他在慈善事业上的创新也可以为那些需要帮助的创业者们提供不少经验。
In his first few years as a big giver, Mr Omidyar went from embracing the conventionalwisdom to challenging it.
在开始几年大量投资以后,奥米迪亚对于传统观念从开始的全盘接受转变为了审视挑战。
From the days of Carnegie and Rockefeller a century ago to Bill Gates today, the Americantradition has been for the rich to give a large chunk of their fortune to a foundation, usuallycarrying their name, which then doles out chunks of money to charities it likes.
从百年前的卡耐基和洛克菲勒到如今的比尔盖茨,富人们都习惯于将财产的大部分捐献给基金会。然后这个通常以捐赠者名字命名的基金会再将这些资金分配给合适的慈善机构。
Mr Omidyar started out doing that, but quickly concluded that handing out grants was not themost effective use of his money.
一开始奥米迪亚也是这么做的,但马上就发现这种单纯给予的方式并不能最有效地发挥资金的价值。
His experience at eBay led him to conclude that in the right circumstances a business can beat least as powerful a force for good as a charity.
他在eBay的经历让他意识到,在合适的情况下,商业行为也能和慈善活动一样,有着造福社会的能力。
【2015考研英语阅奥米迪亚式的给予】相关文章:
最新
2016-10-18
2016-10-11
2016-10-11
2016-10-08
2016-09-30
2016-09-30