美國商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第64期:新的對手(6)

Most people are too busy looking on the outside toreally check what their barometers say inside.

大多數(shù)人都太忙于看外部世界發(fā)生的事 無暇顧及內(nèi)部指標(biāo)

So as an entrepreneur, if you look inside, you'll findthings that they all need that could becomeimmensely popular,if someone had the courage topromote it.Or to build it.

作為企業(yè)家 往內(nèi)看 你可能會找到廣受歡迎的產(chǎn)品 只要有人有勇氣去推廣它 或去創(chuàng)建它

For years,J.P.Morgan has lived in the long shadow of his legendary father.

多年來 J·P·摩根一直生活在傳奇父親的陰影之下

He's desperate for a way to make his own mark,and electricity might be it.

他渴望取得自己的成功 電可能就是他想要的

Morgan is considering an investment in Thomas Edison's company,and his newly-developedelectric light bulb.

摩根正在考慮投資托馬斯·愛迪生的公司以及他新發(fā)明的電燈泡

He hires Edison to install electric lighting in his home on Fifth Avenue, in New York.

他雇愛迪生到他在紐約第五大道的家中安裝電燈設(shè)備

Sometimes you've got to take ownership.

有時 你需要自己去用

They call it "eating your own dog food", right?

人們稱這為 "吃你自己的狗食"

If you aren't willing to use your own product,then how is anybody else going to trust it andhave confidence? You know

如果你自己都不愿用自己的產(chǎn)品 那其他人怎么會信任你的產(chǎn)品并有信心用呢

Some people might call that being a showman,I call it demonstrating trust in yourproduct,which any smart business has to do.

有人把這稱作是拿自己當(dāng)試驗(yàn)品 我則更愿意把這看作展示你對產(chǎn)品的信任 任何精明的商人都需要這樣做

The Morgan home quickly turns into a laboratory for Thomas Edison's famous electricexperiments.

摩根的家很快就成為了托馬斯·愛迪生著名電實(shí)驗(yàn)的實(shí)驗(yàn)室

Edison installs a small power plant in a shed on Morgan's property.

愛迪生在摩根家的一間小屋中安裝了一臺發(fā)電機(jī)

He then runs four thousand feet of wiring through the walls and ceilings of the house,andinstalls nearly four hundred electric light bulbs,some of the first to ever be manufactured.

之后他走了四千英尺的線通過房屋的墻壁和天花板 并安裝了將近四百個電燈泡 這些電燈泡可以說是首批制造的產(chǎn)品

After months of trial and error,the home is ready to be displayed.

經(jīng)過數(shù)月的反復(fù)嘗試 整個房子做好了展覽的準(zhǔn)備

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