Conversation with two entrepreneurs born in the 1980s: What do the post-80s generation rely on to succeed?

Dialogue with two entrepreneurs born in the 1980s: What do the post-80s generation rely on to succeed

"Why don't you sit down and I'll go down and listen." MaJoy President Mao Kankan, who was born in 1983, interrupted The questioner has been talking for two minutes and has not finished asking the question. On the stage, he had long and messy hair, wore bright red sneakers and wrinkled jeans, and answered questions crisply.

"As an entrepreneur, I hope you are working hard at home instead of coming to listen to this so-called success lecture." Paopao, who is two years older than Mao Kankan Net CEO Li Xiang answered the listener's questions with sharp words.

On the evening of November 9, at a themed event titled "Post-80s! Do you want to be me?" held in the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel in Beijing, two entrepreneurs born in the 1980s, Mao Kankan and Li Xiang sat down with three "uncle-level" successful people, Xu Xiaoping, director of New Oriental, Wang Mingfu, chairman of Hejun Ventures, and Chen Pei, president of China Sousu, to talk about how the post-80s generation can succeed. The guest commentators were Wang Zhongming, director of the Research Center of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Wang Ning, secretary-general of the Electronic Chamber of Commerce of the Ministry of Information Industry, and Pan Wei, professor of Peking University. Students from major universities in Beijing filled the entire hall.

"I feel very defeated when I see Li Xiang and the others. The consequence of coming here is that I no longer want to live." Xu Xiaoping's humorous opening remarks won laughter from the college students present. According to market value calculations, 24-year-old Mao Kankan and 26-year-old Li Xiang are both worth over 100 million yuan.

“I didn’t go to college until I was 22, graduated from college at 27, went abroad at 31, and returned to China to start a business at 40. Seeing them so young, beautiful and fit makes me want to die.” Xu Xiaoping’s joke reveals He came to an exciting conclusion: everyone's stage may be different, but as long as life is always on the rise, there is no need to regret, and life is about constant running.

"Gemini people are born to ask why. The websites I built are all related to my personality. The structure of the website comes with my personality. The products I make now are also based on my personality. It comes from personality." Mao Kankan talked about horoscopes at the scene, "MaJoy translates to 'my happiness', and my website is my happiness." Mao Kankan kept reaching out and gesticulating, and a silver metal bracelet on his wrist was very eye-catching.

"Can you lend me this bracelet?" When Mao Kankan put the bracelet on Xu Xiaoping's wrist, Xu Xiaoping made a victory gesture to the audience, and the audience responded with warm applause, "Yeah! I also have the fighting spirit of young people!" Xu Xiaoping said that the creativity and enthusiasm of young people are worthy of learning from older people.

"The success rate of those born in the 1980s is less than one in 10,000. Do you also want to be one in 10,000?" Wang Mingfu did not agree with the view of his old friend Xu Xiaoping, "This is an ironclad fact. , Generally speaking, I don’t even look at the projects submitted by young people, because the four initial entrepreneurial ventures end in failure: family (family), friend (friend), fund (fund), and fool (fool). The first 'f' will invest in you, your family, friends, or funds. If you don't invest in the first three, then only the fool will invest in you."

"Just struggle. There will be sacrifices, and there will be bankruptcy if you want to start a business. Young people have plenty of time. If they fail, they can start over." Xu Xiaoping, who is known as a life planning mentor for young people, insists on this.

"Suppose I am Teacher Xu's son and a reckless person. Will he encourage me to keep trying like this? The reason why Teacher Xu encourages me to try several times in life is because he knows that this road is blocked. "Wang Mingfu was also rude to his old friends. He admitted that young people think they will have a great business ideal as soon as they scratch their heads. In fact, the final success of many young people's projects is very different from his original business plan.

"I have been reading a book about King Li Chuang recently. King Li Chuang can defeat the Ming Dynasty alone, and we can all defeat Wang Mingfu." Xu Xiaoping said in a high-pitched voice, "Young people must not lose the ability to start a business. Enthusiasm!"

"Xu Sanduo in the TV series "Soldier Assault" is not smart, so why can he get into Lao A? Chengcai is so smart and smooth, but he has not succeeded. Xu Sanduo's step-by-step character is the closest to him. A big factor in success.

Wang Mingfu attributed the success of entrepreneurship to the entrepreneur's personal character and quality, "If I want to invest money in someone, I will chat with the person first to see if the person has the qualities of a successful person." "

Should we raise an enterprise as a pig or as a child? Faced with this question raised by the audience, Li Xiang's answer is that it is better to "raise the enterprise as a belief".

"If you raise a business like a pig, nothing will come of it; if you raise it like a child, you may even sell the child like a pig. "Chen Pei's words caused a burst of laughter. ;