張曼娟我沒看,直至看見身邊同事的迷戀,也直至看到同事買了她的新書《女人的幸福》,才開始對她有點注視,(我本來就不是一個好咬文嚼字的人,買來買去都是心理學的書..),她對女人那種想辦法解脫的筆觸,是女性主義的路線,好,難得工作有機會,就要見一下真人。
上星期在光華新聞社,作為新聞主任的她以一身灰色長裙子華麗登場,如明星一樣,與傳媒告別。我其實沒有對她有太多愛戀,抽離的視點,我想先別把她過份偶像化。
她在港居住9個月,以名星的姿態當上宣傳大使,後來龍應台上任台灣文化局長,這女人就辭職返家,其實我對兩女人是否相爭沒太多興趣了解,我只知道,香港將有文化局,盛傳那人叫許曉暉,商界出身,本地藝術家對她了解甚少。自問「活在自己的世界」的張曼娟,稱許曉暉是9個月來少數認識的朋友,她認為非文化人作文化局長沒問題,更重要的是,她對文化了解認識有多深。而要推動文化,這才女認為,應先好好處理場地問題。
張曼娟指,認識許曉暉是在今年4月,她舉辦「童書節」的活動,與肓有一女的許曉暉言談甚歡,令她感到許「是一個願意聆聽的人」。她不認為,文化局長需由文化人來擔任:「如果我是個作家,我只偏坦我所喜歡的(藝術),我能夠做好局長的工作嗎?」她認為,文化局長畢竟是一個行政岡位,局長只要尊重文化以及理解藝術亦可勝任。
她在港做過文化活動,觀眾熱情、惟場地不足,辦台灣音樂節時更見困難:「保安不斷叫我們聲浪小一點,我心裡很想說,這是搖滾,如何小聲一點?」她希望未來香港有文化局後,政府能正視場地的問題。
她認為港台兩地交流,台灣較熱情,她眼內看成一場戀愛,一個被動,一個主動,她亦希望CY上場,可以令港台好好「戀」上一場。
或許身在福中不知福,台灣文化界紅人張曼娟也對這片文化沙漠特別鍾情,皆因這裡的人,讓她留戀不已:她曾有港人好友,經常帶她穿梭香港的大街小巷、吃東西,幾年前,好友離開了,剛好光華給她邀請來港,她就來,給自己一次治療,好好看清香港。9個月已過,她發現香港在保育已做得不錯。
她最愛的,是港人「媽媽聲」的尖東1881舊水警總部。她柔聲歎道,能將一個橫跨幾個世紀的建築,保存得這麼漂亮很不容易:「雖然我明白你們很希望裡面有多一些香港特色小店,但作為遊客,其實不會太在乎有沒有香港特色在裡面。」她亦愛與城市發展節奏脫離的交通工具:「香港這麼快,為甚麼要保存電車?我感覺不可思議!」
香港對六四的堅持,亦是她愛香港的原因:「以後台灣和香港會一直注視對方,從對方所發生的事情去得到養份。讓人們過他們想要的生活。」
她勉勵港人面對種種困難,要自己爭取:「一個夠成熟的社會,是不會仰賴政府的,是要靠人民的力量,是人民去督促政府改變,而不是政府給你好環境去安居樂業。當大環境讓我們不滿意時,才會產生出人民的力量。我看到了香港人民力量慢慢形成,自我意識慢慢出現。」眼前婉約的女子,精神有著文人的硬朗骨子,她不是愛情小說家,言談細膩、思想浪漫,卻著地得很。
部份內容取自同事作品:
《經濟日報》22日報導 「愛戀香港的女人」 張曼娟返台
2012年3月1日星期四
Break down
最近心情,猶如井底水,十年不見光明,混濁。
那天晚上我失控地哭,然後你跟我說,做自己喜歡做的事,我又忍不住哭了又哭。
然後我用了好姊妹的方法,數算了自己的喜惡,我就明白,我一直生氣,因為連最簡單的感情,我就是捉不住。一個、兩個、三個,他、他、還有一直在這裡的你。然後我就坐在一處,就只有工作,晚上獨自靜靜一人。混亂裡頭,其實我能給甚麼人甚麼事?
