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2006年七月，日渐式微的互联网巨头雅虎提出以10亿美元收购当时羽翼未丰的Facebook。对创业公司来说，10亿美元的出价在当时非常罕见。“我认为我们至少应该考虑一下。”Facebook早期的投资人彼得·蒂尔在他的著述《从0到1》（Zero to One）中回忆道。而创始人扎克伯格最初的反应却是断然拒绝——事实证明扎克伯格那种自信是对的。过去，创始人为了获得10亿美元的估值，愿意向风险投资者出让某些权益保护。他们现在会后悔当初这么做。本期节目继续解读独角兽的悖论（请配合译者笔记01收听）：
grant (v.) [formal] to give someone something or allow them to have something that they have asked for （正式）授予、准予
pocket (v.) to take or keep sth, especially an amount of money, that does not belong to you 揩油；中饱私囊 to earn or win an amount of money 挣；赚下
stymie (v.) to prevent sb from doing sth that they have planned or want to do 阻挠；阻碍
discipline (v.) to punish sb for sth they have done 惩罚；处罚 to train sb, especially a child, to obey particular rules and control the way they behave 训导；管教
buoyant (adj.) tending to increase or stay at a high level, usually showing financial success 看涨的；保持高价的 cheerful and feeling sure that things will be successful 愉快而充满信心的；乐观的
