第1446期:Young and in business

Do you have a business brain? Are you always looking for the next big idea? Maybe, like me, you might feel setting up a new company is something you might do when you're older, when you have more experience. But that's not always the case.你有商业头脑吗？您是否一直在寻找下一个大创意？也许，像我一样，你可能会觉得当你年纪大了，当你有更多经验时，你可能会做一家新公司。但情况并非总是如此。While some of us may feel young adulthood is a time of tentatively finding our place in the world, sleeping late and partying hard, others are already on a path to great business success. 虽然我们中的一些人可能会觉得年轻的成年期是在世界上试探性地找到自己的位置、睡得晚、开派对的时候，但其他人已经走上了取得巨大商业成功的道路。Take the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, who started his company as a young university student at Harvard in the US.以微软的创始人比尔·盖茨为例，他在美国哈佛大学年轻时就创办了自己的公司。 There are many other examples of young entrepreneurs who have become hugely successful, proving that there's no minimum age to becoming top dog.还有许多其他年轻企业家取得巨大成功的例子，证明成为顶级狗没有最低年龄。But to be the next business executive requires effort. 但要成为下一个业务主管需要付出努力。You need to acquire a keen mind and good business acumen and above all, you need enthusiasm.您需要获得敏锐的头脑和良好的商业头脑，最重要的是，您需要热情。 Starting a new business comes with an element of risk but if you are able to spot the next big idea, it's probably worth giving it a try. 开始一项新业务会带来风险，但如果您能够发现下一个大创意，那么可能值得一试。Jessica Rose owns a jewellery making business and admits that "when I first started I had no business training whatsoever… 杰西卡·罗斯拥有一家珠宝制造企业，并承认“当我刚开始时，我没有接受过任何商业培训......but I kind of woke up one day and thought I'd really love to be a jewellery designer." 但有一天我醒来后觉得我真的很想成为一名珠宝设计师。”She went on to be a successful young entrepreneur.她后来成为一名成功的年轻企业家。Being young and in business does have its drawbacks; you may worry you have nothing to bring to the table and that the people who work for you tend to be older and wiser. 年轻和经商确实有其缺点。你可能会担心自己没有什么可拿的，而且为你工作的人往往更年长、更聪明。That's what young British entrepreneur Suleman Sacranie found. He started his third business whilst studying chemistry at university.这就是年轻的英国企业家 Suleman Sacranie 所发现的。他在大学学习化学时开始了他的第三项事业。 He says "now I've got two additional directors who have grey hair" but when they first started he says he "could tell they were thinking in the back of their heads, 'I've got a kid sitting in front of me.'"他说“现在我还有两个头发花白的导演”，但当他们第一次开始时，他说他“可以看出他们在想，‘我面前坐着一个孩子。 '"You may think setting up a new start-up is easier said than done.您可能认为成立一家新公司说起来容易做起来难。 As well as ideas, you need financial backing and expert guidance.除了想法，您还需要资金支持和专家指导。 But if you're studying hard at university and don't have the desire to go into business and make your fortune, keep on studying – an education is priceless!但是，如果你在大学里努力学习，却不想经商发家致富，那就继续学习吧——教育是无价的！词汇表a business brain 经商头脑，商业头脑big idea 创意，想法founder 创始人entrepreneur 企业家top dog 权威，优胜者executive 主管，经理acquire 获得，取得a keen mind 敏锐的头脑acumen 敏锐，精明drawback 弱点，缺点to bring to the table 提供有用的东西easier said than done 说来容易做来难financial backing 资金支持，财政支援priceless 无价的