Lucy smiled happily, "Steve, I'm glad you can immediately think about the future of our company and worry about it. ”

Heo certainly understood why Lucy said she was happy. Employees are not concerned about their own company, from his usual words can be heard, those who do not leave the work and the company, must be attentive employees, and those who are always concerned about the future of the company, those who will worry about the future of the company from time to time, are even more concerned people, because they have their own future and the future of the company closely linked.

He looked at Lucy and thought about smiling and saying, "This is as it should be", but his concern for the future of the company was real and heartfelt, so he couldn't smile and couldn't say that.

Lucy looked at him, smiled knowingly, and continued, "What I said before is that it's 'difficult' to break through the innovator's dilemma, that is, it's not 'impossible' to break through. There are ways to break through the innovator's dilemma, but it's really 'difficult', it takes a lot of money, and it takes a lot of wisdom, and most companies can't do both.

As for our company, we don't have the same problems as Kodak or Nokia. In fact, to break through the dilemma of innovators, the best way is to do a good job of top-level design from the beginning of the company's establishment, and establish a mechanism from the beginning to avoid the company falling into the dilemma. I've done this, so you can rest assured. ”

"Ahh

He was stunned for a moment before he said, "That's really good!"

"But that's another topic, we'll talk about that later. ”

"Okay. Since Lucy said that he can rest assured, then Xu Xincheng can naturally rest assured, he was relieved, and immediately felt that the confidence in his heart increased again, and he said excitedly: "Lucy, after some discussion just now, I have a very firm confidence, this confidence is not blind, not based on emotion, it is based on reason, it is grounded. Before that, to be honest, I really felt that the hegemons of the mobile phone industry were invincible, especially Company A, I thought it was simply an invincible existence, but now it seems that this is not the case. ”

"In this world, no company is invincible, no company is invincible, and in the high-tech industry, especially in this day and age, the high-tech industry is one of the most competitive industries. In Silicon Valley, there is a well-recognized saying that is considered to be the most reasonable, that is, in the high-tech industry, no matter how big a company, no matter how powerful the hegemon, a company is always only 18 months away from bankruptcy.

Some people regard this sentence as a spur for company bosses and CEOs to spur their employees and strengthen their sense of crisis. In fact, that sentence can also be used to motivate new companies, and we can change that sentence into a new company that can disrupt an old company in 18 months at the earliest. ”

"Yes. That's right. Xu Xincheng nodded twice in a row, "The company is only 18 months away from bankruptcy" He had heard the phrase before, it was originally said by Bill Gates, and later, everyone made various quotes and changes to it, like Lucy so subtly changed its meaning, he heard it for the first time, she changed her words like this, it did become a word to inspire the new company, and he was indeed inspired.

He nodded again and said excitedly, "Yes." I've heard that phrase before, but I always thought it was too alarmist, but after learning about the 'innovator's dilemma', I think that it is indeed well-founded, and that kind of thing is really possible. ”

"Not 'it can happen,' it's 'it happens from time to time,' and that's what happens from time to time in Silicon Valley over the last few years. And, I believe, in the next 10 years, it will become 'often happens.'" ”

"Huh!?" He knew that in Silicon Valley, the competition between high-tech companies was fierce, but in his impression, it was not as fierce as Lucy had just said.

"My investment firm in Silicon Valley, New World Capital, has invested in a total of 36 startups, and two of them have been able to disrupt the old dominants of their niche industries in a year and a half with the support of our firms. ”

Xu Xincheng was so surprised that he couldn't speak, he opened his mouth wide and his eyes widened as he looked at Lucy.

At this time, his brain was running at high speed, and he thought a lot.

First, in Silicon Valley, the competition between high-tech companies is so fierce. In China, the competition between high-tech companies is also fierce, but because of the large domestic market and insufficient competition, the results of the competition have not reached such a tragic point. It seems that there is a reason why the phrase "the company is only 18 months away from bankruptcy", which is regarded as alarmist by most people in China, is regarded as a wise saying by everyone in Silicon Valley.

Second, he had been very interested in Lucy's two companies in New York and Silicon Valley, and he would sometimes wonder how Lucy had started those two companies in the past four or five years, how he had made those two companies bigger and stronger, and what those two companies had done. At this point, she was more interested in those two companies, especially the one in Silicon Valley, and wanted to know more about them. He is still thinking that if he can have the opportunity to go to Silicon Valley to see that company in the future, go there to inspect and study, it will definitely be a very rewarding trip.

Third, it turns out that the reason why Lucy is confident and confident in subverting the overlords of the mobile phone industry is because she has had successful experience before. She is not 'talking on paper', but 'talking' about her own practical experience, her own successful experience. Thinking of this, his confidence increased a lot, and with Lucy there, he had good reason to be confident.

At this moment, Xu Xincheng realized that he was really thinking too far, and he found that Lucy had stopped for a while, and had no intention of continuing.

Based on what he knew about Lucy, he judged that she didn't want to talk to him too much about Silicon Valley companies right now, let alone lead the conversation there, but wanted to continue the conversation just now.

So, he decided to bring the topic back on his own, and he said excitedly, "Lucy, I really learned a lot from our discussion just now. At the same time, I also had an idea. ”

Lucy smiled heartily again, her big pretty eyes glinting with encouragement, and the sparkle said, "What do you think?" ”