美国商业大亨传奇 第64期:新的对手(6)

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

大多数人都太忙于看外部世界发生的事 无暇顾及内部指标

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.

作为企业家 往内看 你可能会找到广受欢迎的产品 只要有人有勇气去推广它 或去创建它

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

多年来 J·P·摩根一直生活在传奇父亲的阴影之下

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 电可能就是他想要的

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

摩根正在考虑投资托马斯·爱迪生的公司以及他新发明的电灯泡

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

他雇爱迪生到他在纽约第五大道的家中安装电灯设备

Sometimes you've got to take ownership.

有时 你需要自己去用

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

人们称这为 "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产品 那其他人怎么会信任你的产品并有信心用呢

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

有人把这称作是拿自己当试验品 我则更愿意把这看作展示你对产品的信任 任何精明的商人都需要这样做

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

摩根的家很快就成为了托马斯·爱迪生著名电实验的实验室

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

爱迪生在摩根家的一间小屋中安装了一台发电机

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线通过房屋的墙壁和天花板 并安装了将近四百个电灯泡 这些电灯泡可以说是首批制造的产品

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

经过数月的反复尝试 整个房子做好了展览的准备

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