Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 558 It turns out you don’t have good intentions either
"You" were suddenly scolded by someone who had nothing to do with him. Morey was also very angry, but when he looked closely, he didn't know how to respond.

Because he actually knew the sexy and hot woman in front of him. She was the female investor who had recently become famous in the American venture capital circle.

Jennifer Graves, CEO of Gale Capital.

In the past six months, Morey has seen many reports and interviews about this woman in financial and technology media.

Compared with others, there is no difference between him as an investor and a small transparent investor in the venture capital circle.

So when he saw that it was the legendary "Million Girl" who taught him a lesson, Morey really didn't dare to reply.

It's not that I'm afraid of the other party, but I'm worried that if there is a quarrel, if it is suddenly spread, I will become a laughing stock in the American venture capital circle.

After all, the female investor in front of him now has considerable influence in the venture capital circle, and he did not want to confront her head-on.

"Hmph, let's wait and see!" Morey said harshly and was so angry that he ran away on the spot.

You can’t blame him for being cowardly, mainly because with the rise of Twitter, Jennifer, the CEO of [Wind Capital], has been in the limelight recently.

What's more, she has invested in many projects in the past two years. Not only is she generous in investing, but she also never makes it difficult for entrepreneurs when investing, and her reputation has been established.

Coupled with her pretty face and hot figure, many founders can't forget her.

Today, Jennifer has already realized her original ambition, and has become quite famous in the American venture capital circle, and even on Wall Street as a whole.

Of course, this also benefits from the brand marketing of [Dale Capital].

After all, as an investment institution, it also needs to do some public relations from time to time.It is basic to find some financial and technology media to report on this.

And she, the CEO, will naturally take advantage of it.

Her achievements and reputation were reported by the media, and because of her outstanding image, the reporters in the media did not hesitate to praise her when they saw that she had selling points to write about.

Therefore, Jennifer's reputation today is even louder than that of some financial tycoons.

After all, many big bosses keep a low profile. It's not like she is doing it for public relations purposes. She is really in the limelight during this period.

Of course, to make iron, you need to be strong yourself, and these are also inseparable from the support of [Dafeng Capital].

Without the magic of Gale Capital, how could she show her extraordinary qualities as a female investor? Just one Twitter was enough for the media to blow her off for a long time.

Not to mention that many entrepreneurial projects are slowly getting on the right track after receiving investment from [Dale Capital].

If it weren't for the economic crisis in the past two years, many of the projects we have invested in would have developed better.

Correspondingly, the name of [Gale Capital] will become more famous, and Jennifer, the executive president, will naturally become more famous.

Seeing Morey being scolded away by the beauty in front of him, Nick Woodman also recognized him.

He immediately greeted politely: "Hi, beautiful Ms. Jennifer, we finally meet!"

Because of Ma Liang's request, Jennifer had already contacted GoPro.

However, because she was busy with work, she and Nick Woodman had been communicating on the phone and had not had time to meet in person.

Despite the scolding, Jennifer actually had the same idea as Morey at the beginning.

She also wanted to take advantage of the bad economic situation to show off Nick Woodman, so as to lower the other party's valuation offer.

After all, these are difficult times, across the United States, not just GoPro.

The original plan was of course correct, but unexpectedly she suddenly received news that Nick Woodman had hooked up with another investment institution and planned to sell most of the company's shares.

This made Jennifer panic, and she immediately chartered a business jet to fly directly to San Francisco and ran to San Mateo County.

She was afraid that her GoPro would be intercepted in advance, so she couldn't explain it to Ma Liang.

But looking at it now, it seems that my worries were in vain. Nick Woodman obviously did not reach an agreement with the other party.

But since we have come, we might as well take the opportunity to talk face to face.

"Hello, Nick!
Although I'm very happy to meet you, I think you don't want it to happen in such a scene! "Jennifer joked and exchanged greetings with the other party, first to close the distance before talking.

As a sexy and hot super beauty, she is extremely proficient in business negotiation skills.

Especially with the special advantages of women, she can often easily reduce the resistance of the negotiating partner and achieve her own demands during the conversation. This has been proven time and time again.

This is especially true after joining [Dale Capital].

Now with the rise of Twitter, which is about to catch up with Facebook, she has never failed in negotiations in recent months.

Whenever we go out to talk about investment, there is always a disadvantage.

This made her even more confident and charming, so when facing the rich second-generation founder of GoPro, she was able to do it with ease without leaving a trace.

Yes, Nick Woodman is different from ordinary hard-working entrepreneurs. He is a second-generation super rich.

Because this guy’s father, Dean Woodman, is the most famous investment banker in Silicon Valley at Robertson Financial Group, Coleman Research Group and Stephens & Woodman Fund.

If your family has money and background, starting a business is no big deal, it’s just fun...

Before he founded GoPro, Nick Woodman was already an old entrepreneur, but a very failed one.

Not to mention compared to big guys like Yi Longma, even compared to serial entrepreneurs like the Big Four of Twitter, this guy is still unworthy of comparison.

But so what, I can't stand it because my family has money.

