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Hints:'Songs of My Life'Martha Lane Foxlastminute.comBrent Hoberman00:22有一处短破折号本节目请使用英式拼写 :o)
Our guest today on 'Songs of My Life' is the entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox, of the massively successful company lastminute.com. With her business partner, Brent Hoberman, Martha Lane Fox started lastminute.com in Brent's living room. The idea was simple - a website selling late flights and late hotel bookings. The company grew very quickly and expanded from the UK into France, Germany and Sweden. They bought other travel companies, and after six years they had 1,400 employees. Lastminute.com went public in 2000, and the shares in the company increased their value by 40% in two days. Martha Lane Fox left the company in 2003. True to her entrepreneurial spirit, she wanted to start more new companies. Martha, it's a pleasure to have you here in the studio ...今天我们“生命之歌”的嘉宾是玛莎·林恩·福克斯，她是获得巨大成功的lastminute.com公司创始人。玛莎·林恩·福克斯和她的`商业伙伴布兰特·霍伯曼家，在布兰特家的客厅里创办了lastminute.com。他们的理念很简单——一个专售晚点航班和推迟酒店预订的网站。公司发展非常迅速，从英国扩展到了法国、德国和瑞典。他们还收购了其他的旅行公司，6年以后其雇员达1400人。lastminute.com于2000年上市，两天之内股价增长了40%。玛莎·林恩·福克斯在2003年的时候离开了公司，忠于她的创业精神，她设想创办更多的新公司。玛莎，真高兴你能来到演播室...(shoellen)这篇材料你能听出多少？