New headquarters?

Shen Nanpeng had never heard Zhang Chen mention that Tinder Source was going to build a new headquarters? Is it necessary? KPCB and Sequoia are just a small three-story building.

This is not Zhang Chen fooling Shen Nanpeng, the new headquarters and incubation base are indeed part of Zhang Chen's plan, and the most important thing is the incubation base.

The most important thing he did when he returned to California was to communicate with the Mountain View City government about land approval. Now that there is no place for these satellite cities of Palo Alto Koubitino, the cost of buying or renting land is too high, and Mountain View is somewhat better.

As for the incubator, it is one thing that Zhang Chen has always wanted to do.

Venture capital may sound mysterious, but in reality, the principle is no different from that of other businesses, which is to buy low and sell high.

Since this is an ordinary business, it will inevitably follow the most basic business logic.

What is most important in doing business? of course is the product and the customer.

The interesting part of venture capital is that the companies invested in are both products and customers, and those startups that have not been investigated or invested in are the raw materials.

The more raw materials there are, the more products can be produced.

Moreover, for any enterprise, if it wants to develop sustainably and steadily, it must find more and better customers and expand its market coverage.

The incubation base is an effective means for Tinder Source to expand its market coverage.

Although the cost and difficulty of starting a business for entrepreneurs are much lower than in later generations, there is also less experience for entrepreneurs to learn from, and a large number of potential projects may be stillborn just after having a plan.

At this time, if Tinder can build its own incubator to provide low-price, high-quality, or even free-of-charge high-quality services for entrepreneurs in the United States and even around the world, it will inevitably attract a large number of young talents with ideas, technology, and world-changing talents.

In this way, Tinder has expanded its supply of raw materials at a very low cost, and is there a more cost-effective investment in the world?

Most importantly, these genius, imaginative and passionate entrepreneurs are gathered together, and countless intersections will occur every day, and the collision of ideas will inevitably give birth to more brilliant and dense sparks. Not necessarily any spark will detonate a revolution and become the navigator and hegemon leading the new era.

Maybe the people and companies that really change the world will be born here.

Listening to Zhang Chen's thoughts, Shen Nanpeng was dizzy, as if he saw towering giant trees rising from a small nursery.

Shen Nanpeng was in a stirring mood, and he thought that Zhang Chen seemed to have lost some of his passion and drive recently, but he didn't expect that the other party was already thinking about deeper issues. If venture capital is an industry, then Zhang Chen is now considering almost the problem of how to control the source of the industrial chain.

Shen Nanpeng suppressed the excitement in his heart and said sincerely: "Boss, your idea is really great, I think that not only in Silicon Valley, this model can be replicated all over the world." For example, in China, now Zhongguancun, Huaqiangbei, and even the high-tech zone that Rongcheng is planning to build, this model can be replicated!"

Zhang Chen smiled: "Yes, I think so too, but now the domestic conditions are not mature, the most important thing for the incubator is to be popular, no popularity, it will soon decline, now the domestic entrepreneurial atmosphere is not strong enough, the talent density is not enough, the most important thing is that the policy resistance is also very large, if you want to operate an incubator, the chance of success is too small." However, I believe that in the next few years, with China's accession to the WTO, these problems will be improved. Therefore, we must first build and operate the incubator in Silicon Valley and accumulate enough experience. ”

"In the next few years, this incubator model will be replicated not only in the United States and China, but also in Tel Aviv, London, Helsinki, which are home to a large number of European tech talents, and then Tinder will become the world's largest and most innovative venture capital firm." ”

In fact, Zhang Chen did not make it clear for another reason, that is, once the Tinder Source really becomes a giant at the top of the food chain, can it still have enough driving force to maintain the ** and ability of self-innovation.

This is an important question.

Countless large companies have lost this driving force after becoming the hegemon, and the system is rigid, the organization is bloated, and the market is no longer understood, so it is slowly declining.

Even Zhang Chen has just realized that his mentality has begun to be unbalanced in some aspects, let alone the employees in the system of a large company.

But if all the people in this company are in close contact with the youngest, most passionate and creative people in the market every day, every month, every year, there is no doubt that the company will be able to maintain enough drive and market acumen to innovate and evolve itself.

Revolution always comes from the bottom up.

The only way to avoid being killed by others is to always be on the side of the revolution.

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen opened his notebook again, processed the email at work, and then stretched his waist, raised his head and looked at Zhang Bozhi, who had been waiting opposite him for more than an hour: "I'm sorry, I've been waiting for a long time, there are more things, do you have something to do with me?"

Since meeting Zhang Bo in Lan Kwai Fong at the end of June, there has been no contact since. If it weren't for Zhang Bozhi suddenly coming to the door today, Zhang Chen would have almost forgotten about it.

Zhang Bozhi wore a pink tight-fitting suspender suit on his upper body today, and a black miniskirt with tassels on his lower body. It's just that she has no clothes, but she painted a vulgar big heavy makeup, which looks like a dancing lady in a Hong Kong film in the 90s.

Well, it seems like the 90s.

Zhang Bozhi swallowed: "Can you lend me some money?"

Zhang Chen showed a questioning expression, eldest sister, the two of us are not related, we met once in the bar, and after drinking two glasses of wine, we will borrow money when we meet again, isn't it appropriate?

Zhang Bozhi hurriedly said: "I'll pay you back in half a year at most, ah, no, half a year, half a year." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "How much to borrow?"

Zhang Bozhi bit his lip: "Three hundred thousand." ”

Zhang Chen frowned: "What is the use of borrowing so much money?"

Zhang Bozhi hesitated, his eyes were a little red, and he shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just urgent." ”

Zhang Chen was quite funny, if it weren't for the fact that Zhang Bozhi was really pleasing to the eye now, he would have started to drive people out, looking for someone to borrow money, not to mention what to do, really think that others owe her?

Zhang Chen said twice: "If you don't want to say it, forget it, these two hundred yuan will be called taxi for you, and it is not easy to take a taxi around here." Then he got up to see off the guests.

Zhang Bozhi gritted his teeth, and his eyes were slightly red: "Do you want to know how I found you?"

Zhang Chen's movements paused, last time in Lan Kwai Fong, he and Zhang Bozhi did not leave contact information for each other, but today the other party appeared in front of the door, naming and saying that he was looking for himself, which was indeed a little strange.

At first, I thought that the other party had watched some gossip news, but in the past two days, there happened to be gossip media reporting on the news that the rich and young people in the mainland were spending a lot of money to buy a mansion on the top of the mountain, and also took a photo of her back, didn't she only know it after watching the news?

That's kind of interesting.

Zhang Bozhi looked at Zhang Chen, and his eyes flashed with a hint of stubbornness: "Someone is checking your address, do you want to know who it is?"

When Zhang Chen saw Cecilia Cheung's eyes, his heart couldn't help but soften, but he still said: "I'm going to fly to San Fan in the afternoon, and the next time I come back may not be when, there is no need to know." ”

Zhang Bozhi hurriedly said: "Please, I really have an urgent use, not to do illegal things, if you are willing to lend it to me, you can do whatever you want me to do." And... And I'll tell you a big secret!"

It's this sentence again, don't be so vulgar, okay? Zhang Chen complained in his heart.

"Tell me what you want to tell me. Rest assured, as long as you are not lying, the message does work for me, and of course I will give you money. Zhang Chen was also curious about who wanted to fight his own idea.