VOA常速英语20116--哈佛商学院开启纽约的校友计划（在线收听）

Harvard Business School Starts Program for Alumni in New York 哈佛商学院开启纽约的校友计划

Harvard Business School (HBS) is one of the most famous graduate schools in the world.

哈佛商学院（HBS）是世界上最著名的研究生院之一。

Part of Harvard University, the Boston, Massachusetts-based schoolhas offered programs leading to master’s and doctorate degrees since 1908.

位于马萨诸塞州的波士顿研究院是哈佛大学的一部分，自1908年起就一直开设培养硕士生攻读博士学位的项目。

And earlier this year, a Harvard education took some future business leaders to a city outside Massachusetts.

今年年初，哈佛一个教育项目将一些未来商业领袖带到马萨诸塞州之外的一个城市。

The school opened the Harvard Business School Startup Studio in New York City in January.

该学校于一月在纽约开设了哈佛商学院创业工作室。

But the Startup Studio is not actually for current Harvard students.It is designed to help recent HBS graduates develop their ideas into actual companies.

但创业工作室并不是服务于在读的哈佛学生。它的目的是帮助哈佛商学院的毕业生，根据自己的想法创建真正的公司。

Competition in the business world can be fierce.That is why some cities are seeing a growth of companies with the stated purpose of helping other businesses get their start.These companies, often called incubators, are very common in the technology industry.

商界的竞争异常激烈。这就是一些城市为帮助其他企业获得启动资金而不断兴起新公司的原因。这些公司，通常被称为孵化器，在科技工业中很常见。

Incubators can reduce barriers for small, young companies with little money.They provide resources, work space and other services to the companies.In return, these “startups” often give some of their profits to the incubators if they are successful.

孵化器可以为那些没有钱的年轻小公司减少障碍。他们为公司提供资源，工作空间和其他服务。作为回报，这些“创业公司”如果成功，往往会给孵化器一些利润。

However, the Harvard Business School Startup Studio has no interest in sharing the profits of any startup company.

然而，哈佛商学院创业工作室没有兴趣分享任何创业公司的利润。

Avani Patel is the director of the Startup Studio.She says the purpose is to provide business advice and work space.Another reason is to bring together the many former Harvard students living in New York.

瓦尼·帕特尔是创业工作室的主管。她表示，其目的是提供商业建议和工作空间。 另一个原因是把居住在纽约的许多前哈佛学生聚集在一起。

“We have over 8,000 alumni here, and so we thought it would be a great placeto put down a stake especially with all the entrepreneurial activity happening here...”

“在这里我们有超过8000名校友，所以我们认为这是一个非常好的地方，放下利益，尤其是在这里发生的所有创业活动…”

The program’s offices are in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan.Inside, employees from several startups work on everything from healthcare to media, while sharing the same office space.

该计划的办公室位于曼哈顿联合广场附近。在室内，来自几家创业公司的员工从医疗保健到媒体，共享同一个办公空间。

There are several requirements that a startup must meet before the program accepts them.The company must already have secured at least $500,000 in financing from an outside source.Also, at least one person in the company must be an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

在该计划接受它们之前，新兴公司必须满足几个要求。该公司必须已经从外部来源获得至少50万美元的融资。此外，公司中必须至少有一个人是哈佛商学院的校友。

Each company gets enough work space for up to seven people.They can stay as long as they like.But Patel predicts every company in the program will grow and need to find its own, bigger space at some point.This enables new companies to enter the program.

每个公司都有足够容纳七人的工作空间。他们只要喜欢就可以一直待在这里。但帕特尔预测，该计划中的每个公司都将成长，在某个时候需要为自己找更大的空间。 这使得新公司能够进入该计划。

Member Joshua Haas founded Bubble,a computer programming tool that lets people create application software without learning how to code.Haas says one of the most difficult parts of starting a company is knowing how to move the business forward.

成员约书亚·哈斯创建了Bubble，一种计算机编程工具，它允许人们在不学习如何编码的情况下创建应用软件。哈斯说，创办公司最困难的一个地方是了解如何推动业务发展。

“You’re responsible for everything, and you have to make stuff happen.”

“你对一切负责，你必须做出东西来。”

Before working in the Startup Studio, Haas worked from his home or in coffee shops.He says being in a community of other startups helped him improve.

在创业工作室工作之前，哈斯在他的家里或咖啡店工作。他表示，参与其他创业公司的团体中，能够帮助他进步。

“If you have people you can show off what you’re working on to, that’s motivation to get up in the morning to do it.”

“如果你有成果，你可以给人们展示你的工作，这是早上起床工作的动力。”

Creating relationships with other companies and business people is very important for new businesses.That is why director Patel says the program connects alumni with people working in different fields.

与其他公司以及商业人士建立关系对新业务非常重要。这就是为什么主管帕特尔所说的，该计划是将校友与在不同领域工作的人联系起来。

“So when they are thinking … they need to speak to a digital expert, we have access to people who they can speak to.Or if somebody’s fundraising, we’ve got the relationships with investors...”

“所以他们思考的时候…他们需要与数字专家交谈，我们有途径接触到他们。或者如果有人正在筹款，我们有投资者的关系…”

Alex Dulac is now starting to get money from investors for his wedding website for men, called the Plunge.He and other program members agree that starting a business is difficult.But the program and its large network of connections helps with finding employees and other daily needs.

亚历克斯·杜拉克现在开始从投资者拿到钱，投向他名为Plunge的婚礼网站。他和其他计划成员认为，创业很困难。但该计划及其庞大的社交网络帮助寻找员工和其他日常需求。

Dulac says running a startup can be lonely work.But the program creates a great environment for entrepreneurs to work together.

杜拉克说，运行一个初创公司可能是孤独的工作。但该计划为企业家一起工作创造了一个良好的环境。

“Day to day, one can be disconnected from the alumni network and the community,but this really brings that all together under one roof.”

“每天，一个人可以真正脱离校友网络和社区，但该计划真的为在一个屋檐下的人带来了所有。”

Words in This Story

graduate – adj. of or relating to a course of studies taken at a college or university after earning a bachelor's degree or other first degree

master’s (degree) – n. a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after one or two years of additional study following a bachelor's degree

doctorate degree(s) – n. the highest degree that is given by a university

incubator(s) – n. an organization or place that helps in the development of new businesses

alumni – n. people who were students at a particular school, college, or university

entrepreneurial – adj. related to starting a business

source – n. someone or something that provides what is wanted or needed

application – n. a computer program that performs a particular task

code – v. to change information into a set of letters, numbers, or symbols that can be read by a computer

motivation – n. the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something

fundraising – v. collecting money for a political party, charity, school, or business

wedding – n. a ceremony at which two people are married to each other

network – n. a group of people or organizations that are closely connected and that work with each other