Box聯合創始人：機會常常有，只愛有心人

????你最崇拜的商界或科技界人物是哪位？為什么？

????我是一名專業粉絲——觀察別人做成了什么事，以及他們如何達成自身使命，這可令人受益良多。我的偶像包括：杰克?多西（Twitter創始人——譯注）、托尼?法德爾（iPod之父——譯注）和艾倫?馬斯克（特斯拉電動汽車公司CEO——譯注），他們設計、打造了史詩級的商業產品；馬克?貝尼奧夫（salesforce.com創始人——譯注），他顛覆了企業級軟件，打造了價值高達220億美元的公司；拉里?佩奇（Google聯合創始人——譯注）和杰夫?貝索斯（亞馬遜創始人——譯注），他們專注于顛覆世界的創新，不像那些藍籌股科技公司只會帶來漸進式改良。當然，還有史蒂夫?喬布斯。

????哪項技術最能激發你的熱情？

????我聽說眼下云計算非常熱門。云計算的關鍵包括：彈性可擴展的資源、復雜技術的簡單化以及軟件民主化。云計算正在深入醫療、制造、金融服務等各行各業，給它們帶來巨大的變革和顛覆。我們將親眼目睹整個行業的飛速發展，每個人都將和自己的朋友、同事、客戶、供應商實時連接。

????你如何平衡工作和生活？

????我每天盡量在凌晨2點前下班。

????當下的管理者必須具備的一個特征是什么？

????對所從事的工作保持極大的熱忱。只有熱愛自身事業的團隊，才能打造出偉大的企業。

????企業家們必須讀商學院嗎？

????如果你所說的“商學院”，是指“閱讀安迪?格魯夫的大作《只有偏執狂才能生存》（Only the Paranoid Survive）”，那么我的答案是肯定的。(財富中文網)

????譯者：項航

????What business or technology person do you admire most? Why?

????I'm a professional admirer -- you can learn amazing lessons from watching what others have built, and how they've accomplished their missions. Entrepreneurs like Jack Dorsey, Tony Fadell, and Elon Musk who design products and create businesses in historically staid categories; Marc Benioff, who has built a $22 billion company by re-writing the rules of enterprise software; andLarry Page and Jeff Bezos, who've focused on world-changing innovation as opposed to the incremental improvements we get from most blue chip tech companies. And, of course, Steve Jobs.

????What technology sector excites you most?

????I hear cloud computing is pretty hot right now. The principles of the cloud -- elastically scalable resources, simplification of complex technologies, and the democratization of software -- extend to many industries that are now facing significant change and disruption: health care, manufacturing, financial services, and many more. We're going to see an incredible increase in the velocity of business as everyone in the world can connect to partners, colleagues, clients, and suppliers instantly.

????What do you do to live a balanced life?

????I try and leave work by 2 A.M.

????What is one characteristic that every leader should possess?

????Remain deeply passionate about what they're doing. Great businesses are built by teams that utterly love what they're working on.

????Is business school necessary for entrepreneurs?

????If by "business school" you mean "reading Andy Grove's Only the Paranoid Survive," then yes.