Chapter 4 Co-founders
Zhang Yida still admires Lin Zhenyang's ability and character. Thinking that he will be employed after graduating next year anyway, should I try to invite him to start a business together.
In my previous life, I worked alone for a few years in college, and I missed the opportunity in vain.
And I'm only a freshman, so it's impossible to devote myself to entrepreneurship. Lin Zhenyang graduated next year, and he just happened to handle some work routines for himself.
It's better to hide behind the scenes and be a big guy!
"Senior Brother Lin, have you ever thought about what kind of work you will engage in next year?"
Zhang Yida asked with a straight face.
"It should be securities and investment banks! The details will depend on the situation next year!"
Lin Zhenyang is an extremely motivated young man who has just entered his senior year and is already planning for the future.
"Have you ever considered starting a business? Like Senior Brother Li and Senior Brother Dongfang Yu, they started from scratch and achieved their own careers!"
Zhang Yida asked tentatively, half-jokingly.
"Starting a business is easier said than done. One has no funds, two has no connections, and three has no creativity. What are you stupid about?"
Lin Zhenyang shook his head and quipped.
"What do you think of the idea I just came up with?"
"I want to invite you to with me!"
Zhang Yida stared at Lin Zhenyang's eyes with blazing eyes, looking forward to his next reaction.
"Are you sure you're not kidding?
Lin Zhenyang was a little surprised, and seemed incredulous.
Although I heard Zhang Yida talk about a lot of entrepreneurial ideas just now, saying that he wanted to start a company, he was only half-convinced, and he only joked after drinking.
But now seeing that Zhang Yida invited himself seriously, he almost believed it.
It's not without people who started their own businesses during college, as small as opening a milk tea shop, an express delivery station, or as big as Facebook.
But it is true that there are very few people who have succeeded like Zuckerberg, not one in a billion.
After pondering for a while, Lin Zhenyang did not refuse in a panic, nor did he accept it.
"In this way, you can first come up with your thoughts and make a business plan! Tomorrow we will make an appointment at the café and have a good chat!"
"Let's drink first today and don't talk about anything else. ”
Lin Zhenyang is indeed quite good at dealing with the world, there is no blunt refusal, and there is no hasty promise.
Something that concerns one's future destiny, especially if you don't fully understand the situation. Easily refusing or agreeing is a kind of irresponsibility to yourself or others.
"Go back later to check the relevant information, understand the current development and future prospects in the field of mutual finance, and give the results tomorrow after the trend. Lin Zhenyang thought secretly.
This is also an excellent quality that he later developed as an investment bank, and he became stable and down-to-earth.
Seeing this, Zhang Yida did not continue to ask, it is good to make some things clear, the choice is mutual, and the fate is in everyone's own hands.
In his previous life, Lin Zhenyang worked like a fish in water in investment banking, and he was on the rise.
It's best to be part of your own entrepreneurial team. On the contrary, refusal is also human nature, without him, the temple cannot keep the true god.
After thinking through this truth, Zhang Yida didn't bother with it, and continued to drink back and forth with his teammates on the football team.
After a full meal and drink, the big guys also returned to school in groups of three or five.
It was half past ten when I returned to the dormitory, Zhang Yida pushed open the door, and the three roommates were there.
The tall and thin four-eyed boy who sits by the computer and watches the drama is a martial star, in addition to classes every day, he chases dramas in the dormitory, and is an anime two-dimensional otaku.
Another black chubby, one meter seven small two hundred pounds is Zhuang Liang, which is also a game house. At this time, he was having fun with Li Xu and the others.
Zhuang Liang and Li Xu are both computer science majors, and Zhang Yida and Wu Xing are history majors.
After graduation, Zhang Yida went home to inherit his career, Wu Xing stayed in school for graduate school, Li Xu went to Huawei, and Zhuang Liang went to Penguin to do game development. It's all going well.
Throw half of the chopped roast duck you bought from outside on the table. Greeted a few people and ate separately.
In the compliments of the three dogs, Zhang Yida turned on the fruit computer and began to make a business plan.
Well, PPT entrepreneurship, a necessary skill for entrepreneurial dogs in the new era.
When I discussed with Lin Zhenyang before, it was mainly about ideas and opinions. Now the plan has to come up with some dry goods.
Let's talk about the product first, imitating Rong 361 will definitely die directly, and it will never be able to surpass the other party, and the other party has various advantages such as early start and abundant funds.
Financial information, mutual finance forum, these are the basic functions. If you want to absorb the flow, you have to make some tool-type products.
For example, the development of bookkeeping function, credit card management function, provident fund inquiry, social security inquiry and other practical software that can solve the pain points of users.
This involves crawler technology, which needs to crawl these data through user authorization, classify the data, analyze it, make reports, and form commercial value.
In terms of operation, I couldn't afford to advertise in the early stage, so I had to rely on myself and go to major financial websites and forums to steal users. After having a group of seed users, we launched some mechanisms for rewarding new users, supplemented by product reputation, and slowly opened up the situation.
It's impossible to spend money at all, but the upfront funds are tight, and every penny has to be spent on the cutting edge.
In terms of business cooperation, with users and traffic, the products will slowly be connected.
With more product docking and complete financial products, it will also feed back to the website and bring more users and traffic.
