假如他们在十年或十五年以前来到这我儿的话，他们就可以在许多生意上获得与创办人同等的利益了。 If they have come along here ten or fifteen years ago they might have been let in on the ground floor of a lot of things.
雷吉参与了这个公司的创办，公司发展了，他也获利了。 Reg had got in on the ground floor, and as the firm had progressed, so had he.
他创办起一家很成功的公司。 He has carved out a successful business.