宝丽来公司创立于1937年,到1982年,已成为一家资产数十亿美元的巨型企业。2001年,宝丽来宣告破产。2005年,被派特斯全球集团买下。2008年,宣布停止制造底片,转往数码相机业务。20世纪90年代中期,一群专家想知道创始人是如何塑造自己公司的命运的。社会学家吉姆·拜伦带领一群专家对硅谷近200位高科技初创企业的创始人进行采访。拜伦和他的同事询问创始人什么 Polaroid Company was founded in 1937, to 1982, has become a billion-dollar multi-billion dollar giant. In 2001, Polaroid declared bankruptcy. In 2005, it was bought by Petex Global Group. In 2008, it announced the cessation of the production of negatives for the digital camera business. In the mid-1990s, a group of experts wondered how founders shaped the fate of their own company. Sociologist Jim Byron leads a group of experts in an interview with the founders of nearly 200 high-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. Byron and his colleagues asked the founder what