You must know that Nick Woodman could easily get $400 million in venture capital just after graduating from college, and immediately founded his first Internet company, Funbug.

However, the Internet bubble suddenly burst in 2001, and this guy was not immune and basically lost all his money.

When everyone thought that you should reflect on yourself and feel sad, they very coolly chose to go on vacation to Indonesia and Australia for six months.

Don’t be shy and call it a beautiful name, just to find the next business idea.I have to say that this guy was just lucky enough to discover a good business idea.

Because this super rich second generation was a surfing, skiing and racing enthusiast, he accidentally discovered that there was a lack of high-quality and affordable equipment on the market at that time for him to take pictures while surfing.

In order to better capture his surfing process, Nick Woodman decided to build a professional waterproof action camera.

He immediately returned to China and started raising funds to start his next business venture.

But because his last business venture failed, he only had 2 US dollars left in his hand, which was not enough for hardware projects.

But he was too embarrassed to talk to his family, and his life was quite tight for a while.

Nick Woodman and his then-girlfriend, now-wife, came up with a way to make money.

They started a small business, buying handicraft beads from Indonesia for US$1.9 each and selling them in their van for US$20 a piece.

The couple drove a 1974 Volkswagen van and set up stalls along the highways from Northern California to Southern California, constantly selling to passers-by.

In order to raise money as quickly as possible, the price continued to increase, even selling to an exaggerated level of 60 US dollars per stick.

But how much money can they make by practicing the stall? After several months of hard work, they only raised US$1.

But what is the use of this little money? Even making a prototype is not enough.

Later, his family couldn't stand him pretending to be pitiful, so they generously funded his second entrepreneurial idea.

The old mother was particularly generous and gave him $3.5 directly.

Including the money I scraped together, I only had a total of 6.5 US dollars, and I started the GoPro project with great pains.

The first product of GoPro was a low-priced film camera supplier he found on Alibaba, and then he made the first prototype.

Later, while optimizing the product, he drove a Volkswagen van to sell GoPro cameras.

As you can imagine, the process of starting a business for this kind of hardware product is still very difficult. If his father hadn't invested an additional US$20, GoPro would have been in ruins long ago.

Later, a customer from Neon Country ordered several thousand units of the product, which allowed Nick Woodman to make his first big money.

As a result, GoPro has gradually entered the fast lane of development and slowly started to develop.

But hardware entrepreneurship is different from the Internet. There is no way to make up a story. Whether it works or not all depends on sales and financial reports.

So even though Nick's father was an investment banker, he couldn't attract much investment for his son.

However, this is also related to the fact that the Woodman family is too arrogant. When the market is good, they feel sorry for the shares and do not want to raise funds so early.

But when the subprime mortgage crisis came, it was already extremely difficult to raise funds.

Now that GoPro is half-dead, Nick Woodman plans to sell most of his shares in exchange for more funds for better development.

Unfortunately, after contacting a large number of venture capital firms, not many were really interested.

It's too late for people to invest in more sexy Internet projects, so how can they look at you, a small hardware start-up company with little technological content.

I finally negotiated a deal with a friend who was a pig and a dog, and even signed the agreement, but in the end I was let go by the other party.

That's how today's scene happened. Jennifer ran thousands of miles and chased her here.

Being teased easily by the beautiful lady, Nick Woodman could only smile awkwardly: "Okay, I admit, I made you laugh."

Even though he is a rich second generation, he does not act too unruly.

"Those who fail will be laughed at, but only those who succeed will have the opportunity to use embarrassing things as bragging rights.

I wonder if the eldest son of the Woodman family wants to do the former or the latter? "

Jennifer teased again, and the irritating meaning in her words was obvious. She knew that the other party would fall for this trick.

The richer the second generation, the more eager they are to prove themselves.

This is especially true when someone has already experienced failure, not to mention that this young master has just been severely humiliated.

How could Nick not understand the provocation of this beautiful investor, but he could not avoid it.

As the eldest son of the Woodman family, he couldn't be too timid, so he replied on the spot: "No one wants to be a loser. I can't wait to slap that guy Morey in the face tomorrow."

"This is easy. As long as you accept the capital injection from us [Dale Capital], you can achieve your wish at any time."

Jennifer said and sat down on the sofa, assuming an extremely provocative pose.

As a beauty, she naturally knows how to use her innate conditions to take the initiative in negotiations from multiple perspectives such as hearing and vision.

Nick Woodman looked at it and felt in a daze.

In order to cover up his embarrassment, he asked anxiously: "Of course I am willing to accept the investment, as long as you can approve the valuation I quoted."

"Sorry, Nick, I have expressed to you many times on the phone that GoPro's valuation is too high.

Today I saw the same situation again, but you insisted that I would be stupid enough to agree.

I don’t know whether you are really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? "Jennifer asked another heart-wrenching rhetorical question, directly hitting the opponent's weakness.

Nick was dumbfounded on the spot, and he could no longer get angry at this moment: "I knew that nothing in the world is so cheap.

It turns out you have no good intentions either..."

He has now realized that the female investor in front of him is not the Virgin Mary, she is also here to lower the price.

(End of this chapter)