Sohu exit pioneering help and management style about Charles Zhang said he was happy

[Perhaps a lot of executives leave the entrepreneurial story stung Zhang, "internal entrepreneurship" in the growth process of Sohu has a special significance]





in Sohu staff just settled in Sohu New Media mansion, an old photograph of 2003 is displayed on the huge screen on the first floor. In the photo, Sohu CEO Charles Zhang, when Ren Sohu Vice President Koo, with 17173 of the Cai Zongjian, focus of the founder of the Web site Gong launch of the switch, celebrating two cases of Sohu more than 300 million yuan of successful mergers and acquisitions.





, old photos In addition to "parents" Zhang Chaoyang still host Sohu overall situation, once the right-hand man choose to leave business: Cai Zongjian Venture Fuzhou, Koo, gong the final choice of video business, plus Sohu original Vice President Shanyou and former CEO of Sohu former vice President Li Fu Jun, Sohu has become the Network video field of "Huangpu Military Academy." When the first Financial Times reporter asked how to look at the evaluation, Charles Zhang smiled and said: "I am still very proud." ”





a few years past, when the story of executives leaving business now and again in Ali, NetEase, Sohu but began to become silent.





this or with Sohu has been advocated in recent years the internal entrepreneurial culture.





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at the end of 2004, decided from Sohu company president, chief operating Officer post left Koo had released ruthless words, the first sentence is, "I hope to go to a 100-person company following the business"; the second is, "Start again, I want to be the boss." ”





in Sohu for 6 years, from the earliest to assist Sohu financing to take over Sohu sales, marketing, products and other comprehensive operations, Koo left before leaving the number second under Zhang, his sudden departure has made the industry a lot of speculation. In this respect, Koo explanation is "weather, geography, people and". "Timing" is at that time Sohu has seen the popularity of broadband to bring the widespread use of video; "Geography" is in sohu years of work experience so he learned how to run an internet company; "People and" he personally likes to watch video, like filming, travel. In particular, he said, "Sohu has a lot of good and humane things in culture, such as the respect between people, the combination of eastern and Western culture, and the simple interpersonal relationship, now entrepreneurship, good things will learn." ”





Soon, in Sohu and Koo have a brief intersection of shanyou, Gong then leave, and in the video site industry encounter. January 2010, Baidu set up a strange art net, gong as a new company Ceo;8 month, Hua friend century renamed Cool 6 media, Shanyou officially as the new CEO, Cool 6 Media successfully through the Nasdaq listed in December, the same year, Youku landed in the United States, the first day of the market close to 161.25%, Koo became an upstart in the Internet.





Koo, shanyou, Gong, Chen, Wang Xiaoquan ... Sohu can independently people in the industry is not small. In the view of Cloud technology founder Cheng, this is related to the style of Charles Zhang. "Boss Zhang is in the back." The following people want to think clearly, and then to rush, spell, to resources, forcing you to mature. ”





and Charles Zhang stressed to reporters, Sohu's "loose" management way, requires everyone can independently, so everyone gets very good exercise, "of course, they have entrepreneurial dream of some people will go out, from Sohu financing is also relatively easy, there are many other factors caused out." ”





earlier 酷6网 founder Shanyou this comment: In general, he (Zhang) directly control the Department of few successful, but leave Sohu people are very nostalgic Zhang boss, no longer meet like him to give subordinates loose trust space (boss), otherwise, Sohu will not produce so many successful entrepreneurs.