Three young people started their own businesses and successfully established a studio.

Three young people started their own businesses and successfully established a studio.

When it comes to the word "entrepreneurship", everyone's impression may be different, but for ordinary young people who have just started a business and just started to feel the stones, how do they view their career and how do they take the first step in starting a business? On the eve of national day, the reporter found three young people: they are ordinary graduates majoring in fashion design and foreign trade, and decided to start a company in partnership after working hard in the workplace for several years; They have a childlike personality, and they are a generation gradually moving towards the post-80s generation. They still love to play, but they also yearn for independence and their own world. Their journey of cooperation has just begun, and no one knows what will happen in the future, but now they just want to try their best to keep their careers and dreams together.

In a brand-new residential area in Liyuan, Tongzhou, Beijing, three young people-Zhou Xiao, Xiao Xie and Xiao Li rented an ordinary two-bedroom apartment. Every morning around 10, they will come here, tidy up first, then take out their laptops and start their day's work.

The day of the reporter's visit was the last day before the National Day holiday. The working atmosphere is relatively relaxed, but everyone's division of labor is also very orderly. As a salesman with 6 years' experience in garment foreign trade, Zhou Xiao began to write a Chinese cutting instruction for coat design drawing at the request of foreign businessmen early in the morning, so that garment factories can make samples accordingly.

Xiao Xie, who is also a senior salesman, contacted the garment factory to follow up the production progress of another batch of samples, and searched his own sample photo library, intending to select some beautiful and representative style drawings to decorate this small three-person workshop. A few days ago, they just received good news that a Norwegian customer wanted to visit their office on June 3rd 10.

As the only boy among the three, Xiao Li's specialty is different from that of the first two girls. He is a skilled clothing printmaker. After studying in France in 2009, he always dreamed of owning his own brand and setting up his own studio. On this day, his job is mainly to analyze the coat that Zhou Xiao is writing in Chinese, and to discuss some feasible problems in the design details with two girls.

For such a working state, the three people have obviously formed a certain tacit understanding.

The company of three people has been registered and operated since May this year. It is planned to take accepting overseas processing orders as the main business model in advance, and at the same time prepare for the customization of personalized clothes and scarves, and start to establish a brand in the form of a studio. According to Xiao Xie, after more than four months of preparation, they decided to promote their studio on campus first in the near future.

Although all three people have accumulated a certain amount of work, as far as entrepreneurship is concerned, they started from scratch and gambled on their own future. Due to the special seasonal cycle of clothing manufacturing and sales industry, their first income will come from 1 1. By then, the previous expenses will be wiped out, but there is still no way to make a profit. However, according to Zhou Xiao's analysis, because it is the initial stage of starting a business, the cost is relatively high. Therefore, if we calculate according to the cost and benefit after getting on the right track, it can basically be regarded as a profit.

However, the reporter still can't help worrying about them. When the funds are not sufficient and stable, the studio will be launched. Does this make them want to start running before they learn to walk?

In this regard, Xiao Xie explained that China's clothing exports have mostly relied on OEM and cheap labor as selling points for decades, and only occupied the low-end chain of the industry with the least added value. Most enterprises can only rely on export tax rebates to achieve profits, but with the gradual rise of the RMB exchange rate, this tax rebate preference is also weakening. Therefore, in order to get better profits, we must independently own high value-added businesses. For the clothing industry, design is the key, while export processing only accounts for 5%.

When it comes to such profit figures, all three people are quite emotional. After all, the idea of starting a business is not born out of thin air, and the pressure and hardship of starting a business are not what everyone is willing to bear. Speaking of the original intention of the three people coming together, they have the pursuit of dreams and the expectation of the future, but a big truth from Zhou Xiao may be more handsome, although it is also mixed with some helplessness: "Working for others, posting millions of dollars every year, but the salary is only a little pitiful. What's wrong with doing it yourself?"

For Zhou Xiao, a stubborn and straightforward girl, starting a business has always been her lingering wish. Three years ago, with rich industry experience, she began to pay attention to the policies and regulations of self-employment, and constantly enriched her entrepreneurial knowledge and skills; Two years ago, she tried to open a small tea shop while going to work. Although I finally sold it because I was too busy to look after it, I also accumulated a lot of practical experience. A year ago, she quit her job and began to try to take orders alone and start a business in the name of other companies. Looking back on the past few years' experience, although I feel confused from time to time and swing repeatedly between working and starting a business, Zhou Xiao is still approaching his wish step by step. Maybe like a fledgling bird. Once it has tasted the pleasure of flying freely, it will never tolerate the narrowness and monotony of its nest.

At the beginning of this year, Zhou Xiao learned that Xiao Xie, a college classmate, had resigned. At the same time, they met Xiao Li of similar age at work. The three young people almost hit it off, and what unites them is not only their familiarity and mutual understanding as peers, but also their surging desire and nature-they are eager to do something, more eager to bear independently, willing to be loyal to their own hearts and try their best to control their own life trajectory.

At the end of the interview, it was already noon. Before the reporter left, he looked around the apartment of three young people again. The walls are white and the furniture is simple and practical. Clothes hangers are full of clothing samples, and the documents are carefully arranged ... At the beginning of their business, they had no money to rent a business building, so they had to choose this kind of residential apartment nearly 2 hours away from home. However, this is like cultivating a small sapling. They carefully arranged professionally, concisely and comfortably.

In such a Xiaotian, running around every day may just be the most common obstacle on their way to start a business, but now they are willing to go on and try to find a broader world of their own. The future beckons to them. On the afternoon of the interview, they plan to buy some coffee and tea, and then clean the room carefully to prepare for the arrival of Norwegian guests. ...

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