你知道嗎?我快生日了。(雖然你比我更快生日了)
25歲人,一個關口,我想放逐自己幾天。
最終是獨自一人過,走走看看,還是有良朋相伴,也罷。
我想這一切,在到達關口之前,我把我要放下的一切,都收拾好。
我從不容易放下一個人,但也是時候想想,甚麼人應該放下,換一個心態,再回來。
那時候,我們再去看櫻花好不?
.....我知道你一定說不好,然後搖頭,歎氣。
那天晚上我失控地哭,然後你跟我說,做自己喜歡做的事,我又忍不住哭了又哭。
然後我用了好姊妹的方法,數算了自己的喜惡,我就明白,我一直生氣,因為連最簡單的感情,我就是捉不住。一個、兩個、三個,他、他、還有一直在這裡的你。然後我就坐在一處,就只有工作,晚上獨自靜靜一人。混亂裡頭,其實我能給甚麼人甚麼事?
你知道嗎?我快生日了。(雖然你比我更快生日了)
25歲人,一個關口,我想放逐自己幾天。
最終是獨自一人過,走走看看,還是有良朋相伴,也罷。
我想這一切,在到達關口之前,我把我要放下的一切,都收拾好。
我從不容易放下一個人,但也是時候想想,甚麼人應該放下,換一個心態,再回來。
那時候,我們再去看櫻花好不?
.....我知道你一定說不好,然後搖頭,歎氣。
2012年2月19日星期日
The Silicon Brothers (translation project 1)
This is a story about three ‘brothers’ in Silicon Valley
- Australian Chinese Andrew Toy who grew up in Hong Kong went to Stanford
University, where he met Su-Zhou-American David Zhu; they both worked in IT
department in Morgan Stanley, together with a Brit called Alex for 5 years.
Then the story began. With the crowd demanding to access company emails with their own iPhone, the brothers realized the tipping point. They launched software, transformed a phone to be ‘two-faced’ - separating private and company usage. Before product even launched, Google and some others ventures funded them 11 million dollars. This year they plan to double their size, everyone is working on his butt in the technical headquarter, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong to replicate Silicon Valley? They said no problem!
I met Andrew and Dave in their new Tsim Sha Tsui office. With a team of locals, exceptionally young, Andrew and Dave can only deliver in English. Although Andrew did grow up and studied in Hong Kong, he never used his Chinese name, not to mention the language.
The company is called Enterproid, co-found by Andrew, Dave and Alex in early 2010. Within 2 years, Google Ventures, Qualcomm and Comcast Ventures jointly funded the company with 11 million dollars. As a matter of fact, they had more choices than those three VCs. ‘We chose them at last,’ Andrew said proudly.
The fame was earned for a reason - just as research firm Gartner put it, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) has been a headache for all CTOs (Chief Technology Officer). And Enterproid offers the solution. The software ‘Divide’ would literally divide a phone with two separate interfaces, simply double-tapping a button, the phone would switch from private mode to business mode, no data linkage in between. Executives no longer have to bring two phones in hand.
‘Through the software system, the distribution for data and telecommunications usage in both private and business mode can be clearly seen and managed. Enterprises can save a great deal of money by splitting the bills with their employees,’ Dave demonstrated on a computer screen.
Take an example of Morgan Stanley, the telecommunications expense for first half of the year 2011 reached 114 million dollars, according to its quarterly report Q32011.
Up to now, Dell has already launched the first adopted ‘Divide’ Android tablet in China. Enterproid has also signed an agreement with the British network vendor AT&T, the first ‘Divide’ Android phone is expected to be launched in coming 2 months, driving an annual revenue of hundreds millions dollars to Enterproid. They are now in discussion with Apple to running the software on iPhones.
‘It’s Stanford tradition to work on a start-up,’ Andrew met Dave in the Computer Science department, Stanford University in late 90s, similar time when Larry Page and Sergey Brin working on the Google search engine. They then joined Morgan Stanley one after another, where they met Alex and spend together 5 years to work on mobile devices - to negotiate with RIM for benefits of Morgan’s Blackberries.
