"Little Dragon Girl" selling house and starting a business

Only 36 years old, the founder of the century Jia Yuan, called "Little Dragon Girl" Gong, originally can enjoy enjoy. But she chose to resign the century Jia margin CEO, open another part of the entrepreneurial journey. This time, the appearance looks frail petite she, in order to venture again made a resolute decision: sell a house.

Talking about leaving: difficulty in overcoming occupational bottlenecks

December 24, 2012 night, Christmas Eve of the festive atmosphere in the streets of the capital, the domestic marriage website century Jia Yuan founder Gong announced that she will retire from the company's CEO position, farewell to nearly 10 years of marriage and love Web site entrepreneurial career.

Gong's successor is Wulin, a vice president of the Air network, who has over 10 years of experience in the mobile Internet, and was a joint CEO of the century under investor arrangements this March. As a result, some people speculate that gong due to the market after the listing of the poor performance of investors forced Palace.

Recently, the reporter saw gong, she is delicate and simple, wearing Adidas red casual coat, casual trousers, casual shoes. But talk with a quick mind, calm and resolute.

Gong denied being forced into the palace by investors. She said that her greatest contribution is to guide many people to start the Internet to find objects, set off a marriage revolution. At this stage of the century Jia Yuan to consider increasing revenue, each quarter to how to make a good earnings, behind more sophisticated operations, the need for more detailed logic, "and I am not a businessman, I am bold type, there is no way to create a road, after the road to open up into a highway, and this is not my good."

Gong is deeply aware of his career bottlenecks, opt out. "In the field of love and marriage, I have achieved the peak, in my own case, it is difficult to go to another floor." I started to hate myself for being mediocre and doing nothing, and this kind of reflection made me decide to let go. ”

New dream: Selling villas aiming at spoken english

"I'm the kind of person who can find a boyfriend right after the breakup," said Gong, a woman born in Hunan province, who has been in the northern part of China, and is looking for a new venture from around the edges of the century.

She said initially she wanted to open a plastic surgery hospital, so that girls do not lose good job opportunities because of appearance. However, angel investor Xiaoping a word to dispel her this idea, "want to open plastic hospital you first put yourself into fan bingbing that." ”

Gong suddenly think of himself leading the century good edge to the United States IPO time embarrassment. At that time, whether and investors to meet or in the restaurant to order, the college entrance examination of English 136 points of the Gong dare not speak an English, full reliance on the CFO's translation. Back to Beijing, she was very unconvinced of an English training course, a breath bought more than 100 classes, spent 58000 yuan, but finally did not insist, money also dozen water drift.

Gong found that the online oral training courses, because of the big cities such as Beijing traffic costs are too high, most of them can not adhere to, and if the way to take online can not only reduce class fees, but also save time. After some market research, vigorous and resolute Gong registered 91 foreign Education net, the office rents at five crossings of Hualian commercial building.

The Web site uses Internet distance learning methods to allow registered users to choose foreign teachers and courses after passing the level test and paying.

91 foreign teachers in the early days of the millions of funds are gong their own investment, for the cost of consideration, she is ready to return five office, looking for a cheaper location. At the same time, in order to prepare sufficient funds for entrepreneurship, she decided to sell her large villa in Shunyi District, she rented a house to live.

"I am a person who does not pay attention to the external form, my wedding is not done, directly pull the card." Gong explains how he sold his own business.

As a matter of fact, Gong now holds a 19% stake in the century Jiayuan, supposedly easing her current financial pressure, but she prefers to sell. "The palm of the hand is meat. Good margin is currently undervalued, is not the right time to set up, and I do not want to because of personal behavior to make good margin bones. "Gong said.

V. Mind: Failure will not jump

Gong on Weibo announced his own business plan, causing a lot of friends in the circle of forwarding and blessing. However, some people think she is too high-profile, should quietly do it, lest attract competitors to imitate.

"I like high-profile things, low-key life." Opponents learn, many people are to be defeated, to be sacrificed, my second venture self-confidence and the previous is not the same. Gong's face slipped over a hint of disdain.

Gong said the second venture was different from the first and is now enjoying the process. "The first time is really very bitter, cautious, treading on thin ice, pressure is very big, the second time is at ease, the management also can, relatively relaxed." Detour mistakes can go around, but the second time the whole world looks at you, the outside pressure is big. But I am not afraid of pressure, this is my motivation. ”

She calculates that the probability of Chinese Internet entrepreneurship success is only one out of 10,000, but the probability of successful entrepreneurial success is as high as 20%.

"If the second success, people will say that you are really capable, but if it fails, others will say that the first success may be luck, hehe," Gong had expected the outside world, "I know you will say so, but it does not matter, the real failure will not jump from the upstairs.

Say life: No need for entertainment and consumption

Entrepreneurship 10 years hard, as a woman, many people think gong just can take a break, enjoy the happiness of being a woman. "I am now in the prime of the sun, 36 years old, retirement is too extravagant, will cause public outrage?" Gong smiled and said.

She still wants to do a career before she retires. And these years, the family and the children are his husband in charge of full-time, she is responsible for all foreign affairs.

Gong spends more than 10 hours a day working, does not love social intercourse, after returning home except with the child together, is reads the book to sleep. "I have omitted all other amusements. Also almost do not go shopping, skin care products are not used, in the morning to wash his face to work, a year can not buy two times clothes, I just do not spend too much. ”

"In that case, do you think the feminine color of your life as a woman is too inconspicuous?" The reporter couldn't help asking.

"Well ... (2 seconds), indeed, like me, this society has no consumption. However, in today's society, the Division of labor between men and women is not so obvious, men and women can do, gender is not so strong distinction. Gong said this, thoughtfully.