2010 12 22, Beijing Zhongguancun Building, 18th floor, the third pole in the innovative building workshops, the shuttle Kai-fu Lee to tie the employees cubicle The arrival of employees and the boss did not specifically respond, just look up or smile to indicate at a glance, like an ordinary passing colleagues.
Kai-fu Lee was in the TV talk show guest said, Innovation Works office in taking a picture, a young boy came up and smiled and said, do not want to shoot into the contents of the desktop computer, His tone was polite and sincere, but adamant.
is the work atmosphere in Harmony, Kai-fu Lee only ten square meters of office occupied by colleagues often used to meet, but close to the wall in his office a small handwritten signs her German Pavilion Innovation works, rock on!
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> 20 years has worked in Apple, SGI computer company, Microsoft, Google working career, Kai-fu Lee choices are many, but not a logical company to open new things. As for opening a new company with investment properties, it is Nanshang Nan. Kai-fu Lee, not without laughing at himself, Greater China president Kai-fu Lee signed with Google's four-year contract about to expire, in the face of this extremely sought-after in the outside world seems to posts, and he also had a brief hesitation, but eventually decided to In the same year on September 4, Kai-fu Lee announced his resignation. Three days later, he announced that founder of the
Kai-fu Lee well knows for what to do, he is like a Creation of innovative workshop, he hopes to help start a youth entrepreneurship organizations in China, and Chinese young people together to create new technological marvel.
buttressed by the popularity of almost mythical, and Liu, chairman of Legend Holdings, Foxconn Group Chairman Terry Gou, chairman of New Oriental YouTube founders Steve Chen and Michael Yu for their and others join in, start massive innovation workshop . However, this hope was not under the goose that lays golden eggs is slow, and even time in almost six months, in addition to the Internet from time to time, and Kai-fu Lee mentioned about his new term, the impression left to the people of innovation workshop increasingly weak. During that time, the industry's confidence in innovative workshops began to decline, and that time of Kai-fu Lee are suddenly considered
Announced the creation of innovative workshops within one year, the industry target of criticism for its continued, and some even believe that Innovation Works is just a
the butterfly, do not understand the truth of speculation until August 9, 2010 was only really broken. On this day, innovation and the establishment of public workshops over the past year the first mature project -
In fact, the stealth of the day, Kai-fu Lee and his innovative workshops moment busy as ever, recruiting, selection of innovation projects and attract investors. In the following September 8th, innovative workshops, open another hair products - mobile phone operating system based on Android2.1
this day, Kai-fu Lee came early to prepare innovative workshops, and led the core team and is responsible for 12 investment projects in the company held the first anniversary of Innovation Works. At this point, invited media and industry workshop was the first time to see the true face of innovation. At that time, the number of personnel Innovation Works has grown from the initial development of 4 to 200 people.
When our reporter visited the latest innovation workshop, his office has Tsinghua Science Park, from the original 3.5 km away, moved to third pole building, this is because the expansion team has been far far beyond their expectations. And innovative workshops, new office, not so much a company as it is a home to more than 200 loft (lobby), comfortable, simple, full of vitality.
Now, if there are still people on the Early entrepreneurs need capital, technology and other services to help start-up companies the successful launch and rapid growth.
Up to now, Innovation Works has invested in 20 projects, mainly in the mobile Internet, consumer Internet, e-commerce and cloud computing.
team has grown, more items to be hatched, Kai-fu Lee now busier than ever, natural and more savings. According to the staff introduce innovative workshops, the boss and all the staff to eat together every day, no more than 15 yuan a fast food; business trip economy class, accommodation, such as Home Inns - This is the last in Microsoft, Google served when the treatment can be described as of the other.
Innovation workshop to remind employees lack a sense of confidence in the sound.
in the case of bare hands to raise so much money, in addition to the Internet thanks to Kai-fu Lee accurate understanding of the direction of technology development, also because of his great popularity in the circle.
innovative workshops one of the original investors Foxconn, as early as 20 years ago, the chairman of Silicon Valley Gou was hard to sell when the socket, it has been, and then worked at Apple met Kai-fu Lee. Innovation workshop from August 2009 to begin preparations, in less than a month to finance a billion dollars, Liu, Guo Ming, Mr Yu, Steve Chen, and WI Harper Group chairman Peter Liu Per capita is an innovative workshop of the original shareholders, which is Kai-fu Lee favorite places.
addition to support from capital markets, innovative workshops mode also affirmed by the government. Innovation workshops in the first anniversary celebration, the Beijing Municipal Committee, Party Secretary Zhao Fengtong Haidian District, Zhongguancun Administrative Committee congratulated all the main Ren Guohong and affirmation. Guo said, To encourage innovation and continuous innovation workshops, Haidian Park, exceptional even in the rent reduction given the very large magnitude.
