Chapter 216 Investors
A project that really makes money does not need to lobby people too seriously to invest, and there will be people who are engaged in venture capital to take the initiative to contact them.
An idea that looks like making money is being converted into an ongoing project, and there is no way to find the same type of talent to do it for the time being, and such a straightforward copycat is also illegal, where will anyone delve into ideas in the future?
As a result, the law will protect these founders.
Consortiums or individuals with large amounts of money, or even the national bank itself, will invest in the owners of the ideas in accordance with the law.
This is the reason why some people say that Tang Juexiao is ready to be rich!
There is an unspoken rule that IT companies in the Bay Area of the United States will pay their employees according to the rules of the industry after they go public, and at the same time, they will pay about one-third of the salary of stock as a reward, and at the same time ......
When employees get the stock, they will always think about increasing the value of the stock, right? They will work harder, and even buy their own shares.
It is precisely because of this investment habit of the Americans that the "US stock market" and the "Chinese property market" are at a high price, and unless they encounter a financial tsunami, they are very stable.
Before the company goes public, you don't need to think about giving shares, just give money.
When there is a situation where "it can expand quickly", but the owner of the company is "obviously out of money", the first investor will appear.
In the first round of investment, the average idea will receive about $200,000 to $2 million, and the other party will take about 10% of the shares.
After all, it is a test of the waters, the investor is investing, not giving money, what if the other party is directly unfinished?
Of course, in the first round of investment, there are also investors who want more, such as 20% or even higher......
That is, it really becomes a part-time job for each other, after the completion of four or five rounds of investment, when it goes public, it is likely that the founder has completely lost control of the company, and then they will not take the lion's share, so who wants to?
Ele.me China is accepting investment for the first time, claiming to be "receiving millions of dollars in investment", but the exact number is unclear......
The second time was about the same......
It's scary that it's only tens of millions of dollars, billions of dollars.
Tang Juexiao's positioning of his product is that he is willing to give up 10% of the product at the current $4 million. If you feel that this price is too high, and if it drags on for a few months, Tang Juexiao will expand it again, then it will not be this price.
His registered capital is only $2 million, which is only enough for him to play for four months, and the support from his family will not be too much.
Originally, he was in a hurry, but now, he has begun to regain blood, so he will mainly be anti-customer, and the money will still be received, after all, this is the way to snowball, but he wants to have the upper hand.
The first to come to Tang Juexiao was KPCB, a veteran company established in the United States for nearly 100 years, before World War II.
This company has strong financial resources and specializes in investing in prestigious school projects, and Tang Juexiao, a super scholar, is immediately the focus of observation on their list as soon as he enters the university.
Li Zhengxian, the company's legal counsel and Tang Juexiao's personal lawyer, broker, etc., received an invitation from the other party, and then told Tang Juexiao as soon as possible.
The other party was very efficient, and the next night he negotiated with Tang Juexiao at a restaurant near Stanford.
As a result, the negotiations did not go well......
The other party judged: "Your food ordering software is mainly aimed at those who work on computers, but how many people in the world are engaged in computer work? Three meals a day can only be used for lunch." Let's be honest, Mr. Tang, you may be valuing your product too high. ”
$1.5 million for 10%, what is this kidding me?
All the products and ideas, plus the short-term potential, are worth 15 million in his opinion?
Of course, the negotiations collapsed, and Tang Juexiao decided that this was a market with at least 10 billion US dollars in the end.
Li Zhengxian is a standard handsome guy with an indifferent face, Tang Juexiao asked him if he had plastic surgery, and he insisted that he didn't.
This indifferent face accompanied Tang Juexiao, and the two sides combined for 6 people to negotiate, and Tang Juexiao had two of the four on his side. His expression was no longer indifferent, from serious thinking at the beginning, to being surprised by Tang Juexiao's self-judgment later, and then looking at Tan Bang with a shocked face.
"Damn, what's wrong with this, there is such a big gap between me and the other party's thoughts? There must be one of us who is SB, that person can't be me, right?"
Tony, Ivan, and Li Zhengxian in the negotiation team were all speechless, and they looked at Tang Juexiao's eyes......
The second one with investment intentions is IDG, which ranks fourth among American venture capital groups, and its full name is International Data Group.
This investment group is the world's largest venture capital group in the fields of information, publishing, and exhibitions. They have offices in more than 80 countries around the world and more than 10,000 senior researchers and editors.
In addition to the venture capital group that specializes in investing in schools, Tang Juexiao was also found by those who specialized in the information section......
As a result, the conversation fell apart again.
Tang Juexiao couldn't figure it out this time, and the two negotiations led him to conclude that "the No. 1 venture capital group in the United States, the people in it are all waste", and "the world's No. 1 information-related venture capital group, the people in it are SB......
Obviously, these two conclusions cannot be correct!
But why did Tang Juexiao come to that conclusion?
He thought about it and suddenly realized that ......
Again the limitations of the times!
Because of technical limitations and insufficient cost control, the current mobile phone function is very weak, and a little good function is very expensive......
So those VCs think:
Even if Tang Juexiao wins the market in the United States, how many people use computers to work every day and use computers to order food?
Do you think that an idea you come up with in a flash of inspiration can be worth tens of millions of dollars in a few months?
You're too young, lad.
Tang Juexiao, who had figured all this, suddenly realized, it turned out that the essential gap between everyone's cognition was here!
Unless Tang Juexiao discloses his predictions for the future and successfully convinces the other party, the two sides will definitely not be able to get along......
However, Tang Juexiao didn't really want to talk about the future.
Even if it does, how many people will believe it? There are many people who predict the future, and it may not be impossible to say accurately.
If you give up financing and develop slowly, this is not impossible. But Tang Juexiao's concept is to accept money from others, cash out and do more fierce projects after it becomes bigger, until he finally buys a small island, facing the sea and blooming in spring......
"Boss, the third one, if you can't convince this investment, I don't think anyone will invest in us in a short time. Li Zhengxian looked at Tang Juexiao, who was entangled there, and didn't know how many words he scolded, and finally got down to business.
Tang Juexiao smiled disdainfully: "Who else is bigger than the first two? Sequoia? They won't give me special treatment because I am Chinese." Capitalists put interests first. Besides, Sequoia has only been around for a few years?"
"This ...... The other party asked me to keep it a secret......"
"Whose subordinate are you?"
couldn't ask anything, Tang Juexiao considered whether to resign from this ......
went to see the other party first, and if Tang Juexiao came back, he still felt unreasonable, so he resigned.
The next night, Tang Juexiao left for San Diego.
He was invited to meet at the Grant Hotel in San Diego, and he booked a spot.
This is the first negotiation object to seriously book such a good hotel, and the first negotiation is not just to find a place to drink coffee?
Tang Juexiao pushed open the door, thinking about who it was who could buy his subordinates in a short period of time and give him a gag order......
There was a man sitting on a chair, looking out the window.
He stood up and turned slowly......
"Teacher Guoqiang! No...... Father-in-law?"
"Haha, Xiao Tang, you are really good at making money! I have only been in the United States for half a year, and I have thought of how to make money from Americans! I can finally find a chance to make a fortune with you!" The old man laughed open-mindedly.
Tang Juexiao thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Old man, you really love your daughter." ”
"Yes, pity the hearts of parents all over the world...... Mengmeng found the hero of the world, but he didn't find the Bondage Curse......"
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[Basic update 2/2, break the debt 1/6...... I owe about forty or fifty chapters of various debts in total, and I'll take my time. Because I had to check the information, I wrote it very slowly, and it only took an average of 3 hours to write a chapter...... Tomorrow to continue ......]