360 boss Zhou Hongyi: xueda Internet company has no way out

Reading 《EntrepreneurshipIn this book, you may find that most of the "most successful technology companies in the world" in the book are sold to large companies, such as PayPal to eBay, hotmail is sold to Microsoft. This is not surprising, ChinaInternetA big difference from the United States is that large Internet companies in the United States prefer to acquire and merge innovative small enterprises, which is a good way for many startups.

Large Internet companies in China do not like it very much.InvestmentWith the merger, more is to build a new team to do the same business. I think this hinders Internet innovation. But I still firmly believe that in China, an Internet company must rely on innovation to succeed. However, Chinese start-ups must find areas that are not visible to large companies or that are not aware of to develop. Only when you do something that others do not do Can you rise suddenly. If you do things in the way of a large company, it means there is no chance at all.

For a start-up company, capital, technology, products, and teams are all very important factors. But the key to cohesion lies in the entrepreneurs themselves. In my investment experience, I found that the mentality of entrepreneurs is crucial to the success of a startup company. For entrepreneurs, he may have to overcome these psychological barriers:

First, is there an open learning mentality for the company's founders.

No matter how powerful a person is, he must keep growing and keep up with the times before he can make the company better. If a person is stuck, even if he has special talents and skills in a certain aspect today, it is difficult for him to move forward, and it is difficult to achieve simultaneous development with the market. This kind of entrepreneurs who do not have an open mind and learning ability cannot invest. If entrepreneurs do not have this learning ability and lack such an open mind, including learning from others' mistakes and continuing to sum up, I think such a startup company will be difficult to improve. An eternal law on the Internet is constant change. No matter how good you are, you must keep pace with the times. In my opinion, it is basically impossible to succeed.

Second, entrepreneurs must have an open cooperation mentality.

Even if a person is an iron, he cannot get a few pieces of dingtalk. Today, an entrepreneur wants to do a lot of things and must learn to cooperate with others. This cooperation includes cooperation with investors, employees, executives of the company, and even competitors in the mall. If a person is the only one, he may think that the world is the first, and I think that such a person has a very small chance of success. If he is good at uniting some teams and cooperating with many people, he can form a better team and have good relationships with many investors.

Third, entrepreneurs must be innovative.

This kind of innovation is not necessarily a great idea. In fact, it is more important to find a point in the details invisible to others, it is able to discover unique problems in a market that is invisible to others. He must be very keen to discover problems and have distinctive solutions. Many large companies can solve these problems, but it may take a lot of money to solve them in a conventional way. A small company obviously cannot solve this problem. Small companies must be able to solve problems in an unexpected way. In my opinion, this is called "Innovation ".

Fourth, entrepreneurs must have perseverance.

As for entrepreneurship, many people are ambitious, enthusiastic, and passionate. But you must know that entrepreneurship is not so easy to succeed. In fact, what an entrepreneur needs is more likely a spirit of repeated defeats and battles. Entrepreneurs need to fight hard for a long time. Therefore, under such circumstances, entrepreneurs must have such a indomitable spirit of hardship and experience many setbacks. I think this is a very important capability.

From: Pioneer state