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The term was popularised by the 18th Century satirist Jonathan Swift in his classic novel, Gulliver' s Travels. " We were certainly not sophisticated or civilised," Mr Yang told reporters ahead of the anniversary, which will be officially recognised on 2 March. They did have business brains however, and in April 1995 persuaded venture capitalists Sequoia Capital, which also invested in Apple Computer and Cisco Systems, to fund Yahoo to the tune of 2m. A second round of funding followed in the autumn and the company floated in April 1996 with fewer than 50 employees. Now the firm employs 7, 600 workers and insists its dotcom culture of work hard, play hard still remains. |
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18 shì jì fěng cì zuò jiā qiáo nà sēn sī wēi fū tè zài tā de jīng diǎn xiǎo shuō gé liè fú yóu jì zhōng céng yòng dào zhè gè cí, zhè gè cí cóng cǐ kāi shǐ liú xíng. " wǒ men jì bù shì sú yě bù suàn wén míng", zài zhōu nián qìng diǎn zhī qián, yáng xiān shēng gào sù le jì zhě. 3 yuè 2 rì zhèng shì dé dào guān fāng de rèn kě. tā men què shí yǒu jīng jì tóu nǎo, 1995 nián de sì yuè, shuō fú yě zēng tóu zī gěi píng guǒ diàn nǎo hé sī kē xì tǒng de fēng xiǎn tóu zī jiā hóng shān zī běn, tóu zī gěi yǎ hǔ gòng jì 2 bǎi wàn měi yuán. qiū tiān jǐn jiē zhe kāi shǐ dì èr lún róng zī, gōng sī zài 1996 nián sì yuè chǎn shēng yī xiē bō dòng, dāng shí zhǐ yǒu 50 gè zhí yuán. xiàn zài gōng sī yǒu 7600 míng yuán gōng, réng rán jiān chí qí, pīn mìng gōng zuò pīn mìng wán ér, wǎng luò wén huà. |