‘The experience in Morgan Stanley let us know what we can demand from mobile manufacturers.’ Andrew was thankful to their old employer.
Dave and Andrew then left Morgan for good. Despite they were in three different continents, they skyped to explore opportunities for starting their own company. ‘I can actually hear babies crying in the background. I know oh that’s Alex’s boy or oh that’s Dave’s.’ Andrew grinned.
In the late 2009, Alex who remained in Morgan first spotted the trend from Blackberries to iPhones, that the demand of using own devices to access company data exposes risk of data leakage. The software Divide was then coded by the three. With Angel’s seed-funding of 50 million dollars, they all quitted their jobs operating Enterpriod in three different places - Andrew being the CEO stations in New York, David supervises the technology headquarter in Hong Kong, and Alex overlooks products in London.
Why Hong Kong? It’s purly a bet of luck - Dave’s wife who is from Hong Kong, wished to bear the baby with the company of family and friends. ‘Silicon Valley has a huge competition for talents, and provided that Asia is one of the biggest markets in the future, then we said why don’t we try it in Hong Kong? If Hong Kong didn’t work, we will move to Shanghai or Beijing.’ And Hong Kong didn’t let them down. The compensation for local engineers is relatively cheaper than in mainland China, and the stability of talents is high. ‘They don’t just want money, they need satisfaction,’ Andrew found Hong Kong engineers more pleasant to hire than those across the border.
The brothers hope to bring culture of Silicon Valley to Hong Kong. ‘Hope that they can, by seeing what we are doing, start their own company one day.’ I look outside the office where the local staffs are sitting, the theme song of Canton-drama series ‘When heavens burn’ was playing, with the lyrics ‘If I can choose my destiny...’ echoing around, I could finally sense some fresh air in the land where dreams are undervalued.
Then the story began. With the crowd demanding to access company emails with their own iPhone, the brothers realized the tipping point. They launched software, transformed a phone to be ‘two-faced’ - separating private and company usage. Before product even launched, Google and some others ventures funded them 11 million dollars. This year they plan to double their size, everyone is working on his butt in the technical headquarter, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong to replicate Silicon Valley? They said no problem!
I met Andrew and Dave in their new Tsim Sha Tsui office. With a team of locals, exceptionally young, Andrew and Dave can only deliver in English. Although Andrew did grow up and studied in Hong Kong, he never used his Chinese name, not to mention the language.
The company is called Enterproid, co-found by Andrew, Dave and Alex in early 2010. Within 2 years, Google Ventures, Qualcomm and Comcast Ventures jointly funded the company with 11 million dollars. As a matter of fact, they had more choices than those three VCs. ‘We chose them at last,’ Andrew said proudly.
The fame was earned for a reason - just as research firm Gartner put it, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) has been a headache for all CTOs (Chief Technology Officer). And Enterproid offers the solution. The software ‘Divide’ would literally divide a phone with two separate interfaces, simply double-tapping a button, the phone would switch from private mode to business mode, no data linkage in between. Executives no longer have to bring two phones in hand.
‘Through the software system, the distribution for data and telecommunications usage in both private and business mode can be clearly seen and managed. Enterprises can save a great deal of money by splitting the bills with their employees,’ Dave demonstrated on a computer screen.
Take an example of Morgan Stanley, the telecommunications expense for first half of the year 2011 reached 114 million dollars, according to its quarterly report Q32011.
Up to now, Dell has already launched the first adopted ‘Divide’ Android tablet in China. Enterproid has also signed an agreement with the British network vendor AT&T, the first ‘Divide’ Android phone is expected to be launched in coming 2 months, driving an annual revenue of hundreds millions dollars to Enterproid. They are now in discussion with Apple to running the software on iPhones.
‘It’s Stanford tradition to work on a start-up,’ Andrew met Dave in the Computer Science department, Stanford University in late 90s, similar time when Larry Page and Sergey Brin working on the Google search engine. They then joined Morgan Stanley one after another, where they met Alex and spend together 5 years to work on mobile devices - to negotiate with RIM for benefits of Morgan’s Blackberries.
‘The experience in Morgan Stanley let us know what we can demand from mobile manufacturers.’ Andrew was thankful to their old employer.
