Chapter 16 Registered names are more important than anything else
What the future holds, no one can really know except Alice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 However, everyone knows that routers will have a huge impact on the development of the network, and because of this, Silicon Valley, and even the whole of the United States, and even the world will definitely rise like mushrooms.
So at this moment, no one but her knows how far Cisco will go.
At the same time, although she was not a wise businessman in her previous life, Alice is also well aware of the principles of doing business.
The key to business success is not how talented the entrepreneur is, but how willing to help him or her is willing to work with him. A successful businessman should prioritize the interests of the other party when working with others, and if the other party is not profitable, he will become unprofitable. Only by being willing to give up profits, so that the other party can get enough benefits, without worrying about their own interests, and not entangled in small profits, can we obtain real benefits.
"It's good to have a company registered in San Francisco, and Santi has a point, because it's a bigger advantage to have a company near Silicon Valley than in the Los Angeles area. ”
So, after her mother first made a bargaining gesture, Alice made a statement, and sure enough, both the Bosses smiled with satisfaction.
"So you two, since the location of the company has been decided by you, the name of the company should always be named by me, right?"
When Alice said this, the smile on her face was so bright that it was definitely a tooth with five stars of sweetness!
Yes, the registered address of a company can change at any time, and Microsoft and Apple are both companies that have moved. But the right to name it, Alice will never miss this honor!
Bossak nodded, "Of course it's no problem, although in terms of technology, Santi and I are good, but there is nothing we can do about naming the company." I'm not afraid of your jokes, I know we're all hesitating right now, what to name Santi when he and I have a baby. ”
The whole table laughed, and Santi first slapped her husband happily before saying to Alice: "Alice, your father is a teacher of history, so many historical celebrities and places, don't let me down." ”
Now that he was mentioned, James also spoke, "I do want to hear about it, Vivi, what are you going to name the new company?"
Oscar and Hannah stared at their sister without blinking, and Sophie smiled proudly.
"It's simple. ”
Alice blinked and blurted out, "Cisco Systems, what do you think of the name?"
The answer came extremely suddenly, and no one expected that Alice would be able to give the answer without thinking. In the face of her bright smile with all her teeth exposed, the whole table looked at each other, and for a moment, there was silence.
After a while, it was Oscar who spoke.
"Cisco? is it the Cisco of SanFrancisco?"
Alice's big eyelashes flashed at him, looking so innocent: "Yes, since you have decided to register your company's address in San Francisco, why don't you just cut off the second half of its words?"
“…… How casual is it!?Lady, is it really good for you to talk so brainlessly!?Registered in San Francisco, it is called Cisco, that is called registered in Los Angeles!?Angela Systems!?Angel Systems!?Then you can register directly to the Vatican!?Just call it the Vatican or Christian Systems!?"
"Hmm...... Indeed, XXSystemsIncorporated, a universal ride. In the future, if you set up a Terminator System Company, a Skynet System Company, and an Umbrella System Company, this will be full of connotation~"
"Alice!?"
"Thank you, brother, you gave me such a great inspiration!"
"Alice, I'm serious, everyone has left the decision to you, doesn't it really matter if you call Cisco!?"
Cisco Systems, which is famous in later generations, how can such a big name make Oscar shout back in a few voices. Alice looked around, and was fine, although Sophie, James, and Hannah were all laughing, but they clearly didn't mean anything against her.
What made Alice even more relieved was that Mr. and Mrs. Bosak were still frowning, savoring the name!
"Actually, Alice, you really thought about it. ”
However, Posack suddenly spoke: "Actually, I also thought that if it were me, I would just use 'San Francisco' as the name of the new company." ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent again.
To be exact, it was Oscar who was shouting and suddenly choked.
"You...... Are you sure?"
Seeing Bossak smiling and nodding, Oscar's face turned green in an instant.
Sitting beside her mother, Hannah gracefully held a champagne glass with a nearly transparent liquid of pear juice: "Wow, Uncle Leon, you're really good at names!"
