从8岁训练的准CEO 培养孩子的创业精神
<p><span word="Jensen">Jensen</span> <span word="Bergman">Bergman</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="preparing">preparing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pitch">pitch</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="team">team</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="investors">investors</span>. <span word="Minutes">Minutes</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="playing">playing</span> <span word="ping">ping</span>-<span word="pong">pong</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="calm">calm</span>.</p><p>詹森·伯格曼(<span word="Jensen">Jensen</span> <span word="Bergman">Bergman</span>)准备将他团队的商业理念推销给投资者，他为此花了数周时间准备。见面前的几分钟，为了保持冷静，他在董事会会议室外打起了乒乓球。</p><p><span word="Jensen">Jensen</span> <span word="is">is</span> 9 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span>.</p><p>伯格曼今年九岁。</p><p>'<span word="If">If</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="no">no</span>, <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="upsetting">upsetting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="us">us</span>,' <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="teammates">teammates</span> <span word="wheeled">wheeled</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="beside">beside</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span> <span word="scooter">scooter</span>.</p><p>他说：“如果他们拒绝，我们真的会很沮丧。”他的一个队友正在旁边滑着小型踏板车。</p><p><span word="Jensen">Jensen</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="called">called</span> '8 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Up">Up</span>' <span word="that">that</span> <span word="teaches">teaches</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="entrepreneurship">entrepreneurship</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="culmination">culmination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="class">class</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Princeton">Princeton</span>, <span word="N">N</span>.<span word="J">J</span>., <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> $350, <span word="Jensen">Jensen</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> 15 <span word="peers">peers</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="pitch">pitch</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> -- '<span word="Tiger">Tiger</span> <span word="KidsClub">KidsClub</span>,' <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="hangout">hangout</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="children">children</span> -- <span word="to">to</span> <span word="real">real</span>, <span word="grown">grown</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="investors">investors</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Tigerlabs">Tigerlabs</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="seed">seed</span> <span word="fund">fund</span>.</p><p><span word="Emile">Emile</span> <span word="Wamsteker">Wamsteker</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Wall">Wall</span> <span word="Street">Street</span> <span word="Journal">Journal</span> 图片：小小<span word="CEO">CEO</span>：创业从八岁学起伯格曼参加了一个名为8 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Up">Up</span>的项目，这个项目是为了培养小孩子的创业精神。孩子们将在新泽西州普林斯顿(<span word="Princeton">Princeton</span>)参加为期六周的课程，学费为350美元。很快，作为这一课程的高潮部分，伯格曼就要和他的15个小伙伴将他们的“老虎儿童俱乐部”(<span word="Tiger">Tiger</span> <span word="KidsClub">KidsClub</span>)——一个为孩子设立的周五聚会玩耍之所——的创意推销给当地种子基金公司“老虎实验室”(<span word="Tigerlabs">Tigerlabs</span>)的投资者，真正的、成年的投资者。</p>
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