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In 2008 I stepped into the chairman role of Twitter.
2008年我成為推特的老板
There was an interesting thing that was happening.
發(fā)生了一件很有趣的事情
The entire market was crushing.
整個(gè)市場(chǎng)都開(kāi)始下滑
So, all of these financial obstructions that we
所以我們所有的金融障礙
had built up were suddenly being swept away.
都忽然消失了
There is no better time to start a new company or a
金融衰退和大蕭條是
new idea than a depression or recession because a lot
建立一個(gè)公司或是發(fā)展一個(gè)新想法的最好時(shí)機(jī)
of the management teams were being asked to leave.
因?yàn)楹芏喙芾韴F(tuán)隊(duì)都被辭退了
There is a lot of people
很多人都需要
who need to get really creative
變得有創(chuàng)造力
to create something new and there was an opening.
來(lái)創(chuàng)造新的東西，而且出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)契機(jī)
There was an opening particularly in payments.
不用花多少錢就能雇到牛人
At this time, I also reconnected with
這個(gè)時(shí)候，我也再次聯(lián)系到了我15歲
my first boss when I was 15 years old.
時(shí)第一個(gè)老板
His name is Jim McKelvey. He is a glass artist.
他叫做吉姆·麥凱爾維，是個(gè)玻璃藝術(shù)家
He makes these beautiful pieces of glass.
他制作出很多美麗的玻璃藝術(shù)品
We reconnected over Christmas.
我們是在圣誕節(jié)的時(shí)候聯(lián)系上的
I normally go home for Christmas and visit my family.
圣誕節(jié)時(shí)我一般都會(huì)回家看家人
We got to talking.
我們兩個(gè)開(kāi)始聊天
He wanted to build an electronic car company.
他想建立一個(gè)電子汽車公司
I said, "I have no idea how to do that but it's
我說(shuō):"我不愛(ài)懂這一行
an interesting idea. But let's keep talking.
不過(guò)這個(gè)想法不錯(cuò)，我們接著聊吧
We should definitely work together on something."
我們的確應(yīng)該一起合作什么 "
Then, one day he called me up on his iPhone.
之后一天他用他的iPhone給我打電話
I picked up my iPhone.
我用我的iPhone接了他的電話
He was frustrated
他很沮喪
because he just lost a sale of a $2000 piece of
因?yàn)樗麆倓偸ヒ淮螌⒉Ａ囆g(shù)品
glass that he had just made
以2000美元賣出的機(jī)會(huì)
because the woman who wanted to pay
有位女士想要買他的藝術(shù)品
him only had a credit card and
但是只用信用卡付賬
he couldn't accept credit card.
但他不愿意用信用卡交易
We were both wondering,
我們都在想
you have this general purpose computer next to your ear
你手邊就有一臺(tái)電腦
why were you not able to make that sale?
為什么你不能完成這次買賣
We decided that he would come out.
我們決定讓他入伙
We would take a month.
我們打算花一個(gè)月的時(shí)間
We would hire one other programmer to work on
我們計(jì)劃雇傭另一個(gè)程序設(shè)計(jì)師來(lái)做
the client's site and build a hardware out,
客戶網(wǎng)站，再準(zhǔn)備好硬件
I would build the server software
我還會(huì)編出一個(gè)服務(wù)器軟件
and then answer that question.
一個(gè)月后，我們就會(huì)回答那個(gè)問(wèn)題
In a month we built a very early prototype
一個(gè)月后我們建立起了最初的模型
of what is now known as Square,
就是現(xiàn)在大家知道的Square
which is a credit card reader that plugs into the
就是一個(gè)信用卡讀卡器
audio jack of your iPhone or your android or your
可以插入你的iPhone或是android或是你的
iPad or anything that has an audio jack.
iPad或是任何帶音頻插孔的設(shè)備上
We just need to write software for it.
我們只需要編寫一個(gè)軟件
The software and the hardware was really easy.
軟件和硬件都很容易
We got that done in about a month.
我們一個(gè)月左右就做完了
I could actually swipe a card and generate electronic
這下，我真的能刷刷卡，發(fā)一封郵件，把電子回執(zhí)
receipt via email and then send it out to a person.
發(fā)給對(duì)方
I love this because
我喜歡這個(gè)成果
I would go around to all these angel investors
因?yàn)檫@樣我就能四處拜訪天使投資者
and VCs and charge them $5 or $50
和風(fēng)險(xiǎn)資本家，收取他們5或50美元的費(fèi)用
to show them my new idea.
向他們展示我的新想法
I made $600 from that, by the way.
順便說(shuō)一句，我從中獲得了600美元
It was awesome.
非常棒
