈论你的兼职。这可以理解为利用上班时间经营自己的生意。这个沉默规则的对象也包括老板的客户和供应商。

5. Don't be afraid to take the leap to full-time entrepreneurship when the time is right. Running a business part-time can be partly successful, but unless you are going to be a passive investor, the business will grow only up to a certain point without the full-time commitment of the owner.

       5、当时机来临时，不要害怕辞掉现在的工作全职创业。业余时间经营一项生意能够取得一定程度的成功，但是，除非你想成为一名消极投资者，否者没有创业者的全力投入，生意将只能发展到一定的高度。

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