“How to name the brand of shared electric scooters?”
Huang Xiaofeng began to ask Zhang Yida to "give him a name".
“Unlike shared bicycles, scooters are equivalent to a new brand.
We need to choose a name that is simple and easy to remember, which is conducive to communication and promotion. Let’s just call it green! Anyway, I plan to make all the scooters with green paint.”
Huimin Bicycle is also called Little Green Bicycle, so Zhang Yida simply changed the name of the scooter to this name.
"Green, this is a good name, concise and concise, let's call it this!"
Huang Xiaofeng put his hands on his hands and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang's naming is still so rough and direct, Zhang's style is distinctive."
“Scooter development needs to involve three key points: smart hardware + Internet of Things + cloud unlocking.
Although Huimin Bicycle has a mature solution, it is only in terms of software.
In terms of hardware, the structures of bicycles and scooters are still somewhat different and require some adjustments and modifications.
In addition, the battery life of scooters also requires heavy investment in capital and technology for research and development.
Anti-theft is quite simple. You can have an electronic lock built in. If the lock cannot be unlocked, people who want to cause damage will have no choice.
The structure of the scooter also needs to be carefully designed to make it difficult to disassemble.
Don't put it on the street, only for some people to dismantle the parts and sell them for money."
Zhang Yida began to teach Huang Xiaofeng the design logic of the product, and the latter nodded repeatedly. Mr. Zhang was indeed very capable and considered the issue very comprehensively.
"Mr. Zhang, in this way, in terms of software, we will continue to use the domestic one, and the underlying logic is the same.
Of course, we also need to carry out some localization upgrades and transformations on the software.
In terms of hardware, we are recruiting some engineers in the research and development direction of new energy batteries, and the scooter hardware design team can tap some from traditional scooter companies."
Huang Xiaofeng quickly analyzed the problem clearly. The biggest difficulty in sharing scooters is the hardware.
Especially the battery life, you have to run dozens of kilometers on a single charge!
Once the user uses it, it basically covers a few kilometers.
After charging once, it must be used eight times out of ten times!
“This project still has high technological content, but it is much more difficult than the development of bicycles.
As for the supply chain, you can consider domestic electric scooter manufacturing companies.
After the product is designed, take a trip to Pengcheng and Jiangdong Province, where there are many smart manufacturing equipment OEMs."
Huang Xiaofeng nodded, and he was right. The domestic OEM manufacturing capabilities are very strong and the cost is low. It is indeed the best choice.
“The scooters are produced in China and then shipped to the United States, which again involves international logistics.
Go back and look for companies in this field and choose a few with the best service quality to cooperate.
When the market in the United States opens up, their orders will be indispensable, and we will strive to get a cooperation price that is satisfactory to all parties..."
If the scooter needs to be shipped across the ocean to the United States, the logistics and transportation aspects must also be taken into consideration.
No better than Huimin Bicycles in the country, Fujitec covers manufacturing and transportation.
"Okay, Mr. Zhang, once the R&D team here is recruited, I will return to China."
Huang Xiaofeng knew that he would be extremely busy again and would have to travel back and forth between China and the United States.
There is also Singapore in Southeast Asia, and I go there from time to time.
But as the CEO of a global transportation company, you must have the awareness to become a global leader.
If it develops well in the future, will it be necessary for the company to have a business jet?
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“The warehousing operations, repair and maintenance, charging and recycling of scooters must also be planned accordingly.
Every city must establish an operation center and build a ground team like Huimin Bicycle.
Marketing, public relations, and government relations maintenance in the cities where they are launched are also very necessary.
How about recruiting some congressman’s sons and governor’s daughters?
When doing business on someone else's territory, you still need to sort out the relationship..."
Huang Xiaofeng couldn't laugh or cry. Mr. Zhang had considered all aspects.
There’s nothing wrong! That’s all you have to do!
From the most upstream supply chain, to production research and development, international logistics, warehousing operations, public relations and marketing in cities where they are implemented, to government relations, repair and maintenance, charging and recycling...
Zhang Yida communicated with Huang Xiaofeng all the development details of Green Scooter.
This is a complex but exciting project that combines software and hardware, the Internet of Things and smart cities, and technology and culture.
It’s not as simple as buying a few cars, making an APP, and throwing them on the street.
Zhang Yida knows clearly: Huimin Bicycle's valuation has a ceiling, which is around US$5 billion. Once it reaches that level, it will be difficult to break through.
Of course, this refers to domestic business.
