Ning, founder of the Air network, has made investors the entrepreneurial coach

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One morning in July, Xun Pu into his office in Tianfu New Valley, ready to meet with a partner in Beijing via QQ video.  As the general manager of Chengdu Public Enquiry Technology Co., Ltd., his "privilege" is to enjoy an independent office with less than 5 square meters and no air-conditioning installed--only two air-conditioners are housed in public office areas.  In another separate room, Zhang Lei, who is in charge of technology development, is taking a break--to drive a function, he did an all-night job in his office last night; Meanwhile, Little Liao, who is in charge of marketing, is in the vicinity of a community in the double-Nan district of Chengdu, door-to-door to promote their services to real estate agents It is high school graduation season, a large number of students leave school after the general need to rent, for the rental market, this is the year the most vigorous season. In the face of the service extensive Internet real estate information search market, set up just over a year of the public inquiry company based on customer demand for a deep understanding, and by virtue of the core technology, is ready to fight.  Although the official extension service has only been two months, the entrepreneurial team has received a number of positive signals: the site online less than one weeks, leading to the first transaction; one months later, even a broker offered to pay for more value-added services (the extension service was originally free). Xun Pu, 35, told the Daily economic news reporter that the poll was fortunate compared to many grassroots entrepreneurs, not only because they had a skilled, passionate team, but because they had a good "bole" and a consultant-ning.  Ning has founded Chinaren, Air network and other well-known websites, currently active in the domestic internet industry angel investors. Ning as a "start-up coach" and I'm actually more of a ' coach ' role.  "July 26, Ning in the daily economic news reporter Wired interview, he said, as the angel investors in Chengdu, he did not take the position of management, but almost every week and the Chengdu team through the Network video link meeting. In the domestic internet industry, Ning is a legendary character. 1999, the 24-Year-old Ning founded Chinaren, a year later the site was Sohu Zhang's fancy to 33 million U.S. dollars mergers and acquisitions, Ning and then entered Sohu as chief technical officer. 5 years later, Ning two start-ups, a mobile web site focused on providing mobile services. Two years later, Ning led the aerial network to Nasdaq and became the youngest president of a listed company in the country.  In July 2009, Ning, 34, began his third venture in life-a KHON search based on mobile Internet (later renamed Goku). Founded 3 companies in 10, Ning's name seems to have always been associated with "entrepreneurship," and in fact he has another identity--angel investors.  Ning told reporters that he has invested in the domestic 10 enterprises, including popular players, a listen to music, Yue Hua Entertainment and other companies have been gradually exposed. Mention and Xun Pu, ning Memories. 2007, NingTo Chengdu on business, there are colleagues to Ning recommended Xun Pu, said he is a rare talent.  When meeting with Ning, Xun Pu talked about some of his ideas: using search techniques to help users solve everyday problems such as daily necessities, and to make the search more natural, easy to use, faster. "He is not only skilled, but also very thoughtful, it is very rare." "A meal to eat down, ning to Xun Pu very appreciate."  The two sides decided that by Xun Pu to set up a branch in Chengdu, specializing in life-related information search technology, not only covering the local, but also support the air network in the country's life search.  Entrepreneurship is to be for others "umbrella" let the network technology to serve the daily life, this is Xun Pu in the mind for many years ideas. Xun Pu from UESTC to master's degree that year, has applied for a PhD in Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has been the mentor phase, but due to a poor foreign language, temporarily miss the doctor.  In the same year, Tencent in the domestic recruitment of outstanding technical personnel, Xun Pu so South Shenzhen to join Tencent. Xun Pu told reporters that he was the most successful in Tencent, is to help improve the "QQ show", a large increase in the product experience and profitability.  It is also in the process of doing "QQ show", Xun Pu produced another idea: whether virtual services can be moved into reality, through the network to provide users with life-related services. Xun Pu was invited by an American company in 2005 to study at Stanford while working for him. So he resigned from Tencent and joined the company. However, fate again and Xun Pu a joke: his visa to the United States two times refused to sign.  After only one year in the company, Xun Pu returned to his hometown of Chengdu. The dream of further education is shattered again, and the dream of "Technology Service life" is becoming clearer. At this time, Xun Pu met Ning, the other side support him to play his own expertise, do life information search business, this let Xun Pu gradually found the feeling of entrepreneurship.  However, he led the team is only the air network (later is not khon search) branch, the direction of development and head office in line with the direction of freedom has been a certain limit. Before the Spring Festival of 2010, Xun Pu carefully thought about it, and asked Ning to develop it independently.  