Alice rubbed her forehead vigorously, and was glad that she loved cleanliness and didn't rub the mud rolls.
The name Cisco, indeed, is taken from the word San Francisco, which is the name determined by the Bosses themselves in the normal historical trajectory.
Alice didn't investigate too carefully in her previous life, but she lived in the United States all her life, and thanks to her mother, who had a doctor of law, she still knew the relevant legal provisions very well.
The U.S. authorities have made it clear that the use of the city's name as a company name is not permitted.
Well, so Cisco Systems, is it really almost going to become "San Francisco Systems"?
"The technology of this router belongs to Alice, so after the company is established, it will definitely hand over some of the technology shares to us. ”
After addressing the naming issue, Sophie continued: "There's no doubt that Cisco is a technology-oriented company, so how about a very high percentage of technology stocks, just 70 percent?"
The Bosses were not at all surprised by the opening of the quota, and the husband was lukewarmly silent, and when Sophie's words fell, Santi spoke almost without hesitation.
"That's a bit of a high percentage, and although it's true that the router was invented by Alice, Leonardo and I are both techies. Moreover, Alice is still young, and the company is not in Los Angeles, so she can't get too involved in the company's daily operations and even product upgrades. This product alone accounts for more than half of the share, which is a bit unacceptable. ”
The bargaining session began without any suspense, Sophie did not speak immediately, Alice smiled: "Anyone who knows the stock market knows that there is a category of stocks called potential stocks, Santi, and Leon, don't you think that I am a typical potential stock?"
One sentence made the whole table chuckle again, and Alice continued: "I'm not kidding, two, I'm still young, but isn't this router still built by me under this premise? ”
"In this way, I can now take a step ahead of Iggy and develop a fully practical router, so what about give me a while? And you know, the stock change in the initial period of the enterprise is particularly frequent, and a certain share now does not mean that it will remain unchanged in the future. ”
"I'm 70 percent, then Leon and you are 15 percent, and when new employees are eligible for stock options, we'll just reduce our share a little bit. After all, the development of the company is a continuous process, and the addition of talents in the later stage will definitely cause equity changes. ”
So, the topic comes back to being a company that develops routers, and even more types of network hardware in the future, it's definitely technology-oriented. Since it is technology-led, it is not an exaggeration to say that as the inventor of technology, under the premise that there are only three people at present, I account for 70%. ”
"Oh of course, apparently you husband and wife plan to invite that Mr. Eagle into the company, so the position of technical director is probably not going to run, after all, he has studied the prototype of the router. Well, at this point......"
Alice stopped talking and looked at Santi with a smirk.
Yes, you and your wife are indeed teachers in the computer department, yes, and they are senior engineers, but this is also the case.
If it weren't for Alice, the Posacks would have had the technology when they set up Cisco at the end of the year, according to history. But even then, the technology was actually developed with school resources, such as with the help of that Iggy.
Otherwise, why did Stanford get so much trouble with Cisco when it was first founded?
But now, the couple doesn't really have much capital to negotiate with Alice.
In addition, in the tirade just now, Alice actually deliberately used inducing language to confuse a concept.
The debate about what percentage of shares should be given to new members shifted to the conclusion that each old member should reduce his or her own share.
It's not that 70% of her should be reduced, but the ratio of the big guy is reduced proportionally.
"Alice has a point, Santi. ”
When this tirade came to an end, Bosak was clearly in a suppressed posture and whispered to his wife, "We ......"
"And what about corporate money?"
Interrupting Bossak's words, Santi puffed out her chest and said in a more lofty tone: "Since Alice is planning to invest in technology, then Leon and I are capital shares, right?" As long as we give enough money, it's not impossible for everyone to take 20%, or even 30% of the shares, right?"
"Absolutely. ”
Alice blinked easily: "Then how much registered capital can you come up with?"