Taking a swing at a pickleball startup
Taking a swing at a pickleball startup
在企业界,斯坦利·安德森(Stanley Anderson,79届校友)表示,高管们往往认为他们的同僚是在优越的环境中长大的。但他并非如此。“我早年的生活是在努力避免被招募进帮派、躲避枪击、目睹朋友被杀中度过的,当时我想,如果我不离开,我就会死,”在芝加哥长大的安德森说。“我很幸运能活下来。”
But he thrived, building an impressive career at the likes of HP, Intel, and the Palo Alto Research Center. Now he is applying his management expertise as CEO of Costa Pickleball, a Las Vegas–based startup that sells high-performance paddles in decorative designs.
但他不仅活了下来,还取得了成功,在惠普、英特尔和帕洛阿尔托研究中心等机构建立了令人瞩目的职业生涯。现在,他正以总部位于拉斯维加斯的初创公司 Costa Pickleball 首席执行官的身份,运用他的管理专长,该公司销售具有装饰性设计的高性能球拍。
Beyond giving customers a way to, as he says, “bring their identity to the court,” he is also betting on technology: He’s developing a quieter type of paddle he expects will provide a competitive advantage.
除了让客户能够像他所说的那样“将个人特质带到球场上”之外,他还在押注技术:他正在开发一种更安静的球拍,并期望这能提供竞争优势。
Succeeding in today’s pickleball market will be tough, but Anderson thinks he has what it takes, partly thanks to an important lesson he learned at MIT: “There’s nothing you can’t accomplish if you are willing to put effort into it.”
在当今的匹克球市场取得成功将非常困难,但安德森认为他具备所需的素质,这部分归功于他在麻省理工学院学到的一条重要经验:“只要你愿意付出努力,就没有什么事是你做不到的。”