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reason to do things right, but that does not mean that the process of doing things will be very easy.
concept from innovation workshop was officially put forward Kai-fu Lee, Kai-fu Lee in accordance with the ideal model, with 3 to 4 months time in the early stages of an idea into a project, 9 to 10 months in the course of the project into a subsidiary.
the general assumption that the factory assembly line too perfect, as it once launched, it has been challenged in various fields from the industry, some people think that this is only Kai-fu Lee's background and technical ability to doubt, after all, Rome was not built in a day, more than one built.
in the development process, those who grew slowly in the innovation workshop new projects within the company has undergone they still look very immature. VC are the face of indifference, Kai-fu Lee had to admit the fact that serious deficiencies products.
after study and discussion, Kai-fu Lee and his business team finally decided to create their own internal VC - Innovation Works Development Investment Fund (IWDF), designed to help the hatching out of a good entrepreneurial team and their projects be more effective support to make it mature. During the development of innovative workshops will continue to provide innovative investment funds team 1-3 in the financing, until the external VC can completely accept them. Kai-fu Lee wants to invest in people to start companies, like running relays, as in power and culture through the various stages, from bud to make a creative growth up to the market.
but new problems follow.
Since 2000, the rapid development of China's venture capital, most of which investment companies prefer the more mature large-scale projects or to be listed companies, the risk factor is relatively high, but also need a full range of support difficult to obtain support for entrepreneurial firms. As the incubator and angel investment, its own investment cycle will be very long, 5 to 8 years, or even 10 years to get real returns.
this, Kai-fu Lee often takes more time, taken the trouble to convince investors from around the world, because for many investors, waiting for 10 years is not an easy task.
But so far, the U.S. dollar funds innovative workshops have been over and stop the fundraising, the RMB has also begun to raise funds, but also about excess, the total size of at least 15 billion yuan.
the development of innovative workshops in 15 months, a total investment of 20 projects, 4 projects have been outside the Fund's investment outlet. This growth rate is gratifying, but this victory was not to say that, because these products are far away from profitability. Kai-fu Lee, who admitted to do 150 projects, 130 projects may be dead. Even in
correspondents met at the Innovation Workshop Lei had worked for Huawei, Baidu, its eyes determined, strong language of logic, with various telecom and Internet skills.
as an innovative workshop the first company hatched an independent, Zhang Lei that, In addition to the basic functions of mobile phones,
face of the challenge, Lei brief answer, use of mobile phone operating system used to build, it may rewrite China's pattern of mobile phone software market as a whole.
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does accept visitors ... ... Secretary of each hour are stuffing. Screening His busy hand side of an array of innovative projects, Kai-fu Lee the other hand are great quest for talent. Innovation Works has claimed to create a Chinese market,
dialogue.
innovative pool of entrepreneurs workshop one is coming out from the major backbone of multinational corporations, there is a class that carries the dream of college graduates. Therefore, the growth of innovative workshops and expansion, is more important than creative talent.
WI Harper Group chairman, known as the person's role as the technology to promote a more positive person. in helping entrepreneurs and investors create wealth, but also for the entire industry that, together, training a large number of technical and management personnel.
appears in the Kai-fu Lee, a part of the students come to apply for the purpose of business, or, more directly, Of course, the former type of crowd favorite is Kai-fu Lee, and he worried about their life and career did not plan to college students. Kai-fu Lee to do that in a number of outstanding college graduates were selected real passion and ability for business people.
innovative workshops where some say the team is law, almost any aspect of training services, But in fact, innovative workshops have been various projects of the workers fully engaged began to struggle for their dreams.
Not long ago, innovative workshops where an employee in the micro-blog upload photos of the company's overtime, it was the second day of New Year holidays. Innovation Works spokesman, founder Wang Zhaohui on
learned that the For an international company in terms of money is minimal, but the future will operate independently of the entrepreneurial team, spend thousands to buy a domain name too Eventually they decided to buy
success of innovative workshops to dispel some of the outside world into question, and Kai-fu Lee students and entrepreneurs in China, still maintains a huge number of followers. December 16 last year, Sure enough, many participants Kai-fu Lee to wait until the end of the event presentation.
Finally, Kai-fu Lee told the employees. In addition, Kai-fu Lee is considering Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities.
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