Ma's Penguin QQ has changed China's entrepreneurial culture

Starting in 1995, I began to use ICQ with my net friends. Later, found the Oicq, feel very happy. You know, at that time the Windows system in English can not be universal, so, for Windows to provide Chinese tools and "Chinese-language software", used to be a big industry. can easily use the Oicq of Chinese characters, of course, become our first choice.

1999, I began to enter the network industry in China, the beginning of our E-commerce business. At that time, I ordered our website to use OICQ to provide services to our customers. I believe all of China's e-commerce sites must be equipped with Instant messaging equipment, starting with us – which has become a common practice in Chinese websites. No surprise, through QQ to consult people, generally more than the phone.

Not long after, I met Ma Teng. To my great surprise, it was a shy big boy who was completely unkind and even saw a girl face the red face. His QQ number (the Chinese always thought a good, auspicious number is important) has been a popular gift at a variety of socially-sociable events that we used to hold.

Our friendship lasted 10 years never interrupted, one of the most important reasons, perhaps because I believe from the outset that QQ will be a great success, and even I feel more determined than himself. Of course I didn't think they would become China's most successful internet business. As for himself, he was puzzled at that time, how can this tool bring cash: At that time, China did not popularize the digital phone, I and he still use analog mobile phone calls, of course, there is no later for him and many people to bring the wealth of the miracle of SMS, mobile value-added services.

However, I firmly believe that people like the tools, there must be a chance to make money. If there is no money, it is only because the opportunity has not come, or we did not think she was knocking at the door. Luckily, the opportunity came soon.

The reason why QQ will become a tool that people like, I think and oriental implicit nature. Everyone likes to communicate with others, but they are not accustomed to communicate with strangers casually. QQ completely solved the problem, so that all people can hide behind the computer easy to talk, creating the past 5,000 years has never been a culture of communication.

More importantly, MA is keenly aware of this, with his deep understanding and extraordinary intuition, has been in the process of mastering the culture, the need for QQ to make improvements. Over the past 10 years, QQ has been more suitable for Chinese people than any other computer instant messaging, and it has become a basic tool for daily communication. Can do this, I think, and Ma himself has never left the network about. He himself is a love of QQ, almost every day I can see him flashing in my QQ, until late at night, whether he is not to pay for the entrepreneurial stage, or become billions of billionaires. He is said to be the designer of QQ's new function and the first Test engineer. I believe that his 10 years as a day of entrepreneurial passion, but also a profound impact on China's entrepreneurial culture. China has never lacked passion, no shortage of heroic, and no lack of a night of success stories. However, the persistence of persistent cultivation, is very rare.

In the Internet circle, MA has several wonders. These traits have also greatly influenced the Chinese entrepreneurial generation. First of all, he is a particularly low-key person, it is difficult to see him in public, it is difficult to hear his rhetoric or amazing aphorisms. This is special and tells everyone that it's more important to bury your head than to speak up. Second, he is by far the only founder of Chinese internet companies that has been trusted by shareholders and directors for 10 years without relying on larger stakes. Actually it's not easy, especially in China. More difficult is, 10 years, his pioneering core team has not left, has been with QQ together, although they are already billionaires.

However, if you think that Ma has always been a programmer, a technology enthusiast or a net fan, that's wrong. In fact, he has rapidly grown from these roles to a remarkable entrepreneur. Broad strategy, steady pace, healthy financial, good investor relations, has always maintained a fresh corporate culture, all of which he brought to Tencent and even the entire network industry in China's huge impact. Before this, many people thought that as long as has a good product, the good tool, will naturally bring a good enterprise. Ma uses the 10-year journey to illustrate that only these are far from enough!

Penguins have captured almost all of China's computers and revolutionized China's internet culture, while Ma and his Tencent have revolutionized China's entrepreneurial culture and changed us a lot.

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