Dave and Andrew then left Morgan for good. Despite they were in three different continents, they skyped to explore opportunities for starting their own company. ‘I can actually hear babies crying in the background. I know oh that’s Alex’s boy or oh that’s Dave’s.’ Andrew grinned.
In the late 2009, Alex who remained in Morgan first spotted the trend from Blackberries to iPhones, that the demand of using own devices to access company data exposes risk of data leakage. The software Divide was then coded by the three. With Angel’s seed-funding of 50 million dollars, they all quitted their jobs operating Enterpriod in three different places - Andrew being the CEO stations in New York, David supervises the technology headquarter in Hong Kong, and Alex overlooks products in London.
Why Hong Kong? It’s purly a bet of luck - Dave’s wife who is from Hong Kong, wished to bear the baby with the company of family and friends. ‘Silicon Valley has a huge competition for talents, and provided that Asia is one of the biggest markets in the future, then we said why don’t we try it in Hong Kong? If Hong Kong didn’t work, we will move to Shanghai or Beijing.’ And Hong Kong didn’t let them down. The compensation for local engineers is relatively cheaper than in mainland China, and the stability of talents is high. ‘They don’t just want money, they need satisfaction,’ Andrew found Hong Kong engineers more pleasant to hire than those across the border.
The brothers hope to bring culture of Silicon Valley to Hong Kong. ‘Hope that they can, by seeing what we are doing, start their own company one day.’ I look outside the office where the local staffs are sitting, the theme song of Canton-drama series ‘When heavens burn’ was playing, with the lyrics ‘If I can choose my destiny...’ echoing around, I could finally sense some fresh air in the land where dreams are undervalued.
2012年2月14日星期二
格林美大羸家Adele
實不相瞞,自從耳患之後,盡量避免養成聽歌習慣,完全「背」得很。
第一次聽Adele,總覺得,這肥肥的英國女人,曲風跳來跳去,總是唱著情歌,跟她的身子很不相襯。不過聲音甜美有重量,在大家跟WHITNEY HUSTON話別的這些日子,來得珍貴。
聽了《21》全碟,很喜歡這歌《Hiding my heart》,或許說著一個很熟悉的故事。
其實情人節不很孤單,好姊妹都出現照亮生活。只是對生活很不滿。
那天有人扶持,這天沒有依靠了,就重新開始了。
第一次聽Adele,總覺得,這肥肥的英國女人,曲風跳來跳去,總是唱著情歌,跟她的身子很不相襯。不過聲音甜美有重量,在大家跟WHITNEY HUSTON話別的這些日子,來得珍貴。
聽了《21》全碟,很喜歡這歌《Hiding my heart》,或許說著一個很熟悉的故事。
其實情人節不很孤單,好姊妹都出現照亮生活。只是對生活很不滿。
那天有人扶持,這天沒有依靠了,就重新開始了。
I woke up feeling heavy hearted
I'm going back to where I started
The morning rain
The morning rain
And though I wish that you were here
On that same old road that brought me hereIs calling me homeIs calling me home
2012年2月7日星期二
矽谷三兄弟
註:我很喜歡訪問IT人,思想超出箱子外不在講,還有那份樂於分享的胸懷。他們在stanford畢業、曾在大摩工作,創業弄了個software,分分鐘將黑莓踼出局,然後又竟然香港這IT沙漠都招到人才(因為老婆是香港人! 港女的作用!!!),既然在港生根就將生氣注入。他們想將自己的故事,鼓勵後起之秀。他們不過是香港的「半個養仔」,尚且為港孩開路(當然也對自己有益,是雙羸),口口聲聲說搞高增值產業的政府,除了發明了「六大產業」這個詞,這些年還做了甚麼?
