Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 346

In Ma Liang's previous life, Twitter had already made a splash at the SXSW carnival just by relying on such shabby marketing and promotion.

Now with his financial support, several venues are promoting simultaneously, and the marketing effect is directly full. Not only the number of registered users has surged, but even the tweets are constantly being refreshed.

At this time, Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone, two technical geeks, were leading the whole team in front of the computer, staring at the background data.

"Jack, thanks to Marlon's funds in place, let us purchase a few more spare servers in advance, otherwise the website would have been down by now."

Biz Stone watched the main server operating at a high load, and the two backup servers have also started to activate, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

Jack Dorsey slapped his thigh after hearing this, and immediately ordered: "Biz, this is not going to work, we have to continue to purchase bandwidth and servers.

Otherwise, they may not be able to survive today. "

Looking at the growth momentum of the number of users and the number of Twitter updates, Jack Dorsey is a little restless.

Carnival has just started, and there are already more than 1 posts, which is very wrong.

You must know that just before today, the total number of dynamic content on the Twitter website in 24 hours a day was only [-].

Now that the carnival has just opened, the number of tweets posted on Twitter has exceeded half of the usual number. After a while, users will link up, like and share each other, and the amount of data will increase exponentially.

They still underestimated the marketing efforts of the SXSW carnival, which is far from enough servers.

"Okay, I'm going to place an order now." Biz Stone hurriedly turned on the computer, logged into the service provider's website, and continued to purchase more hardware support.

In 2007, although there were no smart phones, most mobile phones with color screens also had Internet access.

The Twitter website with a simple page is especially suitable for mobile phones.You can quickly register with a text message, and you can post tweets after logging in.

A line of text dynamics was constantly refreshed on the website.

Where is a good band?Where are the movies worth watching?Where is the food?Where is the art installation?

Most of them are tour sharing of SXSW Carnival.This brand new social game has made countless people addicted to it.

Even when they heard a cool piece by a certain musician, everyone would immediately share it on Twitter, trying to interact and resonate with other visitors at the scene.

Countless likes and comments have stimulated many people to post news tirelessly.

In the end, many new tourists even took Twitter's dynamics as tour navigation and instructions, and followed the above dynamics.

Even when Ma Liang and Jiang Yinqiu were hanging out, they kept scrolling through the content of Twitter.

"Don't tell me, this website is quite interesting! Everyone can post news at any time, without any writing or preparation.

Just sharing this bit of fun in time is enough to attract people.

It’s just.” While talking, Jiang Yinqiu hesitated to speak!

Ma Liang asked curiously, "Just what?"

"It's just that, it's just because of the freshness in the early stage, it's just interesting, and it's boring after a long time.

And such a simple page, it will be a bit difficult to place ads.

To put it more seriously, it is difficult to form a closed loop of business model, how to make profit in the future? "Jiang Yinqiu pointed to the essential analysis.

After all, she has an extraordinary family background and different insights. Miss Jiang University can see through the essence at a glance.

Seeing his girlfriend being so discerning, Ma Liang was overjoyed: "Haha, what you said is absolutely right, this is indeed a problem.

But you don't forget one thing, that is Apple's iPhone.

In the next few years, it will be the era of smart phones and mobile Internet.Although Twitter does not seem to be doing well on the PC side, it will really exert its strength when the mobile Internet era comes.

No matter who can publish new and interesting things anytime and anywhere, everyone is a self-media or opinion leader.

Not to mention those celebrity internet celebrities, Twitter is the best place for them to interact with their fans.

In this way, the traffic of Twitter will be the top existence in the world.

As long as the traffic is large enough, don't worry about finding a way to monetize.Believe me, that day won't be too long to wait. "

"I hope everything is as you said!" Jiang Yinqiu was still worried about his lover.

You must know that the venture capital circle in the United States is extremely realistic and snobbish. Once you see that the project has no prospects, the capital will abandon you in minutes.

If there is no larger capital takeover in the follow-up, then Twitter's investment will be in vain.

Ma Liang smiled nonchalantly: "Don't worry, wait a few days and watch the investment institutions crowding out the gate of Twitter!"

"You're blowing nonsense again, if you really want to do that!" Jiang Yinqiu expressed disbelief.

