Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 340

It is impossible for any business to develop without the background of the times.

Just like before the advent of the era of wind, the e-commerce business is doomed to be small in China.Not only is the penetration rate of PC and online banking insufficient, but the broadband speed is also frighteningly slow.

Do not upload too many pictures on the web page, otherwise, the page will be displayed for a long time after a page refresh.

Moreover, before the big infrastructure maniacs exert their power, the logistics cost is not generally high. The express network of Sitong Yida Express Company has not yet spread all over the country. Play a hammer e-commerce.

And before the advent of the mobile Internet era, it was the same reason you wanted to play food delivery platforms or taxi-hailing software.

Smartphones are not popular, how can it be possible to play.

The same is true for the development of Twitter, which is currently only a PC-side website, and there is still a long way to go before becoming the social king of the mobile Internet era in the future.

It stands to reason that it is difficult for Twitter, which only provides services on the website at the moment, to form a linkage with a large-scale live event such as the SXSW Carnival.

However, the founders of Twitter thought of a coup. They let people know what Twitter is doing through a large-screen text live broadcast, and added a function that allows people attending the music festival to register by sending text messages at the scene.

This function seems to be common after many years, and every website has this module, but in 2007 it was not a small innovation.

Attendees started experimenting with Twitter to tweet about "where's a great concert, where's a cool tech show, where's a great bar..." and so on.

And those two super-large screens displayed the news posted by everyone in real time, making the audience hooked on Twitter in an instant.

In Ma Liang's previous life, in less than ten days, Twitter became the absolute winner of this SXSW carnival.

The number of tweets displayed on the big screen every day quickly climbed from 2000+ to 60000+.

The number of registered users is also rising. The founder Dorsey and the team encountered the website crash for the first time, but this did not make this group of young people feel depressed.

On the contrary, they were excited because Twitter really did it this time!

It's just that these things will not happen until the end of the SXSW carnival, and at this moment, the blue bird can't be regarded as an official debut.

Before Ma Liang came to Austin, she shared some basic knowledge about mobile Internet and investment with Ms. Jiang University.

So as soon as Jiang Yinqiu saw the information on the huge poster and the big screen, he shouted.

Because the one on the poster was an Internet company, she didn't know whether it was a project that Ma Liang was interested in, but it wouldn't hurt to remind her.

Under the reminder of Miss Jiang University, Ma Liang discovered the twitter advertisement immediately.

In his previous life, he had seen the entrepreneurial history of Twitter, and he knew that this king of social networking opened up the situation through this SXSW carnival.

Because this grand event completely made Twitter popular, bringing many seed users to the website, and many of these seed users are celebrities with social influence.

Spread the word ten times, and Twitter stole the limelight at the SXSW carnival.

Naturally, Twitter also quickly attracted the attention of many investment institutions, and in just three months, it obtained its first financing—100 million US dollars.

So this carnival is very important to Twitter, and it is also true to Ma Liang.

Seeing several staff beside the two large screens constantly debugging the equipment, Ma Liang said to Sister Jiang University: "Come on, let's go over there and have a look."

After speaking, he turned and walked towards the stage, Jiang Yinqiu followed closely behind him.

When he came to the front, Ma Liang looked up and saw a young man with a slovenly appearance and a hint of hippie among several staff members, whom he actually recognized.

That's right, this person is the genius programmer and co-founder of Odeo, Jack Dorsey (Jack Dorsey).

Compared with Evan Williams, the big boss of Odeo, Jack Dorsey is the real inventor of the Twitter product, and Evan is just lucky enough to pick up a bargain.

But then again, Evan Williams is the founder of Blogger (blog), and his vision is still very good.

He saw Jack Dorsey's ideas and products at a glance, and hired people on the spot.

And just a few months ago, Evan Williams bought all the shares of the company out of his own pocket when the board of directors of Odeo was not optimistic about the future potential of the Twitter project.

And generously allocated options to Jack Dorsey and others, and then everyone fought their backs and put all their bets on this carnival.

According to the development trajectory of his previous life, Evan Williams did make the right bet this time.

Because not long after the carnival ended, Twitter’s financing plan started round after round, and there was basically no shortage of money.

So seeing Jack Dorsey, the founder, was also at the scene, Ma Liang was not calm at once. He had to step forward to hook up, because the investment should be done as soon as possible.

If you don't get the shareholding done before the end of the carnival, you'll be in trouble.

Once the SXSW carnival is over, maybe the gate of Odeo company will be crowded by a large group of investors every minute.

Although America is very strong in innovation and entrepreneurship, it is not every day that you encounter a very sexy technology project.

A website like Twitter that can become popular in just a few days, even if a high-ranking investor reads it, it is impossible to sit still.

Anyone who invests knows that when encountering a huge project, you have to grab it.

In Ma Liang’s previous life, Twitter’s angel round of financing was jointly invested by multiple investment institutions and investors.

Among them are Union Square Capital, Charles River Ventures, Netscape co-founder Mark Anderson, angel investor Ron Conway, and more.

Twitter raised $100 million in its first round of financing, valued at $500 million, and sold 20% of its shares.

And Ma Liang rushed here in a hurry, just wanting to eat up the 20% of Twitter's shares before a group of well-known investors found out.

So he took the initiative to say hello to Jack Dorsey and the others: "Hi, guys, good afternoon!
The weather today is really nice! "

"It's really good, I hope it will be the same tomorrow!" Jack Dorsey looked up at him, his attitude was a little cold, and he just replied casually.

As for foreigners, most of them have a bit of social miscellaneous disease, but this Jack in front of him is an exception.

Because he had a language barrier since he was a child, he was introverted in childhood, and later he overcame his shyness by participating in various speech competitions.

It took many failed attempts before he overcame his fear of speaking in front of outsiders.

Ma Liang was not discouraged, so he followed up and asked: "Dude, can I ask what you are preparing? From the information on the poster, it seems to be a very interesting website?"

"Sorry, it's not convenient to disclose this to the public at the moment.

You'll find out when the carnival starts tomorrow. "Jack Dorsey tactfully rejected the blind inquiry of the strange young man in front of him.

Ma Liang pondered for a while, then continued: "Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself.

Actually, I am an angel investor. Are you short of funds? "

When he asked this suddenly, not only Jack Dorsey and several staff members were startled, but even sister Jiang University, who was standing by and watching the excitement, was dumbfounded.

What's the situation, you want to invest without asking anything?Still bring this?

But everyone present didn't know that there was not much time left for Ma Liang, so invest as early as possible!

　Blocking two chapters last night caused me complete insomnia, I didn't sleep all day and all night, it hurt.

　　I will try to write as early as possible tomorrow, so I won’t replace this kind of thing.

　　It is really rubbish to ask for leave rules at the starting point. I will not be given a leave note this month.

　　The grades in this book are not good, and if you lose your full attendance, you will lose your income.

　　Forgive me guys, thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)