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安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导

I had not failed to notice the growth of the Bessemer process. If this proved successful I knew that iron was destined to give place to steel; that the Iron Age would pass away and the Steel Age take its place. My friend, John A. Wright, president of the Freedom Iron Works at Lewiston, Pennsylvania, had visited England purposely to investigate the new process. He was one of our best and most experienced manufacturers, and his decision was so strongly in its favor that he induced his company to erect Bessemer works. He was quite right, but just a little in advance of his time. The capital required was greater than he estimated. More than this, it was not to be expected that a process which was even then in somewhat of an experimental stage in Britain could be transplanted to the new country and operated successfully from the start. The experiment was certain to be long and costly, and for this my friend had not made sufficient allowance.

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卡内基注意到贝塞麦炼钢法在兴起,判断铁会被钢取代。朋友赖特去英国考察后力主建贝塞麦厂,方向对但太早:所需资本超出预估,英国尚在实验阶段,移植到美国不可能一开就顺,试验期长且烧钱,赖特没留足余量。核心是:看准趋势不等于马上能赚钱,要算清资本和时间。做法是承认新技术有学习曲线,先备足资金、小步试产,别把“方向对”当成“立刻成”。

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19世纪60-70年代贝塞麦炼钢法从英国传入美国,卡内基在自传中反思早期采用者的成败。

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你正在追的新技术或新趋势,有没有算过它从实验到稳定要烧多少钱、多少时间?

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