Hints:
Theo
Michael Eavis
Glastonbury
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Theo, you have set up a number of successful internet-based businesses over the last five years. You began working from your university dorm. Yeah...I was just messing about really, at first. It was for fun? Sure, yeah, exactly. I didn't know five years ago that I'd be here today. The thought never crossed my mind. Would you still describe yourself as an amateur? Not in the negative sense, obviously, but in the sense that I love what I do, then, yeah. But you do make money? I can't complain! Why do you think it's the net that has created so many successful amateurs? Well, first of all, I'm not sure I agree with you that it has created all the successful amateurs...I mean, there are lots of other examples of people who love what they do and make money out of it. I’m thinking of someone like Michael Eavis, for example – the guy who runs the Glastonbury festival. I don't know how much money he makes from what he does, but that's not the important thing - most of the year he's a farmer, but each year he runs this enormous music festival on the site of his farm. Actually, he doesn't even do it every year, sometimes he just thinks "No, can't be bothered this year." You know, I think that's genius. Love that attitude. He's only one example, but there are lots of others – people who run record labels, or have restuarants, or make cheese!
Theo, 过去五年中你开了好几家网络公司，它们都经营得相当不错。那会你是从学校宿舍里起家的？ 是啊。一开始我也就是自己瞎搞搞的。 就是觉得那蛮有趣的？ 那当然，就是觉得很有趣。五年前我可没想过今天会来这里。从来没有过这种念头。 你现在还是把自己看成是个业余爱好者吗？ 是的，但是更倾向于好的方面，从我喜欢我现在做的事情这方面来说，是的，我算是个业余爱好者。 可是你挣了不少钱吧？ 这方面我还算满意啦。 你觉得为什么是网络创造出了那么多成功的业余爱好者？ 嗯，首先呢，我认为我不是很赞同你所说的网络创造出了所有的这些成功业余爱好者。我是说，还有很多其他的例子可以证明有很多人喜欢自己做的事情，并且也靠这些赚钱。举个Michael Eavis的例子，这个人负责操办格拉斯顿伯里音乐节。我不知道他从那里赚了多少钱，但是那也不重要 – 一年里大部分时间中他就是个农民，但他每年都在自己的农场里举行这样盛大的音乐节。其实，他也不是每年都办，有时候他想想觉得说“算了，今年懒得办了。”你知道吗，我觉得他真是个天才。我就喜欢他的那种态度。他的例子只不过是其中的一个例子而已，还有许多其他人的例子 – 那些开唱片公司的人，那些开饭店的人，还有那些做奶酪的人！