我只想,香港的孩子們,不只是為地產商打一輩子的工,不只是為兩餐頂硬上,不只是唱「如果命運能選擇..」,他們還可以在香港尋找夢想,尋得所愛。
擇自《經濟日報》
擇自《經濟日報》
這是關於矽谷三兄弟的故事:香港長大的澳洲籍華人蔡淙健就讀美國史丹福大學,認識長居美國的蘇州人朱煒,兩人在摩根士丹利的美國IT總部工作,與英國人Alex共事5年。
3人見身邊的人嚷着要用iPhone收公司電郵,遂寫軟件讓手機變「公私分明」的雙面人,未正式上市已獲Google等基金注資近億元。今年公司要拼搏上軌道,工程總部人人密密幹,將矽谷文化植根香港?他們謂沒問題!
與朱煒和蔡淙健相約於他們尖沙咀的新辦公室,甫進門即見清一色的香港年輕員工,兩人以英語作母語指揮。蔡淙健(Andrew Toy)年少雖在港讀書,但從不用中文名,記者要幾花唇舌才獲得。
3人10年初創立的公司Enterproid,去年11月Google Ventures、Qualcomm和Comcast Ventures達成協議注資1,100萬美元(約8,558萬港元),事實是選擇更多,有意注資的公司不止這三間,「最後我們選了他們。」蔡淙健自豪謂。
如此受歡迎,皆因正如市場調查機構Gartner所謂,BYOD(Bring Your Own Device)已成CIO(Chief Information Officer)目前的難題。
一按掣 資料電話費全分開
而他們研發的Divide軟件,顧名思義就是將電話「一機二用」,一按鍵私人手機立即變成商業夥伴,介面、資料全部分開,手機「公私分明」,毋須再帶兩部電話分別應付私務和公務。
「通過系統,公私用的上網、電話費都能分開,為企業省回不少錢。」朱煒指着電腦解釋道。以摩根士丹利為例,去年季度財務報表顯示,2011年上半年通訊開支達到8.9億美元。
目前,Dell已在內地推出了第一款「一機二用」平板電腦,他們亦將透過英國電訊公司AT&T推廣服務,預計「公私分明」的Android手機將在未來兩個月先在英國面世,每年將帶來上千萬美元收入,正與蘋果商討在iPhone上使用。
「創業是史丹福的傳統。」蔡淙健和朱煒相識於史丹福大學計算機科學系,那些年是90年代末,Google的創辦人佩奇和布林在史丹福研發搜尋引擎。二人後來先後加入摩根士丹利負責流動裝置,與Enterproid的另一創辦人Alex一起工作5年,經常與黑莓周旋,要求改善產品。
常與手機商周旋 謝大摩造就
「大摩工作的經驗,令我們明白可以向手機供應商要求甚麼。」蔡淙健感謝大摩成就了他們事業。
其後三人即使轉工分隔三地,仍靠通訊軟件Skype聯絡,密謀創業大計,「通話時背景有嬰兒哭聲,我會聽得出,那是Alex還是Dave(朱煒)的孩子!」蔡淙健笑謂。
留在大摩的Alex首先發現黑莓手機的魅力不再,以私人電話收取公司資料令失竊風險愈來愈高。3人遂想到研發「公私分明」的手機軟件,結果於2009年末有天使基金出資500萬美元,讓3人全職打天下——蔡淙健駐美國做行政、Alex駐英國做營銷、朱煒則掌管香港的工程總部。
港做工程總部 引入矽谷文化
選址香港其實是無心插柳,只因朱煒的港人妻子懷孕,希望親人陪伴在側,「既然矽谷人才競爭那麼大,而亞洲亦是未來大市場,就試試在這裏作為工程基地。」豈料一試即難忘,IT人起薪點竟較內地便宜,且不輕易轉工,「工作之外,還要求滿足感」,較內地優勝。
他們希望將矽谷文化帶到香港:「希望員工能被我們的成功感動,有一天能自己創業。」門外辦公室傳來《天與地》主題曲的一句「如果命運能選擇……」彷彿為香港夢想沉寂的土地,帶來一點點生氣。
2012年1月23日星期一
Khan的啟示
早上看到這條令人氣結的短片,一次又一次被罵是狗,氣得坐不下來,連忙打了幾個電話,發了給老師、上司、同事,運用了我僅有的小能力上報了。
