英闻天下——192 Garage Cafe, New Business Trend for the Young
英语课
Garage Cafe looks like an ordinary coffee house but functions as an incubator for fledgling companies in Beijing's Zhongguancun. Entrepreneurs here build businesses with laptops at dining tables rather than with desktops 1 in cubicles 2.
"Rent" for "office space" is paid by purchasing a 20 yuan cup of coffee a day. Wu Jun is an entrepreneur who rents office space here. He enjoys this environment.
"Our company is just starting up. If I rent rooms in an office building, it can be very expensive. Here, I only need to pay the money for a cup of coffee to rent an office space for my company. People here are all grassroots entrepreneurs. We encourage each other, inspire each other and share our ideas."
The brainchild of former investment company employee Su Di not only reduces startups' expenses but also increases communication among ambitious e-biz hopefuls and venture capitalists.
Su says his financiers were enticed 3 less by beverage 4 sales than by Garage Cafe's potential as a business incubator.
"There two types of entrepreneurs who come here. One is people who resigned from big companies, another group is new graduates. The western district of Zhongguangcun has the best atmosphere for such entrepreneurs to start their own business. My original idea was to provide them office conditions to suit their needs and build a bridge between startups and investors 5. That's how Garbage Café started up."
When Su began using his microblog to publicize Garage Cafe, the 800-square-meter establishment started filling up.
Now, over a dozen teams regularly occupy Garage Cafe, most of them are from the IT industry.
Steven Bell, manager of an investment company says this Su's Garage Cafe is a good idea which brings entrepreneurs and investors closer.
"This is a Mecca for startups in Beijing. We are in the center of Zhongguancun. We are surrounded by the best universities in China, Beida and Tsinghua. And the place is full of young entrepreneurs"
Su's idea is shared by other young people, and the model has been replicated 6 in other cities. Zhen Wenbo is the founder 7 of Garage Cafe in Nanjing. His Garage Cafe has started to make a profit and he plans to provide young entrepreneur with more value service.
"We will provide some free training for the entrepreneurs, and we are also planning to provide training to target their needs."
Zhen Wenbo believes the model of Garage Cafe may attract more high-grade talent. And the atmosphere of creativity may bring more profit to his cafe.
For CRI, I am Li Dong.
桌面( desktop的名词复数 )
- You switch between these virtual desktops by clicking on the one you want to make active. 只需单击你所希望激活的桌面就可以在这些虚拟桌面之间进行切换。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- Laptops outsell desktops for the first time in the United States. 膝上型电脑首次在美国销售量胜过桌上型电脑。
n.小卧室，斗室( cubicle的名词复数 )
- Security guards, operating inside bullet-proof glass cubicles, and speaking through microphones, scrutinized every arrival and departure. 警卫们在装有防弹玻璃的小室里值勤，通过麦克风细致盘问每一个进出的人。 来自辞典例句
- I guess they thought me content to stay in cubicles. 我猜他们认为我愿意呆在小房间里。 来自互联网
诱惑，怂恿( entice的过去式和过去分词 )
- He enticed his former employer into another dice game. 他挑逗他原来的老板再赌一次掷骰子。
- Consumers are courted, enticed, and implored by sellers of goods and services. 消费者受到商品和劳务出售者奉承，劝诱和央求。
n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料
- The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
- Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
复制( replicate的过去式和过去分词 )； 重复； 再造； 再生
- Later outplant the seedlings in a replicated permanent test plantation. 以后苗木出圃栽植成重复的永久性试验林。
- The phage has replicated and the donor cells have lysed. 噬菌体已复制和给体细胞已发生裂解。