Yet it was only made possible by a pivotal decision mr hatt took several years earlier .
然而,正是由于哈特几年前做出的一项重大决定,它才成为可能。
With a career spent mainly in travel journalism , mr hatt 's knowledge of the industry proved useful , even if he was not a natural entrepreneur .
由于主要从事旅游报道工作,哈特对这一行业的知识派上了大用场,尽管他不是个天生的创业者。
What he found was an operation based in the attic of mr hatt 's house , where the founder had built up 3 00000 unique users a month and an annual turnover of 4 00000 .