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It's a very common item of discussion at board meetings about how much should our company borrow, so they seek advice from financial experts.

董事会议中一个十分常见的议题就是,到底该借多少钱,所以他们会向金融专家寻求帮助

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The first thing I'll say is, when you have a business that's changing very rapidly, if you have five or six meetings a year, it's incredibly hard for somebody on a board to know a whole lot about your business.

我首先要说的是，你的公司发展很快时，如果你每年开五，六次会，董事们会很为难,知道整个公司的情况。

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