Graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages ??of Hangzhou Normal University in 1988?
In the 1990s, domestic college students were very rare. In addition, what many people didn’t know was that admission to the Normal University was free at that time. Additional state subsidies were provided, and graduates also received allocations. The normal school was a very popular school at that time, and international trade, foreign languages ??and other majors related to the international world were the most popular at the time. Take a look at the honors during college: With excellent English, he is firmly in the top five in the foreign language department. Later, he was elected as the President of the Student Union, and later served as the President of the Hangzhou Federation of Students for two terms. So in terms of rarity, horizontal comparison is that Stanford University has the most powerful computer science major in the Internet industry today, and it also has a row of glittering universities. Do you have any resume during this period (there are many returnees from Ivy League schools now, especially in the Internet, finance and other industries, but in reality I have never seen college students in the 1980s)
When I was a teacher, I rated the top ten in Hangzhou A good teacher, he launched the first English corner near the West Lake and became famous in the translation industry in Hangzhou. Because many people came to ask him to be a translator, setting up a translation agency when he was too busy was different from what many people thought was like starting a business as a young loser. Jack Ma was already very good in his teaching position at the time, and he had a strong background. Honor added. Today, a computer returnee from Stanford University has published well-known articles in the industry, has a high reputation in the industry, and has begun to think about business.
The translation agency is losing money, and Jack Ma goes to buy goods on a voluntary basis and sell them for money. , his first entrepreneurial venture ~ Chicken Soup for the Soul was a failure at the beginning. It is often said that when Jack Ma founded Alibaba with nothing, be brave and you will be the second Jack Ma. In fact, the reality is that Haibo Translation Agency, the first company founded by Jack Ma, , is a failure. If you are only brave, basically the second Haibo Translation Agency is as strong as Jack Ma. You are still a translation agency that is very relevant to your English. You also have a strong network of teachers, but you still face the problem that the company cannot develop smoothly. Of course, I believe that in this failure, Jack Ma first gained experience in starting an independent business, and secondly, he came into contact with a wide range of small business owners in the process of purchasing goods in Yiwu, laying the groundwork for the future and looking forward to the future. 3 points, this is not a matter of luck. 4 The Zhejiang Provincial Department of Transportation entrusted the company to collect a debt in the United States. Everyone thinks that the most suitable person is Jack Ma. You see, debt collection is an opportunity of fate, but you must have the strength to seize it. Live with him? People from foreign-funded companies can do this, but outside the system, their status is inappropriate?
Diplomats from the embassy can also do this, but their identities are sensitive and they have official duties, so it is not easy to operate. The status of English teachers in the system is suitable, and if a teacher takes some leave, it will basically have no impact. Then Jack Ma, one of the top ten teachers in Hangzhou, who is very good at English, can talk to foreigners by the West Lake, and has rich translation experience, will naturally come into the government's sight. Do you think this is luck? But under the circumstances at the time, Jack Ma was the most suitable candidate for this opportunity, and there was no second place. In Seattle, Jack Ma, who knew nothing about computers, went online for the first time. As soon as he learned how to surf the Internet, he unexpectedly thought of making an online advertisement for his translation agency. He sent the advertisement online at 10 a.m. and before 12 noon, he received 6 emails, one from the United States, Germany and Japan. He said this It is the first webpage they see about China. Jack Ma realized at that time that the Internet was a gold mine. I began to imagine returning to China to establish a company specializing in the Internet. Jack Ma came up with the idea of ??collecting domestic business information and posting it online to the world. He immediately decided to cooperate with friends in Seattle to create the world's first B2B e-commerce model, and this is how he started to get creative. And named China Yellow Pages (chiinapage). On the night of returning to China, Ma Yun made an appointment with 24 friends who were engaged in foreign trade and started to prepare. Come, come, take out your business plan and run around. It is an entrepreneurial dilemma - discover new opportunities - verify new business points - start transformation if you have an entrepreneurial experience. , and also did a preliminary market test and got very positive market feedback, so I decided to transform and have strong execution. Your business plan can't even be deceived by venture capital, let alone go to the market to test it.
After returning to China, he resigned and took 7,000 yuan to start a business. One year after starting the Chinese Yellow Pages, in 1996, the turnover reached 7 million. You see, today he is a computer returnee from Stanford University with a higher Well-known in the industry, the first startup failed, but the second transformation started to get on the track of development (this resume should be the most popular type of venture capital now, and it should also be the most popular type of company for people who are interested in starting a company) 7 After the China Yellow Pages went online, Jack Ma took his partner He Yibing to Beijing to visit the then Internet idol Zhang Shuxin. Zhang Shuxin was very busy, and she spent half an hour meeting Ma Yun. After coming out of Yinghaiwei, he glanced at the famous sign "How far is China from the Information Highway?" Ma Yun said to He Yibing: "If someone dies on the Internet, Zhang Shuxin must die earlier than me." First, I don’t understand her concept; second, what I do is corporate Internet access, and what she does is common people’s Internet access.” In 1995, when there were not many computers in the country, Jack Ma had already started to have TC and TB. At this time of the initial concept, the domestic Yitang and Yinghaiwei are indeed more famous, but compared to Jack Ma, who has had a failed entrepreneurial experience, they are obviously further away from business, and they lack the understanding of the masses at the bottom and enterprises. Thinking about the main situation, I can think of: have a clear understanding of the business and not blindly follow the industry trend.
In December 1995, he came to Beijing again. After China Yellow Pages became famous in Hangzhou, Jack Ma wanted to further become famous nationwide. Through a friend’s introduction, I met a driver from Beijing Youth Daily. Ma Yun handed the manuscript to the driver and stuffed him with 500 yuan. "No matter what media, if it is published, it will be yours." The driver was very capable. He published it to 5 media and even appeared on the front page of "China Trade News".