Speaker Four.
發(fā)言四
Man:I've been running my own business for ten years now and although I had quite a tough start, on the whole I haven't regretted a day of it.
我經(jīng)營公司已有十年,雖然一開始很難,但總的來說,我從來沒有后悔過。
Basically, I'd been working on an idea of a disposable protective cover for oven interiors and managed to secure a patent.
基本上,我一直在為烤箱內(nèi)部設(shè)計(jì)一次性防護(hù)罩,并獲得了專利。
But could I get a business to take me seriously? So I thought I'd go it alone.
但是,公司能開辦起來嗎?所以我想一個(gè)人去。
I managed to persuade people to invest enough for me to set up the workshop and I topped up with bank loans.
我成功地說服人們?yōu)槲彝顿Y足夠的錢來成立車間,我還向銀行貸款。
I initially took on a couple of technicians I'd known from my previous place of work-good people with a lot of commitment to enterprise-
起初,我雇傭了幾名技術(shù)人員,他們是我以前工作的時(shí)候認(rèn)識的,都是熱情、勤懇的好員工,
but where I went awry was not giving them proper tuition and guidance in precisely what I wanted.
但我做錯(cuò)了的是,沒有按照我的要求給他們提供適當(dāng)?shù)慕逃椭笇?dǎo)。
Thank goodness they stuck with it though, and we came through our difficult first few months together.
謝天謝地,他們堅(jiān)持了下來,我們一起度過了頭幾個(gè)月。