Larry Page has been in a better and better mood in recent days.
For him, the worst day was the first day when he flew from the United States to China. Not only was he extremely exhausted that day, but he was also frightened by the intimidation and threats from Li Mu.
However, since Google compromised as a whole, accepted Li Mu's request and decided to acquire Muye & Baidu, and reached an agreement with Li Mu, Larry Page's mood has been rising like the temperature in Yanjing.
Google is becoming more and more optimistic in the capital market, which is the key to Larry Page's rising mood. What makes him even more excited is the importance Li Mu attaches to this cooperation.
Li Mu has invited so many elites in the Internet and capital fields to make this cooperation between Google and Makino Technology a global hot spot. This positive attitude has made the capital market realize that Li Mu really wants to work hard with Google. In-depth cooperation and his endorsement of Google are a great support for Google's valuation.
At this time, Larry Page was chatting with some Silicon Valley friends with a bright face. Li Mu brought Mark Zuckerberg to the front. Several Silicon Valley elites saw Li Mu coming and greeted Li Mu hurriedly and enthusiastically. Larry Page Qi turned his head and saw that it was Li Mu. He immediately turned around and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Li."
Li Mu nodded in response, and then said to several people: "I'm here to introduce you to a friend, Mark Zuckerberg, who is currently studying at Harvard University."
Mark Zuckerberg hurriedly waved his hands to several people and said shyly: "Hi, everyone, my name is Mark Zuckerberg. You can call me Mark."
"Hi Mark." Larry Page and others shook hands with him enthusiastically and introduced themselves.
However, a few people didn't understand. It stands to reason that Li Mu has the highest status and the highest net worth among the entrepreneurs present today. Even Larry Page, who is worth over a billion dollars, is obviously not a person in front of him. Rank, but why is Mark Zuckerberg, a young man who looks to be in his early twenties, so valued by Li Mu, and even recommended to everyone by Li Mu himself
Li Mu saw the surprise in the eyes of several people, and smiled and said to them: "Mark Zuckerberg is my partner. He has a startup project, and I invested in the angel round."
As soon as they heard that Mark Zuckerberg had actually taken investment from Li Mu, everyone immediately looked at him with admiration. A college student's entrepreneurial project would be difficult to impress even a small venture capital fund, but he directly took it. With the investment from the top guys in the Internet industry, what is so special about this guy
Larry Page was also shocked and asked curiously: "Mark, what is the name of the project you are working on now? Can you introduce it to us?"
Mark Zuckerberg said: "Hello Mr. Page, the project I am working on now is called Facebook, which is a web-based social product."
"Oh! It turns out to be Facebook!" The big guys present all looked like they suddenly realized it. Larry Page said: "I used Facebook and the experience was very good. Some time ago, one of my college classmates told me about this product. I used it. It found a girl I had a crush on in college.”
Others also nodded. As Silicon Valley elites, they pay close attention to every product born on the Internet. Although Facebook was founded at Harvard, thousands of kilometers away from Silicon Valley, after all, it took more than 600 Li Mu A $10,000 angel round investment project, with the support of funds, Facebook has become famous among college students, and Silicon Valley has naturally paid attention to this product.
However, several people present, including Larry Page, have never believed that Facebook is a project with great potential, because in their view, it is just a page product for college students to make friends, with a narrow user audience. , and with the rise of YY, the world's Internet industry pays more attention to client products and recognizes client products much more than Web products, so they have not paid much attention to Facebook's situation.
Li Mu opened his mouth and said to Larry Page: "Facebook may become a part of the YY ecosystem in the future, so in the future, Google will need to provide some diversion for it at the search engine entrance. After you return to Silicon Valley, you can help arrange it." .”
When Larry Page heard that Li Mu wanted to incorporate Facebook into the YY ecosystem in the future, he understood why Li Mu wanted to invest in this project. Many large companies would spread out small entrepreneurial projects on a large scale like sowing seeds. If it develops well outside, it will be taken back to the group for focused training. If it does not develop well, it will be left to fend for itself outside.
The reason why the project is not cultivated within the system from the beginning is mainly because there is insufficient energy. Companies like Tengxun have at least three-digit capital investment projects outside. If they are all placed within the system, Tengxun’s own energy will be exhausted. We can't take care of it, and we can't take care of the resources. If we milk three-digit projects in one go, even the cows with the highest milk production will be dragged down. Instead of doing this, it is better to do a preliminary screening first and give some money to each project. , and then let it fight on its own. If it gets ahead, focus on training it. If it doesn’t get ahead, it won’t matter if it dies.
Speaking of which, this investment method is similar to the legend of the Tibetan Mastiff. Let God help you do a preliminary screening first.
but. What Larry Page didn't expect was that Li Mu didn't tell him the truth.
Facebook plays a very important role in Li Mu's future territory, but he is not prepared to absorb Facebook into Makino Technology. This stems from his long-held view: No matter how big the pie is, it will not be the pot that will burn it.
