Chapter 209: Starting a business is difficult
At noon the next day, Lu Tianyu saw Xiao Jie again.
The CEO of a dignified technology company, wearing a crumpled long-sleeved T-shirt, with a scruffy beard and bloodshot eyes, looked like he hadn't had a good rest in days.
"Senior brother, why are you so haggard?" Lu Tianyu asked.
"Hey, don't mention it, IT is born hard. Didn't have lunch, let's go, let's go eat. That cow master knife shaved noodles is still there, right? I miss it so much. I think when I was an undergraduate, it was a place I had to go to every week. ”
Master Niu, who has been open for more than ten years, is still there, but compared with when Xiao Jie was studying, the store has tripled, which shows that his business is good.
The two found a table by the window, ordered two large bowls of beef knife noodles, and then ordered a few cold dishes, and chatted while eating.
"Lu Tianyu, tell me what you think of e-Yaotong." Xiao Jie clearly cares about this product.
"Senior brother, then I will have something to say directly, if there is something wrong, you must not be angry." Because he knew that his next suggestion might be a bit harsh, Lu Tianyu decided to get a dose of preventive injection first.
"It's okay, just mention it if you have any opinions, anyway, we do IT, and being scolded has long been commonplace." Xiao Jie said with a smile, but his smile was full of deep bitterness.
"Senior brother, the app of eYaotong, if it is just a dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine, I think the functions are already very complete, there are detailed text descriptions, clear pictures and images, and the search conditions are also very complete. But. As a mobile app, I think it lacks attractive highlights......"
"Well, Lu Tianyu. You continue. Xiao Jie didn't express his opinion, just listened quietly.
"In this era, mobile apps are emerging in an endless stream, and a large number of apps are born every day, and countless apps are eliminated. I remember that there were once professional media statistics that the average life cycle of domestic apps is only ten months. Eighty-five percent of users delete their downloaded apps from their phones within a month, and after five months, the retention rate of these apps is only five percent. ”
"So my suggestion is. We must increase the function of e-medicine, and add some functions that are closely related to people's lives, not just as a dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine, only in this way. Only e-Yaotong can have broad market prospects. Otherwise. I don't expect the app to stay in Volkswagen phones for more than a month. ”
After Lu Tianyu finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Jie's reaction, and saw that the CEO's face was full of the word "helpless".
"Hey, Lu Tianyu, I know what you said, and I also want to add some highlights to the e-medicine pass to attract the public's attention. But there is an old saying that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Director Wei gave me a total budget of 500,000 yuan, and the project time requirements were very tight. It's hard! ”
"Lu Tianyu, I'm not afraid of your jokes, my company has invested more than 500,000 yuan in the project of eYaotong, that is to say, now I am actually doing this project at a loss, if the use of this APP is not good in the later stage, there is no follow-up maintenance and update costs, my company may be closed." Speaking of this, Xiao Jie raised his head and looked at the bustling crowd outside the window, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
"Senior brother, won't you? Can a $500,000 project bring down your company? You're a CEO, don't you? ”
"What CEO? It's all a title that I put on myself. Now in these years, the CEO is the least valuable, and the streets are full of people, as long as you open a company, there are a few people under you, who are the CEO, and even the owner of the commissary dares to say that he is the CEO of an international chain hypermarket. Xiao Jie retracted his gaze to look out the window, looked at Lu Tianyu, and said with a wry smile.
"Senior brother, what is the situation with your current Flying Bird Company? How did you come up with the idea to start your own business? Lu Tianyu said curiously.
During this time, since he had a little money in his hand, Lu Tianyu became interested in starting a business. Nowadays, the employment pressure of college graduates is quite high, although their ideal is to enter a better hospital and engage in the medical career they like, but everything can not be too absolute, and it is still necessary to leave a way back.
"Lu Tianyu, since you are interested in listening, then I will tell you about my entrepreneurial experience over the years, and I hope you will not repeat my mistakes. Boss, take two bottles of beer and a plate of flowers. ”
Drinking beer, eating peanuts and edamame, Xiao Jie's words suddenly opened: "Actually, if my father hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have studied medicine, my hobby is computer, so after graduating from undergraduate, I changed my door and went to graduate school in computer science, so I almost quarreled with my father." ”
"After graduating from graduate school, several of my classmates and I had the same dream, that is, to break out of the world by ourselves, so my brothers took out a total of 50,000 yuan each to set up an IT company, which was called Wisdom Company at that time."
"When the company was first founded, we mainly helped government agencies and some enterprises build websites, and we also made some money. However, as the company gradually became formalized, there was a disagreement between me and several partners, and I believed that the mobile Internet would become the next gold mine, so I suggested that the company's business should be tilted towards the mobile Internet as soon as possible; But they insist that the Internet is fundamental, and that the mobile Internet is just a flash in the pan. In this way, the differences between us grew wider and wider, until the final parting of the ways. ”
Speaking of this, Xiao Jie sighed, and the bloodshot in his eyes became extremely dazzling. After picking up his glass and drinking a full glass of beer, he continued: "Two years ago, a few partners and I officially broke up, and they took the vast majority of employees and funds, after all, they accounted for the majority of the company's equity. I had no choice but to start anew and set up a new company, which was Asuka Company. ”
"Although the development of the mobile Internet is extremely rapid as I expected, due to the lack of funds, it is difficult for my company to receive large projects, so it is difficult to move forward. Lu Tianyu, I'm not afraid of your jokes, during the Spring Festival this year, I almost couldn't pay my salary, and then I mortgaged my car to borrow 100,000 yuan from a pawn shop and pay wages and bonuses to employees. But that's it, after the Spring Festival, four employees have left, and now there are only five people left in the company, even counting me, and the liquidity on the account is less than 10,000 yuan. ”
Looking at Xiao Jie, who looked pained, Lu Tianyu never expected that this senior brother's entrepreneurial road would be so difficult. (To be continued......)