At two o'clock in the morning, Herbert Valen's phone rang, and his wife rolled over in dissatisfaction, muttering, "It's Dur again, only he would call you so late." ”

John Doerr, who was Herbert Wallen's direct supervisor, had one requirement for all of his men: whenever he called them, the phone rang three times and if he didn't answer it, he could be fired.

Herbert Wallen didn't care about his wife's complaints, hurriedly picked up the phone, and said sleepily, "John, what's the matter?"

There was a familiar storm of scolding on the phone, and Herbert Wallen was no stranger to it, having been under John Doerr for three years, and had been scolded almost every week.

"Why hasn't Amazon's investment agreement been done yet? Don't you know that they are about to sign a contract with Warren Capital? With a difference of $1 million, just $1 million, you have lost this investment opportunity!"

Herbert Valen was a little baffled, Amazon had been in contact with him before, John Doerr did not pay any attention to the case, and now Amazon's turnover is less than a million dollars, and he already feels very high when he gives a valuation of 30 million dollars.

Herbert was cautious: "John, I reported this case to you at the previous morning meeting, and you did not express an opinion. ”

John Doerr was furious, Herbert Wallen had only given him a very simple appraisal report, but he had just researched Amazon's financial reports and business plans on his own, and found that it was a treasure trove that was not inferior to Netscape!

And Herbert, an idiot, is really stupid to give up this opportunity just because of a million dollars!

John Doall calmed down: "Now, immediately, immediately, you go to the airport, my private jet is on the tarmac, you go to Seattle with me immediately, tomorrow morning, I will meet Bezos, you idiot, if you don't talk about this case, get out of KPB!"

Under the coercion of John Doerr for many years, Herbert Wallen had long lost the will to resist, and hurriedly got up to get dressed and pack his things.

The wife sat up from the bed and said, "What's the matter, where are you going so late?"

Herbert smiled bitterly and kissed his wife, "That damn John Doll told me to go to the airport immediately and take his private jet to Seattle with him." ”

Herbert's wife complained: "He's such a madman. ”

Hebert ignored his wife's complaints, got dressed, wiped his face with a towel, picked up his briefcase, and walked out of the house.

John Doerr has an illustrious track record as a partner at KPCB.

SUN, Netscape, Compaq, Dell, Symantec, lotus, Pixar。。。。。。 These thunderous names are the great exploits of John Doerr.

As of '96, John Doerr has earned more than $100 billion for KPCB and is one of the few people who really stand at the top of the pyramid. Sequoia's Moretz can only look up to him now.

At half past four in the morning, John Doerr's Falcon 2000, which had just been delivered last year, applied for the waterway, received permission from air traffic control to take off, and took off from San Francisco International Airport to Seattle.

The two-hour flight time went by in a blink of an eye, and the two slept on the plane for a while. It was the first time Herbert had spent the night on John Doerr's plane, and although he had heard other colleagues talk about similar experiences, it was still quite difficult to accept that it was his turn.

At seven o'clock in the morning, John Doerr and Herbert knocked on Bezos' door.

Bezos went to bed at half past ten every day, got up at half past six, and had breakfast with his wife at seven o'clock, never stopping.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and just yesterday they received an investment of eight million dollars from Tinder, and it has already arrived, Bezost wants to ask his wife to add an omelette to breakfast to replenish the protein lost last night.

"Who are you?" Bezos frowned at the two men who rang the doorbell outside the door.

John Doerr glared at Herbert, it seems that this guy has not even seen an entrepreneur, otherwise how could Bezos not know him?

Herbert forced a smile and said, "Hey, Jeff, I'm Herbert from KPCB, we've communicated on the phone many times before, remember? This is my boss John Doerr, yes, we flew in from San Francisco in the early hours of the morning and just arrived, don't you invite us in for a coffee?"

Bezos was stunned, of course he knew that John Doerr of KPCB was a legend.

John Doll took Bezos's hand very contagiously: "Jeff, it's okay for me to call you that, right? I just saw your business plan last night, if you want, we can sit down and talk." ”

Bezos was at a loss and said, "Of course, but we have already accepted an investment agreement from another company, so you may be late." ”

John Doerr glared at Herbert in annoyance, still holding Bezos's hand: "You shouldn't have signed the contract yet, right? After all, I got the news that Warren's people are still in New York, and as long as the agreement is not fulfilled, we can talk, what do you think?"

Bezos suddenly felt that he had become a sweetheart, and he was quite complacent: "But, we have already signed the agreement yesterday, oh, by the way, it's not Warren Capital, it's another company." ”

The agreement has already been signed!?John Doerr hurriedly asked, "Which company is it done?"

Bezos smiled: "Tinder Capital, eight million US dollars, 15% of the shares, I am very satisfied." ”

John Doerr's heart was shocked, he had heard the name Tinder Source a few times, it seemed to be a small company that had just been established not long ago, and the founder was the Chinese teenager who invested in ICQ and achieved success. In front of the stage, a senior manager at Goldman Sachs named Frank Fen is the CEO of the company.

How can such a small company have such a precise vision and such great courage? This plan is not much different from my psychological expectations for Amazon, and there has been no rumor at all before, and it is only one day earlier than myself, what is going on?

John Doerr's face was cloudy: "Jeff, we are very sincere to cooperate with you, and I believe that KPCB is the most suitable investor for you, we can not only provide you with capital support, with KPCB's influence in Silicon Valley, we can give you a large number of talents, and I can even introduce Dell to your board of directors." If the other party's arrears have not arrived, I suggest that you terminate the contract and we can pay the relevant liquidated damages. ”

Bezos shook his head: "I'm sorry, I can't do this, it's against my principles of doing things." Moreover, you guys are really too late, and I am also very aware of the strength of KPCB, if it had been a day earlier, the results might have been different. So, I'm really sorry. ”

(End of chapter)