Chapter 15 New Players in the Industry

There is no doubt that the blue giant is the hegemon in the industry. It's not realistic to ask him to work with. The best possible thing is to be co-opted.

Today's Silicon Valley is nowhere near as unattainable as it will be. The property here is still very cheap.

Even so, William White couldn't afford it.

Of course, he can't be too shabby. It is still necessary to rent a floor.

There's an additional software company on the Silicon Valley campus. It's not very large, but it's eye-catching.

For no other reason, most Silicon Valley companies are in the hardware business. Relatively large software companies are also engaged in databases. The suffix of these company names has a system or database. It's rare to call a software company directly.

Silicon Valley is not big now, and no one knows what the company is doing.

The people who eat melons are very curious about what products this company produces. The name Wright Software is also really special. Whose name it looks at at you.

This is quite normal in other industries. It's not often seen in the IT world. The IT world is characterized by being countermainstream. It's a very different company name.

Regardless of the name, the treatment of this company is indeed excellent. That's it, the company that has not yet opened has attracted a lot of attention.

Silicon Valley startups have one characteristic. The founders of companies are usually poor people. It's a playground for venture capital funds.

Today's venture capital funds are just a prototype. There is neither the norm of the posterity, nor the scale of the posterity.

Usually some local tyrants invest directly. After the success of Apple and Microsoft, this kind of local tyrant will have little chance. A professional venture capital firm is up and running.

There are many people who have projects but no money, and more people who have money and no place to invest.

There are only a few temporary workers here in San Francisco today. The highest position is only an HR manager.

This kind of company that wants nothing at all. There are still people who want to invest. The HR manager was also dizzy, and the boss asked him to come to the front station, mainly to recruit employees. Not many employees have been recruited right now. There have been several waves of people who want to invest.

It's not that these people are stupid, IT is a new industry, and everyone has a very low start. Apple started its business out of a garage. Although there is no IPO yet, the valuation is already very high. For investors, this is a wealth myth.

This White software is obviously not bad for money, although it is not known what exactly this guy is product. Even this pomp and circumstance is quite bluffing.

The most surprising thing for investors is that there is a clear lack of interest in these investments. Although the attitude of the people is not bad. But that sense of alienation can't be concealed no matter what.

Investors are actually quite cheap, you beg your grandfather to tell your grandmother to go to him. People won't pay attention to you. Even if they end up investing. Those conditions are also outrageous. Be as demanding as you want.

Well, now there's a good one here. It's just too annoying. There are still people who don't want to give money.

Venture capital is actually the same as banking. The more you don't need the money, the more he wants to stuff it into you.

There is one more software company in Silicon Valley, and it is impossible for Qiao Dashen not to know. Silicon Valley is so small right now. According to the requirements of this company's recruiters, it is not difficult for them to judge this company's products.

"Makura, you're well-connected, what's the end of this White software?"

"I don't know, but one thing is for sure, this company is not bad for money. ”

Great God Qiao rolled his eyes. He said: "I didn't know he was not bad for money, and I heard that he would not accept Series A financing within a year. Listen, this is not some venture capital, people are directly playing IPO. ”

"Well, the boss behind it should be richer. One thing is certain, though. Their software is not suitable for mainframes and servers. ”

"Hey, I just don't know when the product will be available. Will it support our Apple system. There are so few applications these days. The user's experience is terrible. ”

"Let's hope they can hurry. It's useless if it drags on for a long time. ”

Just then, Makula's secretary ran over.

"Boss, White Software contacted us, they have a software based on Apple. Ask us if we're interested. ”

"So fast, of course interested, how did you reply. ”

"Of course I said I was interested. Then ask them what it is, and they don't say. He said he wanted to have an interview with one of our technicians. If we have no problem with time, they would like to arrange a meeting tomorrow afternoon. ”

"Okay, no problem, you help me make an appointment. Well, what is the identity of the other party?"

"The other party said it was the boss of the company. Their boss is William White. ”

"What kind of eyes are you? Is this guy famous? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The little secretary said in his heart, isn't this product famous enough? If only I could. I have no regrets in this life.

"Boss, he's a best-selling author, he's a billionaire. ”

"Damn, I said the name is so familiar. Forrest Gump's biography was written by him. ”

Macura looked at Jobs in amazement.

"You know this guy?"

"Well, that book is good, you should read it. I just can't figure out when this guy got involved in the software industry. His family doesn't run an oil company. ”

The more Marcilla listened, the more confused he became, and it was clear that this guy named William White was very famous. But I don't know.

"Linda, do you have that book now? Lend it to me. ”

"Okay, boss, I'll get it for you. ”

"Well, prepare another copy of this guy's information for me. ”

"Okay, boss"

Now it is clear that the company is new though. But there are already products.

On why you got involved in the software industry. They don't want to dig into it, either. There are so many reasons for this.

Since you are a billionaire, you can invest by plucking your hair casually. It doesn't matter if you're in the industry or not.

Apple certainly welcomes it, and it's obviously not a trivial one. If the company's software is really reliable, it will be very helpful to boost sales.

Today's computer software can't play the role of a computer at all. If you continue to maintain this state. The decline in sales is inevitable.

That's not good news for them, they're looking to go public. Now the valuation given by Da Mo is not ideal. Although the investors are very profitable, the few founders are not interesting.

There are no opening celebrations in the rice culture. Very large companies may have a launch event. It's better to keep things simple for small companies. Don't think about dragon and lion dances. None of the Chinese companies would do that.

The environment here is not bad, and there are not many people anyway. In the future, the company will develop and expand.

IT companies in this period are struggling. Don't think about the exquisite decoration. This is absolutely impossible. Everything is about practicality. There are no bells and whistles.

William White didn't have any property in San Francisco. Although he doesn't like hotels, he can't help it, he is not very rich now. There are no extra funds to splurge.

The current futures market has not yet started, in case there is any change. It is still necessary for him to prepare some more funds. In case someone is laundered and liquidated, it will be troublesome.