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13年前，我们推出了Watsi.org，并在Show HN上进行了介绍。在近一年的时间里，这个社区为我们带来了如此多的流量，以至于我们无法快速列出患者的信息。后来，pg在HN上看到了我们，给了我们第一笔大额支票，并接受我们成为首个YC非营利组织（W13）。接下来的几年如同旋风般飞逝。那时我还是一位年轻、天真的创始人，拥有足够的经验去知道我希望Watsi比大多数非营利组织更高效、更透明和更具创新性。我们花了24小时不间断地与用户交流和编程。我们做了一些无法扩展的事情，尽力成为行走的、会说话的pg论文。多年来，我们了解到，非营利组织的产品/市场契合度是不同的。并不是很多人会在早晨醒来时想着：“我今天想给一个非营利组织捐款”，这种想法的热情远不及“我想喝咖啡”或“我想赚更多钱”。无论我们在筹款上投入多少努力，捐款的增长都是线性的，而对医疗服务的需求却是指数级增长。我感到夹在中间。投入了我所有的一切后，我最终感到疲惫不堪，转而加入了董事会。我犯了一个经典的创始人错误，把自我价值与Watsi的成功紧密相连。我相信，如果我能以某种方式帮助每一位患者，那我就是一个好人；但如果我让一些患者失望，这在所难免，那我就是一个坏人。看到我们的盈利性YC同批伙伴筹集了巨额资金，这种感觉愈发严重。我觉得自己没有更快地扩展Watsi是个失败者，但最终我们接受了现实，让Watsi走上了一条更慢、更稳健和可持续的发展轨道。现在我有了更广阔的视角，我对组织所取得的成就感到无比自豪，也对所有曾支持我们的志愿者心怀感激。Watsi的捐赠者们已经捐赠了超过2000万美元，用于资助33,241例手术，我们有很好的机会在未来很长一段时间内继续帮助患者。在这个快速增长和快速崩溃的世界里，衷心感谢那些在Watsi或其他重要事业上始终支持我们的HN用户，即使这些事业并不总是在首页上。我相信这体现了人性的美好。谢谢你们，HN！[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4424081

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13 years ago, we launched Watsi.org with a Show HN [1].For nearly a year, this community drove so much traffic that we couldn’t list patients fast enough. Then pg saw us on HN, wrote us our first big check, and accepted us as the first YC nonprofit (W13). The next few years were a whirlwind.I was a young, naive founder with just enough experience to know I wanted Watsi to be more efficient, transparent, and innovative than most nonprofits. We spent 24/7 talking to users and coding. We did things that don’t scale. We tried our best to be walking, talking pg essays.Over the years we learned that product/market fit is different for nonprofits. Not many people wake up and think, "I'd love to donate to a nonprofit today" with the same oomph that they think, "I'd love a coffee" or "I'd like to make more money."No matter how much effort we put into fundraising, donations grew linearly, while requests for care grew exponentially. I felt caught in the middle. After investing everything I had, I eventually burned out and transitioned to the board.I made a classic founder mistake and intertwined my self-worth with Watsi's success. I believed that if I could somehow help every patient, I was a good person, but if I let down some patients, which became inevitable, I was a bad person.This was exacerbated by seeing our for-profit YC batch mates raise massive rounds. I felt like a failure for not scaling Watsi faster, but eventually we accepted reality and set Watsi on more of a slow, steady, and sustainable trajectory.Now that I have perspective, I'm incredibly proud of what the org has accomplished and grateful to everyone who has done a tour of duty to support us. Watsi donors have donated over $20M to fund 33,241 surgeries, and we have a good shot of helping patients for a long time to come.In a world of fast growth and fast crashes, here's a huge thank you to the HN users who have stuck by Watsi, or any other important cause, even when it's not on the front page. I believe it embodies the best of humanity. Thanks HN![1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4424081

感谢HN：你们帮助拯救了33,241条生命。