Public Comment Network CEO Zhang: We have been waiting for mobile internet

"How big is a website that makes gourmet information?" "This is 8 years ago investors to the public comment on the founder of the network Zhang." Now, Zhang says, he thanked jobs for the best time he and the public had ever met.

At present, the public comments on the network with a year's time, it has 40 million of independent users, more than the computer end (hereinafter referred to as the PC) use. has been considered "conservative" of the public comment network, is how to beat the first step of the mobile phone? Can he be the first to eat profitable cakes in mobile internet? Public Comment Network CEO Zhang accepted the Beijing Morning News reporter's interview.

"Really thank jobs."

Founded in 2003, the mass Comment network, in the volatile Internet enterprises, known as the slow Company's representative, than it is still a year later set up the U.S. company Yelp.com have been listed. But no one thought, the advent of smart phones suddenly ignited the public comment network accelerator.

Reporter: Some people say that jobs virtually accomplished a lot of obscure companies, including the public comments, how do you think about this?

Zhang: Really thank jobs! We have been waiting for the mobile internet for many years. After returning home in 2003, I set up a public comment network, we are not optimistic about this field, a gourmet food information site has any big development prospects? After that, the low valuation of the newly established Sequoia Capital has been financed.

In fact, as early as in 2005, the public comments on the once tried to help users find a place to eat and drink around. However, the immature hardware is always unable to achieve the public comment on the mobile field of exploration.

Journalist: Do you think you're lucky?

Zhang: I think it is inevitable plus chance. Luck and effort were half the time, and we had the chance to catch it. Our first Android client was launched at the end of 2009 and the iphone version was released two months later, and the public comment was one of the first companies to move into mobile clients.

"We're killing ourselves."

Today, the more people are accustomed to using mobile phones to search the location of food. From the data, the public comment on the number of independent users in a year of time growth of 4 times times, the current has reached 40 million, mobile client traffic accounted for 60%, the use of mobile end coupons accounted for 80%.

Reporter: Mobile phone usage exceeds PC, what does this mean for enterprise? Public comment has been hailed as a low-key slow company, now sudden acceleration does it mean that the strategy has changed?

Zhang: We are in leather own life, in two times entrepreneurship. 2003 Public Comment Network was founded, but two or three years ago only 300 people, the last two years directly up to almost 3000 people, more than half of the top of the new project, team, management framework, in group buying and mobile Internet arrival, we restart business.

And the pace of development of the company, I think is the problem of measuring standards. Everyone is based on such as micro-letter, micro-blog, QQ and other tools such as the development of Internet application speed, to measure a company's fast and slow. On the one hand, the traditional business such as the accumulation of information such as merchant is difficult to quickly, on the other hand, a seemingly slow development of the company, the interior is not necessarily slow. But from a strategic point of view, our speed is really accelerating since last year, because we have a good time.

"Reach a profit point within a year"

The profit problem has been puzzling the Internet enterprise, at the same time, the public comment faces the competition pattern also has changed, Tencent, Baidu, NetEase and so on formidable opponents all withdrew the similar business, but also has many small companies in the undertaking. The public comment is will be dragged into the water or can take the lead to come out a money road?

Journalist: When will the public comment on the market? When will it be profitable?

Zhang: Last year, before the third round of financing, I find my second round of venture capitalists Google Shanghai office to sign, did not expect Google to forget once voted us! Therefore, the listing of this matter investors are not anxious, management is not urgent, the real worry is the media.

At the same time, on the profit, 2008 public comments are profitable, but then because of group buying and mobile phone input, the two years are losses. But we expect a profit point to be reached within a year from now.

Reporter: The new version of the public comments launched a shake, it seems that a night micro-letter, micro-Bo, Alipay have to shake, what is the meaning behind it?

Zhang: A year ago, I thought shaking was just a gimmick. Now look, shaking itself solves the problem of lightweight decision making. Soon after, the public comments may be added to the booking, ordering, etc. more personalized features. In addition, now more and more enterprises, we have accumulated many years of business information demand, so we are now a team, open platform will be a very important product to push.