And a post by this young brother surnamed Zhou also seems to open the door to a new world.

Although Internet companies are no longer so popular with investors in the United States, the concept of free security software, such as free security software, is a source of interest for many.

Why is there a problem? Because it's the free software that has the highest popularity.

Even some paid software, for the sake of popularity, will deliberately condone the spread of piracy that does not cost money.

As for...... How do you make money with free software? There are many examples to learn from.

Whether it is Yahoo, the current No. 1 search engine, or Google, a rising star, the search business of both companies does not charge users.

So, how do they stay operational and profitable?

Quite simply, it's two words – advertising.

Advertising is a big deal, so any platform with a huge number of users is a good place for advertising to be effective.

The popularity rate of free software, compared with similar paid software, as long as the usability is not worse than three levels, it must be a high number of users of free software.

Therefore, freeware is a very good advertising vector. The phase of the two is very high.

Of course, there is also a difficulty in doing this kind of advertising business, which is that it requires scale, and when the company was just founded, what was lacking was scale and money, so this kind of small company began to frantically look for investment.

Dressed in gray and blue, Tom is walking down the streets of Silicon Valley, he has nothing to do with Tom in "Cat and Mouse", and he is looking for Pete Thiel, the legendary investor of Silicon Valley.

This opportunity did not come easily, and he got this opportunity after two weeks on the street for a roadshow.

So not only did he start rushing to Pete Thiel's office two hours early, but he also kept thinking about what kind of questions Pete Thiel would ask and how he would answer them.

It's a complicated game, and Tom is so focused on it that he accidentally crashes into a telephone pole.

"Ah!" exclaimed Tom.

With gold stars in his eyes, he barely squatted down, touched his forehead and rubbed it gently, hoping not to lose his well-dressed face.

After a moment of relaxation, Tom finally felt like he was recovering, so he stood up and began to continue his journey in the direction of Pete Thiel's office.

"Hello, I'm number thirty-seven. Tom said to the young lady at the front desk.

Although it is said to be "little sister", it only refers to age and not other places, this young lady is very big in other places, older than many big sisters.

"Hello, Mr. Tom, I found your appointment, please wait. Although the young lady said very politely, there was not much expression on her face. Who would not get tired of saying such a thing hundreds of times a day, three hundred and sixty-five days a year, almost every day?

The young lady is not such a fairy figure anyway, she is just an ordinary young man who insists on exercising every day.

However, this also shows how busy Pete Thiel is from the side.

Mr. Thiel's daily work is very simple, just sitting in his office and listening to the speeches of entrepreneurs.

If he feels that the project is suitable and that the person has the ability to start a company, he will be given the investment.

Of course, this is an angel investment, and if it fails, the investor does not have to bear anything.

However, compared with other angel investors, Mr. Thiel can be called a legendary investor in Silicon Valley because the success rate of his investment is too high to be believed.

After another two hours, the young lady finally came over and said, "Mr. Thirty-Seven, it's your turn." ”

"Huh?" Tom, who was immersed in his own world, didn't react a little.

"Ahh

"Knock, knock. He knocked on the door with the knuckle of his index finger.

"Please come in. There was a voice in the room.

Tom walked in stiffly, and the people behind the frosted glass were the Silicon Valley investment celebrities who often appeared in newspapers and television.

In the past, even if Tom was lucky enough to see this Silicon Valley legend, he only glanced at him from afar, but now he can see him up close, and he will have to talk to him for a while, and his happiness is almost suffocating.

"Hello...... I am...... Tom Kleisie, I'm here today to give you a creative ...... of free security software"

"Wait. Before Tom could finish speaking, Tyre waved him not to speak. Tyre's little eyes stared at Tom's eyes in embarrassment, and he said, "Do you know that eighteen of the thirty-six people before you today are talking about free security software?"

"No, I don't know," Tom said with a hesitation, ...... he was stopped by Tyre's shout, disrupting all his plans, "I ...... I ......"

"Tell me what's wrong with your head?" asked Tyre unceremoniously.

"I ......," said Tom Kleisie, "no, I was on my way here, trying to figure out how to answer any questions you might have, and I crashed into a telephone pole." ”

"That's right! Okay, I'll invest in people. Thiel said.

"Huh?" said Tom Kleisie.

"I said, I'm going to invest in you, and you're going to build a company that runs free security software. I'll give you the initial investment, huh...... Ten million dollars is fine. Tyre said nonchalantly.

"Huh?" Tom seemed to be a stupid cat who had been spoiled by Jerry, and he couldn't have imagined that he had actually been invested. Happiness came too suddenly, you must know that he had been on the road for two weeks before, but there was no one who was willing to pay attention to him.

Perhaps years later, if he succeeded, he could hire a full-time writer to write his own memoirs, lying on a wicker chair, rocking gently, and in the warm afternoon sun, saying, "Of course, it was because I hit a telephone pole that I stood out from the eighteen competitors and received Mr. Pete Thiel's investment." I am grateful to Mr. Pitt for his appreciation......"

When he is so boastful and uses the method of exalting others to show that he is better, he may not know that his parents, who are not good-looking, were once Tyre's college classmates. Moreover, Thiel's investment company has a medium-sized share.

That's right, fairy tales are always deceptive.

The ugly duckling became a swan because he was originally a swan.