You must know that even Google did not have such a grand event in the early days of its business. It is really rare in the United States to be overwhelmed by investment institutions.

I have foresight, but sister Jiang University does not.

Ma Liang knew that it was difficult to explain this kind of thing clearly, so he could only talk about him: "Oh, that's right.

The follow-up formal investment agreement may be signed by you for me.

When the carnival is over, I will rush back to China as soon as possible to prepare funds.Otherwise, I would have no money to invest in Twitter’s follow-up second and third rounds of investment. "

"So anxious!" Jiang Yinqiu was very surprised, "Let me do it, can you do it?"

Ma Liang jokingly replied: "Why not? Senior sister, you are my housekeeper, who else can have this qualification besides you?"

"Nonsense again, I don't want to be a housekeeper!" Jiang Yinqiu was arrogant again when he heard that.

Although she had already agreed in her heart, the two were not married after all, so it was difficult for her to take the role automatically so quickly.

Ma Liang didn't care so much, and threw out a more explosive news: "How can it be done?
Senior sister, you not only want to be my housekeeper, but also help me manage more projects.

In addition to Twitter, there are still a lot of startups in the United States waiting for me to invest in the next year or two, and it all depends on you! "

"What? Still want to invest?" Jiang Yinqiu was stunned after hearing this, "Where did you get so much money?"

Hearing that Ma Liang was going to mess around again, University Sister Jiang was really worried, for fear that he would break the capital chain of the domestic business.

Ma Liang hurriedly comforted him: "Hey, don't worry about the money, I have my own way.

Looking back, [Gale Capital] will set up a branch in New York and recruit a few professional managers.It's up to them to do things, senior sister, just help me keep an eye on it.

Especially in the second half of this year, I may still invest in one or two projects. "

The year 2007, both at home and abroad, is known as the best year for entrepreneurship, and many unicorn projects were established in various countries in this year.

Ma Liang has the foresight, so investing naturally has to be missed in advance.

In his memory, several projects no less than Twitter were born in the second half of the year. It would be a big loss not to pick up the leaks in advance.

Even if some projects cannot be invested independently, it would be nice to be able to follow up with the investment.

"How can you be so sure? You even predicted what happened in the second half of the year?" Jiang Yinqiu reacted very quickly, and immediately grasped the problem in his words.

Girlfriends are too smart, and sometimes it's not a good thing.

Ma Liang also had a headache right now in order to lie, so he could only act as a magic stick for once, and continued to fool: "Senior sister, I analyzed it based on the existing information in the industry.

Not only Apple has launched the iPhone, but according to gossip, Nokia's smartphone is also under development.

Moreover, giants such as Google, Samsung, and Sony are gearing up to catch up.

Even domestic companies such as Lenovo, Meizu, and HTC seem to claim to start developing smartphones.

This means that the era of smart phones is coming, and it is not impossible for everyone to have one.

Smartphones are likely to surpass PCs and become a more popular terminal carrier.

At that time, some projects specially created for smartphones and mobile Internet will have unlimited prospects.

Invest as early as possible, and what you get is a high rate of return.

If one of the ten projects is selected, the return will be hundreds or even thousands of times.At that time, even if the other nine items are yellow, it will be just a drizzle, not worth mentioning. "

"The more you talk, the more you look like a magic stick. It's a pity if you don't want to be a fortune teller!" Jiang Yinqiu heard more and more mysterious, and couldn't help complaining again.

Obviously, she still doesn't fully believe her analysis of her lover.

Seeing this, Ma Liang replied with a smirk: "That can't be done, my mouth is reserved for you, senior sister, hehe."

As he said that, he went up to kiss University Sister Jiang for a while, kissed and coaxed her, and then made her agree to his proposal.

He also has no choice. There is a shortage of talents in the initial stage of entrepreneurship, so he can only rely on the closest people.

Although [Gale Capital] New York branch can recruit a few professional managers, it definitely needs someone you trust to take charge.

Besides, sister Jiang University is about to go to Goldman Sachs Group for an internship, which can be regarded as a professional counterpart.

Anyway, I have foresight, and there will not be too much risk in investment, as long as sister Jiang University will help take care of it and sign it.

(End of this chapter)