创业与职业化管理PaulContomichalos[简介]百时美施贵宝公司前任董事长兼总裁、百润公司联合创始人及董事长9月24日通过MBA课程的学习，我们懂得了如何高效地运作一个组织，但却并一定能够充分了解如何创业和实施组织创新。而这正是百时美施贵宝公司前任董事长兼总裁、百润公司联合创始人及董事长PaulContomichalos先生在2003年9月24日中欧管理论坛上的演讲主旨。Contomichalos先生与大家共享了他在BMS公司以及新近创建的百润公司中获得的经验，并就职业经理人与创业企业家之间的差异阐释了自己的观点。此外，他还结合创造自身商业模式的过程，提供了一些相关性的建议，主要包括如何创建新企业，如何形成清晰的思路、建立强有力的团队、树立重视分析的意识等重要问题。Entrepreneurvs.ProfessionalManager(ExcerptsfromaspeechgivenatCEIBSbyPaulContomichalos.ContentrightsreservedbythespeakerandCEIBS.UseofthecontentmustbewiththepriorapprovalfromCEIBS.)PaulContomichalos(Biography)FormerChairman&PresidentofBristol-MyersSquibb(BMS)China,Co-FounderandChairmanofProfexInc.Sept.24,2003Asweallknow,whenwe'reinbusiness,it'snotonlysuccessesbutthere'relotsofexperiencesincludingsomefailurethatwecanlearnfrom.ButIwouldtalkaboutandelaborateaboutmyexperienceonthesubjectofEntrepreneurvs.ProfessionalManager.I'vethoughtalotaboutthistopic.Letmestartbysaying,firstofall,I'mverythrilledtobehere,becauseI'veknownCEIBSstartedintheyearwhenIcametoChinain1994,right?Soitwasanearlymoverasauniversity.That'swhyyouhaveakindofgoodfacultyexperience,professionals,greatreputationwhichleadstogreatcareersandgreatjobs.Soyou'reaspecialaudiencebecausefirstofallyou'resmart,becauseyouchoseCEIBS.Andthoseofyouwhodidn'tgotoCEIBSandarehere,youarealsosmart,becauseyouchosetocomethisafternoonorthisevening.IwanttowarnyousomethingthatIliketoaskquestions.EventhoughIhavetheseslides,Istillwanttoasksomequestions.SomeofyouIknow,soImaypickonyouifnoonewantstoanswermyquestion.Letmestartwiththisquestion-whofromtheaudienceknowsme?Andby"knows"letmedefine-Imean,"Haveweworkedtogether?Orhadacoffeetogether,orhadadrinktogether?Letmesee.Putyourhandsup.Nooneknowsme?Howmanyareyou?Letmecount.Ok,soquiteafewofyou.So,asPro.Zhangkindlymentioned,mynameisPaulContomichalos;I'moriginallyfromGreece;BornandgrewupinAthensandthenwenttotheUnitedStatesforanMBAdegree.AndthencametoChina-I'lltalkalittlebitaboutmyexperienceandcareer.ThetopicI'mgoingtobeaddressingisoneI'vespentalotoftimethinkingabout.Andit'sabigdecisiontomake-tomakethetransitionfromacorporatekindenvironmenttoamoreentrepreneurialenvironment.SowhatIwouldliketodoissharesomeofmyexperiencesovertime,whatIhavelearnedin…andalsohopefullywecanboth-yourselvesandme-learnfromtheprocessbecauseIliketoconstantlylearnandgainnewexperience.Solet'sstartbyakindofdefinitionsowe'llhavealittlebitofacommonlanguage,becausepeoplecanusedifferentdefinitions.Whatisaprofessionalmanagerandwhatisanentrepreneur?ThewayI'dliketolookatitisthattheprofessionalmanagerissomeonewithinanexisting,inmanycases,itcouldbeapubliccompany.Itdoesn'tmatterwhatyourpositionis.Itcouldbeamanager,adirector,generalmanager,apresident,CEO…Itdoesn'tmatter.Butit'ssomeoneworkingwithinthisenvironment.Forthebalanceofmypresentation,Iwouldcallthiscompanymanager,thisperson.SowhenItalkaboutcompanymanagerIwilltalkaboutpeoplewithinanexistingcompanyandinmostcasespublic.Now,entrepreneurisnotonlysomeonewhostartsabusinessinmyopinion,oramemberofastart-upteam.Forexample,ifinanewcompany,youarethefirstholdingaposition,you'reveryentrepr...