Every link and every position is complementary to each other.
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As soon as Lin Zhenyang returned to the dormitory, he also took out his computer and began to search for relevant information and news in the field of mutual finance.
Although he studied financial mathematics, he is still more familiar with securities and funds.
Although I have heard of mutual funds, they are limited to a one-sided understanding of an emerging industry, foreign imported products, etc.
While consulting start-ups and related documents in the field of mutual finance, I made a record on my mobile phone memo.
The records are all important information related to the industry, as well as questions that are not understood.
The more I looked, the more interested I became, and the more I felt that this industry had a lot to offer.
Without leaving home, you can invest and take out loans on your mobile phone.
This is a revolution in traditional finance, and the position of the banking industry is not easy to shake. But there is still hope for writing and drawing in some blank areas, and there is still hope for a place.
The next day, Zhang Yida came to the café with Lin Zhenyang with a fruit laptop.
After finding a corner where no one was around, the two sat on the sofa and took out their computers.
Zhang Yida opened the PPT and released it one by one, elaborating while putting it down.
The voice is not loud, but it is very infectious, and the whole person reveals a confident and calm temperament from the inside out.
Under his description, the future of this new industry is full of infinite hope, and the prospects are bright.
Lin Zhenyang listened very carefully, and from time to time he threw out some tricky questions.
It is worthy of working hard, and the question is very to the point.
However, Zhang Yida has been in contact with Hujin for many years, and is very familiar with the starting methods and development trajectories of major well-known platforms.
The result of the answer made Lin Zhenyang nod in agreement.
"Senior Brother Lin, are there any questions now?"
After talking for an hour or two, Zhang Yida was very thirsty and took a sip of coffee to moisten his throat.
"Basically, it's no longer a problem. I basically agree with your point of view!"
"If you make it according to your model, the probability of success is high. The preparation is very thorough, and the rest will be left to time!"
One by one, whimsical ideas came out of Zhang Yida's mouth, and Lin Zhenyang is no longer unfamiliar with Hujin's entrepreneurial projects and has a basic impression.
"My assumption is this, after the National Day holiday, when the funds are in place, we will start to register the company, select the office location, and recruit personnel. Try to get all the preparations in place within a week!"
"Then we will go all out into research and development, and strive to launch the product before November!"
"Before the New Year of '14, you must make a name for yourself!"
"Time is very short, the window of time left for us is very short, there will be more entrepreneurs and more funds into this industry in 14 years!
"Be faster than others and quickly seize market share!"
"A round of financing in 3-6 months, in time to go public 17 years ago!"
Zhang Yida's mouth is like a machine gun, and the content he spits out is more and more amazing.
Although the cake is very large, Lin Zhenyang is really moved.
It's just a little tangled, after all, giving up the high-paying famous enterprises recruited by the school and choosing this kind of independent entrepreneurship can be said to have an uncertain future. I don't dare to make up my mind easily, and I want to think about it again.
Zhang Yida saw it at this time, Lin Zhenyang's face was full of hesitation and entanglement, and he added another fire, and said:
"It is limited to the beginning of October and the end of December 31 from December 13. Within three months, the number of registered APP users will not reach 100,000, or it will not enter the A round of financing! It won't delay your school recruitment and employment next year!"
"Senior Brother Lin, how many times is it rare to fight in life?"
"The exact answer you gave me, Yes or No?"
This is not only a promise to Lin Zhenyang, but also an assessment standard for Zhang Yida to himself!
In Zhang Yida's view, is this standard difficult? It may be difficult for others, for him to grasp the development trend of the next six years, this is not reached, or go home early to sell feed! Anyway, the pet food in the previous life is still relatively successful, mutual gold can not be made, early pet industry gold rush!
Zhang Yida's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, sweeping away all Lin Zhenyang's entanglements and wandering. This option is undoubtedly the best choice for him!
So he didn't act like a child, raised his right palm generously, and stared at Zhang Yida with a smile.
Zhang Yida will know, "snap", high-five as an oath, and the intention of cooperation has been reached.
Next, the two conducted a new round of discussion and consultation on the proportion of shares and the division of labor.
The outcome of the discussion is as follows:
"Zhang Yida, as the creative initiator and founder of the entrepreneurial project, invested 1 million, occupied 80% of the shares, and held 17% of the employee option pool on behalf of him, totaling 97%"
Lin Zhenyang, as a co-founder, does not contribute but contributes, occupying 10% of the shares, and distributing 3%, 3%, and 4% in 3 years. If you leave your job in the middle of the job, you will voluntarily give up the unissued equity, and the company's management will have the right to forcibly repurchase the issued equity!"
"Zhang Yida serves as the general manager and legal representative of the company, responsible for the company's creative and strategic work, and oversees personnel and finance!"
"Lin Zhenyang serves as the deputy general manager, responsible for the recruitment of the company's early personnel, office site selection, and management of technology, business, operation and other aspects!"
Starting a business is not a play house, it is not a dinner party. The interests that should be fought for and the responsibilities that should be shouldered must be reasonably distributed and arranged!
The two discussed for most of the day and reached an agreement on all aspects.
Now just wait for the company to be registered after the National Day holiday, and everything will be put on paper to form a relevant agreement!