My Age of Investment

"What? Are you leaving?"

Looking at the resignation letter on the table, Xia Jingxing asked with a frown.

"Daren, I am very grateful to the company for nurturing me. I am also very happy to work here.

However, I have always had a dream of starting a business.

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So, I'm very sorry, I can't accompany you to go to Nasdaq to ring the bell. "

After speaking, Yang Haoyong, who had a baby face, lowered his head with a flushed face.

He felt a little guilty towards Xia Jingxing, the other party valued him very much, and he was promoted to be the head of the network security department as soon as he entered the company.

Moreover, Facebook also issued him a lot of options.

But now he was going to betray this trust, so when facing Xia Jingxing, he felt a little unsure.

"Sit down and talk!"

Xia Jingxing's expression was flat, and he pointed to the seat opposite him.

Yang Haoyong sat down without saying a word.

"You go now and lose a lot of options."

Xia Jingxing held the resignation letter and said lightly, "I asked Luo Li, you only have two ten thousandths of the options in your hand, if you stay for another three and a half years, you will have four more chances to grant options, adding up to at least one more chance. Eight out of ten thousand.

If Facebook's future market value reaches 10 billion or 100 billion US dollars, it will be 8 million or 80 million US dollars.

Don’t think about it any more, the risk of starting a business is not small, and the possible benefits may not be comparable to those of Facebook. "

Seeing that Xia Jingxing didn't mean to criticize him, Yang Haoyong's expression softened, "I know that starting a business is very risky, and I believe that the company's future valuation and market value can reach tens of billions or hundreds of billions of dollars.

But I still want to try my own business!

Darren, I have always had the idea of ​​starting a business in my heart. I have been thinking about it for several years. I was thinking about my last job, and now I have a prototype in my heart. "

Xia Jingxing sighed, "Okay,

If you insist on leaving, I won't force it. "

Yang Haoyong was a little surprised, he thought that Xia Jingxing would keep him a few more words, but he didn't expect it to be so refreshing.

Xia Jingxing noticed the surprise on the other side's face and said with a smile, "I actually understand you very well, the more skilled you are, the less willing you are to be ordinary.

If I guessed correctly, you should be planning to return to China to start a business, right? Which company's business model to copy? "

Yang Haoyong was stunned for a moment, he felt that Xia Jingxing was too powerful, he could see through everything.

Now that he has seen it through, he simply said: "The mature Internet business model in the United States has been copied to China, and it has been successful many times. The three major portals are like this, Baidu, Ali and Penguin are all like this.

This is a very suitable path for Turtles to start a business, and I am going to take this path as well.

In fact, it's not ashamed!

Because these models cannot be directly copied to China, if they are just copied casually, they are doomed to fail.

We also have to carry out certain transformation and optimization according to China's national conditions, the popularity of the Internet, etc. "

Xia Jingxing waved his hand, "I'm not saying it's bad. Knowing how to learn and adapt to changes is the basic quality an entrepreneur should have."

Yang Haoyong nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too."

"Which website in the United States did you like? If it's convenient, you can share it."

Yang Haoyong hesitated for a while, after all, this thing cannot be revealed casually.

Xia Jingxing smiled, "Do you think I might leave the US business behind and go back to China to start a business?

Just tell me your business plan, if you can impress me, I can be your angel investor. "

Hearing what Xia Jingxing said, Yang Haoyong felt that he was really thinking too much, and treated the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, because Xia Jingxing could not have lost the watermelon and picked up sesame seeds.

"Daren, have you heard of Craigslist?"

Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "You are talking about the free classified advertisement website that Craig established in 1995?"

Yang Haoyong nodded, "Yes, that's it, but they're not completely free now.

New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston... People in these big cities have to pay to advertise.

There are no pictures on this kind of website, only dense text, marked with various life information, it is a huge combination of online classified advertisements and BBS.

Companies and individuals can post information such as job hunting, house rental and sales, second-hand product transactions, housekeeping services, and regional activity guides, and can even look for dating partners.

There is no such website in China, but it is obvious that there is such a demand.

Usually we advertise, that is, in the media, including television, newspapers and so on.

As for Internet advertising, although the three major portals have been involved, they are all large enterprises. Small enterprises cannot afford to advertise on it, and they do not meet the needs of small enterprises.

And for the classified advertisement website I plan to make, users can choose a city and a classification.

In this way, businesses and individuals can spend the least amount of money to find the ideal audience for advertising. "

Xia Jingxing nodded, this is Ganji.com, that's right.

In fact, Ganji.com is also an imported product, founded by the turtle Yang Haoyong who returned to China.

Right now, Yang Haoyong is determined to leave Facebook, which has a bright future, obviously seeing the blankness of such websites in China.

Done, the Nasdaq is ringing the bell, just around the corner, and it is still in the C position.

On Facebook, when the bell rings, Yang Haoyong can only stand in the corner.

What's more, now that Facebook is ringing the bell, the eight characters have not been left.

Xia Jingxing looked at Yang Haoyong and asked, "What is the name of the classified information advertising website you want to make?"

"Ganji!"

Yang Haoyong blurted out directly.

From Xia Jingxing's point of view, this dude obviously had a plan for a long time, and he had already thought about the name of the website.

Yang Haoyong continued: "The reason why I call it this name is that I hope that netizens can browse the Ganji website just like going to the market in the countryside, where they can see and buy the goods or services they want."

Xia Jingxing nodded, "Sounds not bad!"

Immediately, he changed his words, "Have you ever thought that once you start this kind of website, there will be a large number of people immediately following it.

Although you found out early, you are not necessarily the one who has the last laugh. "

"That's right!"

Yang Haoyong did not refute this, but honestly admitted: "Whether in the United States or in China, there will never be a shortage of business speculators and followers.

Let's all compete together. In addition to comparing the first mover and the later mover, it also depends on many factors such as team, resources, money and so on. "

"Needless to say, this kind of website is also a very down-to-earth website."

Xia Jingxing raised his eyelids, looked at Yang Haoyong, and said with a smile, "You are a turtle, this is an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time.

The advantage is that you can get in touch with the latest overseas Internet models and have overseas resources, such as contacting angel investors like me who like to invest everywhere.

The disadvantage is that because you are a sea turtle and have lived overseas for a long time, you lack background and resources in China, and you are even unfamiliar with many domestic situations. "

Yang Haoyong said with a smile: "Daren, you are joking, you are not investing randomly, LinkedIn and Tesla are both very good startups.

And the advantages and disadvantages you mentioned, I admit, this is very objective.

For me, the domestic business environment, and the lack of domestic resources, are the biggest drawbacks.

But I have another advantage that you didn't mention. "

Xia Jingxing asked, "What advantage?"

"I've been at Facebook for a year and a half!"

Seeing Yang Haoyong's serious appearance, Xia Jingxing couldn't help laughing.

"Daren, I'm definitely not trying to please you, but from the bottom of my heart.

I am very grateful for this entrepreneurial experience. I have witnessed the expansion of Facebook from millions of users to tens of millions of users, and witnessed the growth of YouTube from nothing.

We also had a confrontation with a number of competitors, and the media public opinion praised and derogated from time to time.

In addition, I also saw how the team formed cohesion and formed combat effectiveness.

It can be said that this year and a half of work experience has greatly helped me to start my own business. "

Xia Jingxing nodded, "I believe it now, your words are definitely from the bottom of your heart."

Yang Haoyong smiled.

"Then you go back to China to start a business, do you have any start-up capital?"