To his surprise, Ning was very happy to endorse his idea. "I called you back."  After the Spring Festival, Ning to Xun Pu to tell him that the money will be used to help the Chengdu team set up an independent company, focus on their more interested in meeting the needs of the local market business, and Ning I only in the company shares, does not hold managerial positions. Xun Pu smiled that he had been "migrant workers", in August 2010, Chengdu Public Consultation was formally established, is a real "entrepreneur." "Before windy and rainy people give you an umbrella, now is to someone else to the umbrella."  Xun Pu said of his entrepreneurial mentality. [Page] put down his figure to "sweep the street" let Xun Pu feel glad that, although the public consultation company just started, still very weak, but has formed aAn enterprising team with both sureness and momentum. In charge of the marketing of the small Liao was Xun Pu in the University of the undergraduate students, now he is in the public consultation led a group, dedicated to the real estate intermediary to promote the public information system. "The first is to invite real estate agents to use our website via email and SMS." Later developed to telephone promotion, on-site to store promotion. Little Liao said. On the afternoon of July 26, before he was interviewed by reporters, he had just finished a day of "street sweeping" and visited 22 real estate intermediary stores in the two-Nan area outside Chengdu.  Since May this year, they have "swept" almost every intermediary store in Chengdu. Their most common means of transport is their legs, at 30 degrees of high temperature, clothes "wet and dry, dry and wet." However, Xiao Liao believes that in the "street sweeping" process they learned a lot from the market line of demand dynamics.  If you just sit in an air-conditioned room and connect by computer and telephone, you won't get as much valuable experience anyway. Responsible for doing the user promotion of Xiao Li told reporters: we can not and soufun such a large company to fight ads, can only catch hot to promote, to provide users with more intimate service.  In order to facilitate the user search availability information, public consultation in the country's most important "public transport", that is, in the search box input location or community keywords, and then choose an acceptable bus station, the search results will show the relevant public transport lines near the listing information. Help the public to share the wind and rain and Chengdu High-tech zone related departments.  In early July this year, the high-tech Zone Innovation Center, the relevant responsible person visited the public consultation, learned that the company's several young employees need to solve the problem of rental accommodation. "They left in less than one hours to call me, said to help coordinate the arrival of youth apartments." Xun Pu told reporters, Chengdu High-tech zone service efficiency let him moved.  It is understood that in High-tech zone for entrepreneurial employees to provide youth apartments, with single, two, quadruple room type, each set of rent for 400 yuan per month, and film screening rooms, basketball courts, gyms and other public facilities are free to households open. Familiar with a number of local entrepreneurial policy Ning to reporters that he is very optimistic about the entrepreneurial environment in Chengdu, to do the Life Class Network Service market potential. "To Chengdu as a pilot, after the success of the public consultation can be replicated to other two or three-line cities, and then encircle the first-tier cities, challenging the industry's giants search rooms and tenants." "Entrepreneurial observation allows entrepreneurial enterprises to quickly grasp the" financial language "section of the country (Chengdu High Investment venture capital investment company manager) We have been in contact with the consulting company since 2010, found that the project has great development potential: First, the team has entrepreneurial passion, vitality; the second is the team in the project excavation is very in-depth, in the real estate search engine,  The price map has done a lot of innovation, the third is the project's business model innovation, easy to do large-scale, to market promotion, the profit path is also relatively clear. For this potential project, the next step to expand the size of the need to introduce more money. And we are in contact with many entrepreneurs in the process of discovering that many enterprises have financing needs, but lackLack of "financial language" and capital for efficient dialogue. In order to help the start-up enterprise solve the financing problem, the high investment group has built a investment and financing service platform----------------------------------------------  The financing service platform built by Chengdu High-tech zone has two functions, which can also provide investment and financing services to the enterprises, and to guide the private capital from all over the world, and promote the investment and financing environment of Chengdu and even the west. Public consultation is a typical example of getting help. After learning about the company's financing needs, we recommend it to the Asian partner Seed Fund, an investment agency focused on the internet and E-commerce. The Heads of Asian partners, aware of the public consultation, have provided them with a lot of help, not only from the financial level, but also from the internal management level to give a lot of guidance.
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