Therefore, he hopes that Facebook can thrive outside the ecosystem of Makino Technology and not be blocked by Makino Technology. In this way, he will have the opportunity to get a super product of the same magnitude as YY in the future.
Larry Page asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, what channels do Facebook need to use to divert traffic?"
Li Mu said: "First let the technical team manually intervene in the keywords of all university names in the world. I hope that when users search for the name of any university in the world on Google, Facebook's search results will be ranked in the top three."
Larry Page nodded, readily agreed, and said, "No problem, I'll write an email to make arrangements when I get back tonight."
Li Mu was very satisfied with Larry Page's attitude and efficiency, and said: "Facebook will become a highly vertical project for Makino Technology among college students in the future, so it needs accurate traffic from college students in the early stage. Regarding the accurate differentiation of traffic, there is no Who can do it better than search engines, so I leave it to you.”
Larry Page hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, don't be so polite. Makino Technology is about to become a shareholder of Google. Not only Makino Technology, but also all the companies you invest in will become Google's strategic partners and contribute to the strategic partners." Strength is what we should do.”
One of the Silicon Valley elite said to Mark Zuckerberg: "Hey Mark, what city is your company in?"
Mark Zuckerberg hurriedly replied: "The company is in Cambridge, and our office space is next to Harvard."
The man smiled and said, "You should move your company to Silicon Valley. This is the core of the Internet. People in Silicon Valley are surrounded by resources. The East Coast is really too far away and lacks enough soil."
Mark Zuckerberg nodded and said: "The East Coast does lack relevant soil, but I am still in school and cannot move the company to the West Coast yet."
Larry Page asked him: "Mark, are you not going to take a break from school or drop out of school directly?"
Mark Zuckerberg scratched his head and said: "I'm still hesitating now. Let's see how the company develops next. If it develops quickly, then I will take a leave of absence from school first."
Larry Page said seriously: "To be honest, if you start a business part-time, it is not difficult for the company to achieve small-scale success, but it is still very difficult to achieve large-scale success. The same goes for athletes. American college students often There are good basketball, baseball, and football players, but if they don’t turn into professional athletes and participate in professional leagues, their level will never be able to break through to a higher level. Now you are a relatively outstanding college student among college students. Basketball players, but Silicon Valley is the NBA. If you want to be the next Jordan, you need to join the NBA as soon as possible. You can go back to make up for your studies in the future, but if the golden period as an athlete is wasted, it will be really too much. Pity."
Mark Zuckerberg’s expression, which had always been wearing a shy smile, suddenly became serious. He had indeed considered whether to take a leave of absence from school and work hard to build Facebook, but later he still remained undecided because of hesitation. Larry Page’s words For him, it was like an enlightenment, and he suddenly understood that if he wanted to do a good job and make Facebook bigger, he had to temporarily give up his studies and devote all his energy to starting a business.
Li Mu on the side did not express his position, but for him, he also hopes that Mark Zuckerberg can break away from the shackles of school as soon as possible and concentrate all his energy on entrepreneurship. As Larry Page said, the golden period of athletes It is very important. The golden period of entrepreneurship is equally precious. However, the golden period of athletes is young, while the golden period of entrepreneurship is opportunities.
The ten years from 2000 to 2010 were really a perfect era for the growth and development of Internet giants around the world. Later, those big guys who were able to earn tens of billions of dollars purely by relying on the Internet all made their fortunes during this time. In terms of getting rich, those who entered the Internet after 2010, even if they grow into giants, are still one level behind the giants of this period.
Take China’s Internet industry as an example. Mr. Ma, Boss Ma, and Robin all started their careers in this perfect era. Brother Liu of JD.com, Ding Lei of NetEase, and Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu also all made their fortunes in this perfect era.
In his previous life, Master Lei followed the tail end of this perfect era and founded Xiaomi in 2010. He finally seized the last chance to become a giant and earned himself a net worth of tens of billions of dollars. Otherwise, with only Kingsoft’s small business, Lei Even if the leader is exhausted, he will only have a net worth of several billion yuan;
The same goes for Meituan’s King Xing. Before Meituan, the entrepreneurial journey was quite bumpy, but he founded Meituan at the tail end of 2010, and survived the Hundred Regiments War that year, becoming a true giant.
For Mark Zuckerberg, the early stage of Facebook he built was Web social networking, and the golden period was even shorter. If Facebook can’t get started before the advent of the mobile Internet era, then it really won’t be able to get started. Here we go, counting on our fingers, his current window period is no more than five years.
If you insist on finishing college, the window period may have passed. When the mobile Internet era comes, trying to build an awesome Web product is simply a fantasy!
Mark Zuckerberg was tangled in his heart. He subconsciously turned to look at Li Mu, hoping that Li Mu could give him some advice. But at the moment when he looked at Li Mu, he suddenly realized something!
Isn't Li Mu the most typical example? He ended his studies without hesitation during the entrepreneurial stage, and then miraculously built an Internet empire worth hundreds of billions of dollars. With him as a role model, do you really need to ask him this question
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