第一次認識北大中文系教授孔慶東,第一次見識如此低質素的學者,我在fb轉載時已叫看片的人冷靜,但看來沒太多人冷靜得下來,以狗回敬,中港矛盾似乎要爆煲,令我想起這套戲。
《My Name Is Khan》是兩年前的Bollywood的作品,男主角是Shah Rukt Khan,與《作死不離三兄弟》(3 Idiots)主角Aamir Khan並列的印度「3 Khans」(相等於香港四大天王吧),故事講述Rizwan Khan(Shah Rukt Khan飾)自少患有自閉症,在母親離世後隨弟弟搬到美國居住,認識當地的印度單親媽媽Mandira,幾經辛苦追得美人歸,原以為幸福地過日子,豈料911事件發生,全美的穆斯林遭美國人歧視,擁有穆斯林姓氏Khan的Mandira開的美髮店被逼倒閉
一天惡耗傳來,Mandira的孩子Sam遭同學欺凌失救而死,Mandira崩潰下趕走Rizwan出家門,氣言除非他找得總統澄清自己非恐怖份子,否則就不要回家。Rizwan信以為真,展開了他開處尋總統的漫長旅程。
關於911的電影不算少,一直都是從美國人的視覺看種族衝突,Bollywood從印巴角度看911後遺症,的確是個新鮮的嘗試--不單是上下飛機的保安嚴密了,美國的穆斯林變成無辜的仇視對象,一幫人的錯要全族人去承受,至今都如是。
Rizwan因患有自閉症,心裡單純堅持媽媽告訴他的信念,世上只有好人和壞人之分。他弟弟不明白,為了Mandira是印度教而阻止哥哥的婚姻,美國人也不明白,孩子把孩子殺死了,警方也不明白,雖然不斷說"my name is khan, and I'm not a terrorist",卻變成疑似恐怖份子。當人與人之間失去信任,誰也不能把隔閡消除,惟有愛才能放下仇恨,愛只為搏紅顏一笑,他卻有神乎奇技的遭遇,最終令Mandira放下放去愛兒的痛苦。
那天,那孔慶東的"香港人是狗"論充斥面書,引來大家回敬對方「狗嗡」,大說大陸人的不是,甚麼粗言穢語都出齊,說實在道歉是必須,可繼續互相喝罵又如何?那憤怒頃刻又把大家定了一個位置。
那天,想起耶穌說,若有人打你左邊臉,連右邊臉亦要給他打,看完Khan的故事,好像更懂了當中意思,惟愛能遮掩很多的罪,或許是世人還沒學懂的功課。
第一次認識北大中文系教授孔慶東,第一次見識如此低質素的學者,我在fb轉載時已叫看片的人冷靜,但看來沒太多人冷靜得下來,以狗回敬,中港矛盾似乎要爆煲,令我想起這套戲。
《My Name Is Khan》是兩年前的Bollywood的作品,男主角是Shah Rukt Khan,與《作死不離三兄弟》(3 Idiots)主角Aamir Khan並列的印度「3 Khans」(相等於香港四大天王吧),故事講述Rizwan Khan(Shah Rukt Khan飾)自少患有自閉症,在母親離世後隨弟弟搬到美國居住,認識當地的印度單親媽媽Mandira,幾經辛苦追得美人歸,原以為幸福地過日子,豈料911事件發生,全美的穆斯林遭美國人歧視,擁有穆斯林姓氏Khan的Mandira開的美髮店被逼倒閉
一天惡耗傳來,Mandira的孩子Sam遭同學欺凌失救而死,Mandira崩潰下趕走Rizwan出家門,氣言除非他找得總統澄清自己非恐怖份子,否則就不要回家。Rizwan信以為真,展開了他開處尋總統的漫長旅程。
關於911的電影不算少,一直都是從美國人的視覺看種族衝突,Bollywood從印巴角度看911後遺症,的確是個新鮮的嘗試--不單是上下飛機的保安嚴密了,美國的穆斯林變成無辜的仇視對象,一幫人的錯要全族人去承受,至今都如是。
