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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 326
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
The planning of the tractor really antedated that of the motor car. Out on the farm my first experiments were with tractors, and it will be remembered that I was employed for some time by a manufacturer of steam tractors--the big heavy road and thresher engines. But I did not see any future for the large tractors. They were too expensive for the small farm, required too much skill to operate, and were much too heavy as compared with the pull they exerted. And anyway, the public was more interested in being carried than in being pulled; the horseless carriage made a greater appeal to the imagination. And so it was that I practically dropped work upon a tractor until the automobile was in production. With the automobile on the farms, the tractor became a necessity. For then the farmers had been introduced to power.
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定位：Additional excerpt 326 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
福特对拖拉机的规划其实早于汽车。他在农场长大，最初实验的就是拖拉机，还受雇于蒸汽拖拉机制造商。但他不看好大型拖拉机：太贵、操作太难、太重而牵引力不足。而且公众更想被载着走，而不是被拉着走，所以无马马车更吸引人。于是他暂时放下拖拉机，直到汽车量产。汽车进入农场后，农民认识了动力，拖拉机才成为必需品。这说明时机很重要：先做能打开市场的产品，再回头做配套产品。
上下文
福特在自传中回顾，他早年就实验拖拉机，但直到汽车普及后才真正推动拖拉机生产。
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你是否有过早的想法？是否因为市场时机未到而暂时搁置，并等待合适的切入点？
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