Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 348 South by Southwest
The birth of the iPhone opened a new era.

All start-up companies are working hard, catching up, eager to win the first opportunity in the next round of technological revolution.

Only Jack Dorsey and Ivan Williams are two bastards who are not human beings.

As the founder of Twitter, he doesn't want to wholeheartedly pursue development, but only knows how to fight for power and profit, which delays the company's development and makes a good start.

It's not like a dragon horse who bought Twitter on the front foot, and then shouted the slogan of the road to trillions directly on the back foot.

It's not like these two bastards, they will only tear each other down.

For Jack Dorsey and Ivan Williams, various media have rushed to interview and report them in their previous lives.

These reports are naturally justified by the public, and justified by the mother-in-law.The media's evaluation of the two is also mixed, and they have everything to say.

But anyone who has a little understanding of human nature will understand that Jack Dorsey is relatively in a weak position compared with Ivan Williams, the major shareholder.

It must be Ivan, a bastard, who later saw the bright future of Twitter and began to envy Jack's CEO position, feeling unwilling.

The guy jumped up and down in his previous life, finally convincing the board in 2008 to kick Jack Dorsey out of the company.

This shows how many contradictions there are within Twitter during the most critical period of development.

The two main founders are fighting back and forth, how can Twitter develop.As a result, every step is slow, and every step is slow, and it looks like it's crippling myself.

Since Ma Liang invested in Twitter, how could he watch this happen.

So he didn't care that Jack Dorsey and Ivan Williams would be unhappy, and he had to explain this before leaving.

Rather than the two of them secretly fighting each other, it is better to put it on the table in advance and spread it out.

He said very seriously: "Jack, Ivan, there is a famous saying in China.

Both sides benefit from cooperation, and both sides lose from confrontation.

Twitter is still a seedling in the growth stage and cannot withstand any toss.It would be a huge disservice to all of us if the two of you couldn't work together.

Do you have a clear concept of the future of Twitter, and have you seriously studied the profit model of the website?

If monetization through advertising alone does not make Twitter profitable, so what should you do?

If you don't understand these things and start all kinds of internal friction, wouldn't you be the biggest fool in the world.

I hope that everyone will not be blinded by the little power or interests in front of us. Only making Twitter bigger and stronger is the direction we need to work hard.

If we don't become one of the technology giants in the United States, we can't relax for a day.

Especially Ivan, there is something I really want to say to you.

If you can't devote yourself to the operation of Twitter, it's better to hand over all the authority to Jack, and don't interfere with his management easily.

If you really want to participate in the work of Twitter, please learn from the two founders of Google and learn their pattern.

Any great enterprise can never be produced in the internal struggle of the founders.

That's all for now, I hope Twitter can grow all the way and finally reach the top, and I hope we can all achieve each other! "

After saying this, regardless of the fact that Ivan Williams and Jack Dorsey were still in a daze, Ma Liang dragged Senior Sister Jiang away.

Although there is a high probability that these words will not work, Ma Liang still insists on saying it.

The three giants of Twitter are all extremely smart people, otherwise it would not be possible for them to have made remarkable achievements in their respective fields in their previous lives.

Because of this, each has a stubborn side, and it is not so easy to be persuaded.

But Ma Liang, as an angel investor, still has to say something up front, which is also relative to the etiquette before the soldiers.

If these two scumbags still go their own way, after the second round of financing, he will forcibly activate the voting rights of shareholders and intervene in the management of Twitter.

On the way to the airport, University Sister Jiang became worried when she saw that he was preoccupied.

"Since you know that those two guys will have conflicts, why do you invest? This is a big taboo for start-up companies!" Jiang Yinqiu asked puzzled.

Ma Liang smiled slightly, patted the back of her hand and comforted her, "Don't panic, everything is under control, nothing serious will happen."

Even if it still develops according to the trajectory of the previous life, Jack Dorsey and Ivan Williams continue to fall in love and kill each other, it will not prevent him from making a lot of money by relying on Twitter.

It's just that since I voted, I naturally want more.

Ma Liang also wanted to see how far Twitter could go with such a good start under his own intervention.

Arrived at the airport, went through security, boarded the plane, very smooth.

Not long after, the flight took off on time. The two sat in the first-class cabin and looked down the window. They could vaguely see the grand occasion of Austin.

The plane flew higher and higher until all the scenery on the ground could no longer be seen.

Ma Liang couldn't help sighing in his heart: "SXSW, South by Southwest, I will come again next year!"

After all, the SXSW Carnival is an annual event, so how can you not come to pick up the loopholes as an investment tycoon.

More than two hours later, the flight landed again at JFK International Airport in New York.

After a night of recuperation in the hotel, sister Jiang University returned to school for classes the next day.

This time, Ma Liang did not follow him like a shadow, but started recruiting and interviewing at the office of the New York branch of [Gale Capital].

The office was found by an intermediary, and the address is in the Celanese Building in Rockefeller Center.

The entire office space is not large, only more than 200 square meters, enough for a small team to use.

[Gale Capital] The main business of the New York branch is very simple. It is only responsible for negotiating investment with those projects he is optimistic about. It does not cast a large number of nets like other investment institutions.

After all, the funds at hand are limited, and Ma Liang is not able to do that for the time being.

The most urgent task is to recruit an executive president for the [Gale Capital] New York branch.

But after two or three days of interviews, no qualified candidate was found. It's not that there are no outstanding talents, but that those people are not suitable for the current needs.

Because at this stage, Ma Liang doesn't need capable ministers who expand the territory, but only obedient executors.

Although many interviewees are capable, they are too ambitious, and his small temple cannot accommodate great gods.

Ma Liang is also very troubled. On the one hand, he cannot recruit reliable talents, and on the other hand, he is worried about rushing back to China.

You must know that Chu Chengdong has been urging him for several days, and asked him, the boss, to go back as soon as possible.

Because everything is ready for the [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice] project, just wait for him to go back and give orders, and then he can start promoting the market immediately.

Seeing that a lot of money is going to be collected, how can Ma Liang not be in a hurry.

After all, he is still waiting for the [Yellow Braised Chicken and Rice] project to help him earn money for Twitter's subsequent rounds of investment funds.

The next morning he came to the office again, and this was the fourth day he had come to host the interview.

Not long after sitting down, Susan Leslie, the front desk and administrator who had just joined the job for two days, led a blonde sexy girl in.

"Mr. Marlon, this is the first Ms. Jennifer Graves to come for an interview today."

Ma Liang raised his head to take a closer look, and immediately swallowed subconsciously.

Looking at this professional girl with a very sexy figure, there is only one thought in his mind at this moment: "Hey, this bitch is really hot!"

(End of this chapter)