Rizwan因患有自閉症,心裡單純堅持媽媽告訴他的信念,世上只有好人和壞人之分。他弟弟不明白,為了Mandira是印度教而阻止哥哥的婚姻,美國人也不明白,孩子把孩子殺死了,警方也不明白,雖然不斷說"my name is khan, and I'm not a terrorist",卻變成疑似恐怖份子。當人與人之間失去信任,誰也不能把隔閡消除,惟有愛才能放下仇恨,愛只為搏紅顏一笑,他卻有神乎奇技的遭遇,最終令Mandira放下放去愛兒的痛苦。
那天,那孔慶東的"香港人是狗"論充斥面書,引來大家回敬對方「狗嗡」,大說大陸人的不是,甚麼粗言穢語都出齊,說實在道歉是必須,可繼續互相喝罵又如何?那憤怒頃刻又把大家定了一個位置。
那天,想起耶穌說,若有人打你左邊臉,連右邊臉亦要給他打,看完Khan的故事,好像更懂了當中意思,惟愛能遮掩很多的罪,或許是世人還沒學懂的功課。
2012年1月16日星期一
為夢想越洋過海
昨天又到了Startuphk,本著釣大魚的心態,結果大魚沒上釣,變得很沒癮,IM裡頭的你,總哄著我presentation boring不等於人boring,我只知道他不的答案不能滿足我這機會主義者。
然而,boring presentation裡頭的,卻即一顆單純去夢想的心,我很欣賞。你在美國找到美國夢,我希望你在港這段時間也找到。
Joel是英國人,滿口是碧咸式含糊其詞的英式英語,原是網頁編寫員(coder),一直卻希望創一番事業,失敗了幾次,終於小心翼翼地推出BufferApp--一個專為用家貼twitter post的程式,結果大受歡迎,已有10萬以上用戶,還得到天使基金灌水送了他們40萬美元。
成功還是靠勇字當頭。「當我們拿到$150-200一個月,可以足夠去支付機票,我們就買機會去三藩市,因我們去矽谷滿有憧憬,那時我們一個人也不認識,只是靠網上連繫了幾個人。」他說的幾個人,變成了他們的connectors,教他們找地方住,認識其他startup,最後發現自己應該籌募資金,結果在他們手頭資金快要用光的時候,天使出現。
他看得很輕鬆,是典型歐洲人隨遇而安的人,又或許,是敢於冒險的人。「因為美國簽證過期了,我們要離開美國,因為我是英國人,拍檔是奧地利人,都看夠歐洲了,不想回家,我們想過澳洲,但聞說那裡創業氣氛不太好。一年前轉機去日本時,來了香港一天,感覺這裡不錯,就來了。不去內地,因為內地用不到twitter啊!」
Joel打算留港至少3個月,直至他們拿到簽證到美國為止。「如果找到一個員工,能願意跟我們飛來飛去的,我們會聘用的。」
然而,boring presentation裡頭的,卻即一顆單純去夢想的心,我很欣賞。你在美國找到美國夢,我希望你在港這段時間也找到。
Joel是英國人,滿口是碧咸式含糊其詞的英式英語,原是網頁編寫員(coder),一直卻希望創一番事業,失敗了幾次,終於小心翼翼地推出BufferApp--一個專為用家貼twitter post的程式,結果大受歡迎,已有10萬以上用戶,還得到天使基金灌水送了他們40萬美元。
成功還是靠勇字當頭。「當我們拿到$150-200一個月,可以足夠去支付機票,我們就買機會去三藩市,因我們去矽谷滿有憧憬,那時我們一個人也不認識,只是靠網上連繫了幾個人。」他說的幾個人,變成了他們的connectors,教他們找地方住,認識其他startup,最後發現自己應該籌募資金,結果在他們手頭資金快要用光的時候,天使出現。
他看得很輕鬆,是典型歐洲人隨遇而安的人,又或許,是敢於冒險的人。「因為美國簽證過期了,我們要離開美國,因為我是英國人,拍檔是奧地利人,都看夠歐洲了,不想回家,我們想過澳洲,但聞說那裡創業氣氛不太好。一年前轉機去日本時,來了香港一天,感覺這裡不錯,就來了。不去內地,因為內地用不到twitter啊!」
Joel打算留港至少3個月,直至他們拿到簽證到美國為止。「如果找到一個員工,能願意跟我們飛來飛去的,我們會聘用的。」
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