How One Woman Built a $400 Million Trucking Business

一个建立了40000万美元的货车公司的女人

By 2001, many of Rush's 1,000 employees were Native Americans, working alongside people of every background. But she felt she hadn't done enough. So she joined forces with a Canadian parts maker to design and assemble auto components, such as the dashboard instrument panels that go into Chrysler minivans. She located the plants near reservations, creating opportunities where they were needed most.

截至到2001年，Rush很多的员工都是美国原住居民了，他们与拥有各种背景的同事一起工作。但是她仍然觉得自己做的不够。

所以她与加拿大零件商共同合作设计并安装自动部件，如，可以安装在克莱斯勒汽车迷你厢型车上的仪表板。她将工厂坐落在了酒店附近，这样可以创造他们最需要的机会。

By 2009, her auto parts business was generating $370 million in revenue.

She's come a long way from the inexperienced 23-year-old who thought "the cash would just roll in." But Rush wouldn't change a thing: "I love my job," she says. "I like the fact that you can start to get some momentum and keep challenging yourself—and then suddenly you lift your head and it's been 25 years."

截至2009年，他的汽车部件公司已经可以创造37000万美元的收入。

从23岁那个认为金钱可以滚滚而来的萌动少女到现在的成功，她走过来不寻常的道路。但是Rush没有任何改变，她说：“我热爱我的工作！我喜欢充满动力，并且时时挑战自己的感觉，然后当你突然抬起头，你发现已经过去25年了。”

Getting Ahead with Andra Rush

昂德拉Rush的成功

Were there any advantages to being a woman in your industry?

作一个行业女强人有优势吗？

Driving the truck is something guys do—it's rough, but it isn't something a woman can't do. But running a trucking company is much more than picking up and delivering; it's marketing and tracking and organization. Women are wired to multitask. A lot of people in transport have had paper routes. I was the first girl to have one in my neighborhood, so maybe that's what did it!

开火车是一件很难的事情，但是不是女人不可以干的事情。但是经营一个火车公司可比装货和运输、营销、跟踪和组织要难多了。女人是有很多任务的。运输中的很多人都有租车的经历。我是邻居中{dy}个有卡车的人，所以这可能也是成功的因素之一吧。

How did you balance the business and your three sons?

您怎么平衡您的生意和三个儿子之间的关系？

I would take my kids [Zack, 20, Cheyne, 18, and Chance, 13] to the office with me, but that got a little difficult when they started to crawl.

我常常将我的孩子[Zack, 20岁, Cheyne, 18岁, Chance, 13岁]带到办公室，当然他们刚刚学爬行的时候有点困难。

My parents live nearby and so did my grandmother, and they all helped out a lot. As a business owner, you don't have much time, but you do have a lot of flexibility. So if I'd been traveling, I'd go into the elementary school when I got home and say, "I'm going to read to the first graders."

我的父母以及爷爷奶奶都距离我很近，他们都给予了我很多帮助。作为一个公司{ldz}，你没有很多时间，但是你有很多灵活性。所以如果我正在旅游，我会进入小学校，回到家然后说：“我打算读书进入一年级。”

How has your heritage influenced your approach to business?

您的遗传怎么影响力您获得生意？

In our culture, when you make a decision, you consider its impact on the next seven generations. That means you take environmental precautions from the outset. Teachings like that help you with your choices.

在我们的文化里，当你做一项决定的时候，你需要考虑他对于你的以后七代造成的影响。这就意味着你需要从开始就考虑环境警惕。这样的教会可以帮助你做决定。

What is the key to your success?

你成功的关键是什么？

You have to be service-driven. You think of customers every day, every minute. You think about what would make their lives or their businesses more successful. And you have to be focused on who's serving them. If we don't look after our drivers, they won't look after our customers.

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你必须以服务为导向。你必须每时每刻都为你的客户着想。你需要想什么可以使他们的生活或者生意更成功。你需要思考谁正在为他们服务。如果我们不关照我们的司机，那么他们就不会关照我们的客户。