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？你总是在寻找下一个创意吗？也许，象我一样，你可能觉得当你年龄大点有更多经验的时候建立一个新公司是你可能要做的事情，但是事实往往不是如此。
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. Take the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, who started his company as a young university student at Harvard in the US. There are many other examples of young entrepreneurs who have become hugely successful, proving that there's no minimum age to becoming top dog.
虽然我们中有些人可能会觉得成年早期在世界上寻找到自己的位置是暂时现象，睡懒觉，狂欢，但有些人已经走在商业成功的大道上。以微软的创始人，比尔盖茨来说，他在美国哈佛大学读书的时候就创办了自己的公司，还有很多年轻时就成为企业家的案例，他们取得很大的成功，证明了，取得成功并没有最低年龄的限制。
But to be the next business executive requires effort. You need to acquirea keen mind and good business acumen and above all, you need enthusiasm. 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. Jessica Rose owns a jewellery making business and admits that "when I first started I had no business training whatsoever… but I kind of woke up one day and thought I'd really love to be a jewellery designer." She went on to be a successful young entrepreneur.
但是想要成为下一个业务主管你需要努力，你需要有敏锐的头脑以及好的商业意识，另外，你还需要热情，开创一项新业务会伴随着风险，如果你能够发现下一个创意，也许值得你去试试，杰西卡罗斯拥有一个珠宝制作业务，她承认“当我开始的时候，我没有经过任何商业培训，但是有一天我清醒过来，我认为自己真的很想去做一名珠宝设计师。”她后来成为一名年轻的企业家。
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. That's what young British entrepreneur Suleman Sacranie found. He started his third business whilst studying chemistry at university. 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.'"
年轻就开始经商有它的缺点，你可能会担心没有什么对经商有用的经历，为你工作的人往往年纪更大，也更有智慧，这就是英格兰年轻企业家萨克拉尼所发现的，他在大学学习化学时，他开创了他第三个项目，他说“现在我有两个另外的董事，头发已经灰白”，但是当他们第一次与他共事的时候，他说“我能够说出他们脑袋里想些什么，就象有个孩子坐在我前面”。
You may think setting up a new start-up is easier said than done. As well as ideas, you need financial backing and expert guidance. 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!
你可能觉得创建一个新公司说起来容易，做起来难，除了想法外，你还需要财经支持和专家的指导，但是如果你在学校里努力读书，不想经商和赚钱，你就继续读书吧，教育是无价的！
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