Life Returned To 2012

"Mr. Ma, I'm sorry, our company was invested by distant investment half a month ago, and now there is no shortage of funds, when needed, I will contact you again, is it okay?"

Whether you need to invest now or not, Zhang Mingyi did not completely refuse, but left room for speaking;

"Ah, someone has already invested?"

Ma Yibo was also disappointed when he heard this

, he was still in a hurry, he was still late; he just made money yesterday, and he came to invest today;

as a result, he was told that there were already investors, and the disappointment in his heart could be felt even by Zhang Mingyi on the other side.

I originally wanted to take the rocket that was about to depart from Byte Shake, but I didn't expect that the rocket has now closed the cabin door;

and when the next time the cabin is opened, it may have arrived at Mars, and Ma Yibo may not be qualified to enter at that time.

For a company like Byte Shake, the amount of investment in the early stage is not too large

, but the growth in the later stage is very high, and

now the valuation is 10 million, and once the financing is restarted in half a year or even a few months, the valuation is likely to be 100 million yuan.

"Is there any other hope that you can invest in your company, I am personally more optimistic";

Ma Yibo, who was a little unwilling, still wanted to make the last struggle.

However, it is obvious that Zhang Mingyi has experience in dealing with such things during this time.

"Mr. Ma, now our company is not short of funds for the time being, and there are no plans for large-scale expansion, I will inform you when I raise funds next time."

Ma Yibo didn't know what kind of mood he was in at that time, and he was a little confused when he walked on the road

; it seemed that his luck was not as good as that of speculating in options two days ago

; when he was just reborn, he did think of investing in advance those companies that had just been established or even not yet established

; but he was shy in his pocket;

he didn't have a few thousand yuan in his hands, so what could he invest in?

Finally, when encountering this once-in-a-lifetime stock market, Ma Yibo also exerted all his strength to earn the first pot of gold;

he rushed to the people's house, but the door of the house had been welded and he was not allowed to get into the car.

Fortunately, Ma Yibo is an optimist, and he doesn't keep his master here, but he has his own place.

I am a reborn person, and now I have the first pot of gold, and my own company and my understanding of the future, the development will not be much worse than byte jitter.

The cold heart also slowly began to melt.

Zhongguancun is not only home to well-known universities such as Huaqing, Peking University, and Agricultural University, but also high-rise buildings, where various large enterprises in the IT industry have taken root

, Penguin, Qiandu, Sina, NetEase, and ......

In Zhongguancun, which he had been longing for, Ma Yibo finally arrived again after a lapse

of 10 years; no, it was not the first time in 10 years, but only half

a year; in May and June this year, Ma Yibo came on a trip that he said he could go, and the capital was one of his purposes;

at that time, it was better to say that it was a poor tour than to say that it was a poor tour

The place to live, either to live in the dormitory of high school classmates, or to find a youth hostel, the longing for the capital in his heart, let him enjoy it; in

the current Ma Yibo's view, at that time, he was already confused, can only recall

; if he came again, Ma Yibo would never treat himself so badly;

but at that time, he had no money, and he didn't know where the future was, how could he dare to be like Ma Yibo now.

The current social development is far less developed than that of later generations, just when Ma Yibo was thinking about what to eat at noon, he suddenly thought of the boss of the group buying industry, Meituan, the proper trillion king in the future;

Even

now, the valuation is hundreds of millions of yuan, and it is not Ma Yibo, who has small arms and legs, can reach it.

"Forget it, take a taxi to eat first, think slowly in the afternoon, and call your cousin in the evening";

The thoughts in his head flew wildly, and Ma Yibo didn't want to think about it

; he was wearing less, and when it was cold, his body consumed a lot of energy;

plus Ma Yibo was thinking about this and that at noon, and he felt a little hungry at the moment.

Zhongguancun taxis, although there are a lot, but can not stand the moment is the noon rush hour, there are very few empty parking spaces

; after waiting for more than ten minutes, I have not encountered an empty car, this is how terrifying;

just like opening a blind box, I always feel that the next car will be my turn, but every time I hope, in exchange for disappointment.

"If only there were Didi";

"Didi";

Haha, Ma Yibo suddenly became excited

, yes, Didi, it is also in the early stage of establishment, and it is more likely that it will be the most difficult moment.

Didi, in the middle of 2012, Wang Gang venture capital of 700,000, accounting for 40% of the shares

; On December 1 of the same year, it received 3 million US dollars of investment from GSR, accounting for 20% of the shares

On April 1, 2013, Jingwei and Penguin invested 15 million US dollars, and on January 1, 2014, they received 100 million US dollars in investment.

After a thousand checks, Didi has not yet had any financing news

, which means that Didi has not yet carried out the first round of financing, either no one dares to invest, or it is already negotiating.

Thinking of this, Ma Yibo did not feel hungry or cold, but was full of fighting spirit;

the east is not bright and the west is bright.

Regarding Byte and Didi, these two companies, before 2018, Didi's fame and valuation did far exceed

Byte, but under various security accidents later, and Didi fell into the policy ceiling, it was difficult to break through again, and

Byte can be said to have risen all the way.

