Box联合创始人：机会常常有，只爱有心人

    你最崇拜的商界或科技界人物是哪位？为什么？

    我是一名专业粉丝——观察别人做成了什么事，以及他们如何达成自身使命，这可令人受益良多。我的偶像包括：杰克•多西（Twitter创始人——译注）、托尼•法德尔（iPod之父——译注）和艾伦•马斯克（特斯拉电动汽车公司CEO——译注），他们设计、打造了史诗级的商业产品；马克•贝尼奥夫（salesforce.com创始人——译注），他颠覆了企业级软件，打造了价值高达220亿美元的公司；拉里•佩奇（Google联合创始人——译注）和杰夫•贝索斯（亚马逊创始人——译注），他们专注于颠覆世界的创新，不像那些蓝筹股科技公司只会带来渐进式改良。当然，还有史蒂夫•乔布斯。

    哪项技术最能激发你的热情？

    我听说眼下云计算非常热门。云计算的关键包括：弹性可扩展的资源、复杂技术的简单化以及软件民主化。云计算正在深入医疗、制造、金融服务等各行各业，给它们带来巨大的变革和颠覆。我们将亲眼目睹整个行业的飞速发展，每个人都将和自己的朋友、同事、客户、供应商实时连接。

    你如何平衡工作和生活？

    我每天尽量在凌晨2点前下班。

    当下的管理者必须具备的一个特征是什么？

    对所从事的工作保持极大的热忱。只有热爱自身事业的团队，才能打造出伟大的企业。

    企业家们必须读商学院吗？

    如果你所说的“商学院”，是指“阅读安迪•格鲁夫的大作《只有偏执狂才能生存》（Only the Paranoid Survive）”，那么我的答案是肯定的。(财富中文网)

    译者：项航

    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.