Ma Yibo, who originally wanted to eat a big meal, suddenly lost interest, and directly found a noodle restaurant in the underground mall and gobbled it up.

A meal, plus the time to cook and wait for a table, is only twenty minutes.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Yibo finally found Didi's location, Beiwang West Road.

At present, the number of people in Didi is not large, but compared to bytes, Didi is indeed a lot neater here.

The crowd that was discussing some topic also stopped when they saw Ma Yibo's arrival

, and a person walked over and asked with a puzzled expression: "May I ask who you are looking for?"

That's right, this person who came over was none other than

Cheng Wei, the founder of Didi; Speaking of Cheng Wei, he was also a talented person, even if Didi was only in the start-up stage at this time; Cheng Wei

, who graduated from university in 2004.

He liked Steve Jobs' quote that the only way to achieve great things is to love what you do.

If you haven't found a career you're passionate about, keep looking for it and don't give up.

Follow your heart and one day you will find it.

Cheng Wei fully practiced this, in the first year of graduation, he changed six or seven

jobs; he sold insurance and had pedicures

; at that time, he only did more than three months of work and then gave up;

perhaps, this is the unusual thing about geniuses!

For many young people who go out of school, they will always hear such advice: "Find a job first and do it well" and "It's not good to change too many jobs."

There is indeed nothing wrong with this statement, but

it is only suitable for ordinary people, and it is a bit dogmatic for those who are committed to changing the status quo of mankind.

Young people should not be afraid of tossing, if they feel that their current job is not suitable for their own development, they should change it quickly.

Don't wait until you've been working for several years and it's time to start a family when the cost of changing careers is already high, it will be more painful.

Different people, different periods, and completely different environments and moods;

perhaps, some people will say that after the success of others, everything before

is right, even if it is wrong, it is also right for him as a person.

Yes, the reality is that ninety-nine percent of the people are slowly withering in a fearless toss.

After changing six or seven jobs, Cheng Wei joined Alibaba's B2B company in 2005 to engage in business work, and was later promoted to become the youngest regional manager at that time because of his outstanding performance.

Look at it, this is a cow, even if you change six jobs in the first year of graduation, you can finally enter a large enterprise like Ali;

perhaps, Ali at that time was not as huge as later generations, but it is not something that ordinary people can enter;

with the stain of the previous six jobs, Cheng Wei can enter smoothly, which shows the strength of personal ability, which is vividly reflected in the work.

Ali's work, for Cheng Wei, seems to be laying a solid foundation for the establishment of Didi in the future.

Since the B2B business often visits many corporate customers, Cheng Wei has accumulated some network resources, and he has met his own nobleman within Alibaba: Wang Gang, who was also a venture capitalist of Didi later.

Wang Gang was the leader of Cheng Wei at that time.

To start a business at the grassroots level, you must get financing.

Often the first money you find difficult to get from the VC is usually from your parents, relatives and friends, or work leaders, because they know you as a person and know your work ability.

And Wang Gang is Cheng Wei's venture capital provider, which

is enough to prove that Cheng Wei's work ability and character, if the ability is not good and the character is insufficient, others will not invest in such a subordinate and contribute money and efforts.

When Didi was just a concept, Wang Gang took out 700,000 yuan, accounting for 40% of the shares, and Cheng Wei took out his own 100,000 yuan, and later Wang Gang's 700,000

yuan was returned 3.5 billion yuan.

So Wang Gang said: "It's my luck to meet Cheng Wei, and it's my blessing to meet Cheng Wei."

In

July 2012, on dog days in the capital, when the temperature reached 389 degrees, Cheng Wei and his team went to a taxi company to discuss cooperation.

A month later, Huangtian paid off, and

a taxi company with just over 200 vehicles in Changping, a suburb of Beijing, became the first company to cooperate with Didi. Cheng Wei introduced the product at the driver's regular meeting.

More than 100 drivers were present, and only about 20 people had smartphones.

In September 2012, when the "Didi" app was launched, 500 drivers had already installed the app, but only 16 drivers were used online.

The next day, it was extinguished.

In the process of use, the driver thinks that "Didi" is a liar, and partners with the operator to deceive their traffic

; in the early stage of starting a business, there is no money, and there is no customer if the customer is not satisfied, and if the other end does not keep up, the other end will slowly lose hope

; therefore, only by speeding up the user, can the user and the taxi form a virtuous circle;

the driver is willing to use it, because it can bring him customers;

Users are willing to use it because they don't have to wait in line for taxis.

Cheng Wei has a little start-up capital, and he has no money to do large-scale promotion, and the driver has an APP, but few passengers have it.

The driver couldn't pull the job, so he felt that he had been cheated.

Therefore, Cheng Wei decided to give the driver a traffic subsidy, 5 yuan a week.

That is, Didi's initial money-burning model, when the business has not improved, began to burn money.

And this cash-burning model means that you must get the capital injection quickly.

In this case, if you are an entrepreneur, will you still insist on it?

It is estimated that 95% of them will give up, because this money burning is a bottomless pit, and they don't know when they will be able to make a profit, and they don't know how to make a profit.

This is the reason why Cheng Wei is distressed at present, there is no money, no users, and the driver is also emotional.