After the international layout is completed, Huimin is very hopeful to exceed the valuation of US$10 billion.
Huimin Bicycle is about to launch its next round of financing, adding an international concept to its valuation of US$1.8 billion.
Zhang Yida believes that venture capital institutions like founders like him who have high-level concepts and nice words.
"Find a CEO for Green Scooter! I think Uber is good. Let the headhunters dig their people."
Huang Xiaofeng's eyes lit up, this is a good idea!
Uber itself is a unicorn in the field of transportation and has a lot of internal talents. If it recruits a local talent, it will definitely understand the US market better than itself.
"Okay, I'll contact Korn Ferry International."
"Remember to ask them for a discount!" Zhang Yida smiled and added: "They are the ones doing all the recruiting tasks for the major companies under my name. Count their internal senior customers! There are discounts!"
Wang Xiaofeng scratched his forehead and thought to himself: This is awesome! How much business has this contributed to Korn Ferry International? They have all become high-level customers.
But it’s normal to think about it. Mr. Zhang’s business scope is so large, and he has received financing from nearly 10 companies, including hundreds of branches and subsidiaries.
With so many companies, how many people do they need to poach in a year? At least a few dozen people should be hired as a base!
Zhang Yida stayed in the United States for a few more days, and interviewed dozens of R&D engineers with Wang Xiaofeng, and hired 10 of them.
These 10 people include scooter designers, new energy battery R&D engineers and other positions, all of which are geared toward hardware.
The software direction will be drawn from China. After Zhang Yida returns to China, he will select an elite technical team and send them to the United States to join Green, a sub-brand of bicycles that benefit the people.
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The day before returning to China, Zhang Yida had an appointment with a powerful person.
Looking at this simple, middle-aged Chinese man in front of him, Zhang Yida's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered a rare treasure.
What a great guy!
Chairman of a Nasdaq-listed company with a future "market value of US$20 billion".
Among Chinese Americans, the last two to be so successful were Wang An and Yang Zhiyuan, but they both came to an end, and this one is a rising star.
"Mr. Zhang, I am very happy to meet you today. But unfortunately, Zoom does not lack development funds, so we can only refuse your good intention to become a shareholder."
Yuan Zheng said in a neither humble nor overbearing manner that although he had a good impression of the youngest CEO of Nasdaq, his company did not have any financing plans in the near future.
"Well, as far as I know, Zoom raised US$30 million in Series C financing in February!"
Yuan Zheng nodded and admitted that this was the case. Zhang Yida continued:
"In the field of video conferencing software, there are many strong competitors. Big companies such as Cisco Webex, Microsoft Skype, Google and LogMeIn are all investing resources in this field."
Speaking of this, Zhang Yida raised his voice: "How can US$30 million be enough?
I think that before these giants have fully awakened, Zoom must seize the time to develop and form its own moat as soon as possible."
“In fact, we have never stopped R&D for a moment and have been rapidly iterating products.
In addition, burning money to start a business is not my style, and it is not suitable for Zoom.
Zoom has always been profitable and maintained a monthly business growth rate of more than 20%."
Yuan Zheng laughed and said that he was from a technical background and did not have too many tricks in marketing. He always took it one step at a time.
“Actually! To achieve scale, you don’t necessarily need to spend a lot of money on marketing.
Zoom has always focused on the product itself, and the product quality is excellent, so naturally it has more and more customers."
Yuan Zheng knew that Mr. Zhang in front of him was a "speed player" and his Internet marketing tactics were particularly fierce.
Of course, this route is not impossible to succeed. Yimin Wangjin has only been in operation for 21 months, but it has been listed on Nasdaq?
However, I can’t play that trick myself. Deeply cultivating technology and products is my own advantage.
Faced with this inexperienced entrepreneur, Zhang Yida also had some headaches.
The company itself is profitable, and it has only received financing in the past few months. It was jointly invested by Qualcomm, Li Jiacheng, and Jerry Yang.
The background of the investors is getting bigger and bigger than the last! As a newly-minted CEO of a listed company, my reputation is not easy to use at all!
Yuan Zheng's excellence was proven a long time ago.
He once served as Vice President of Cisco and led the Cisco team to achieve a revenue breakthrough of video conferencing software from 0 to 800 million US dollars.
That's why so many big guys are optimistic about him.
I heard that he also has a very strong personality. When he left Cisco to start his own business in 2011, a team of more than 40 engineers followed him...
His talent and ability are obvious to all, and his success is not accidental.
"Zoom now has 65,000 enterprise customers, right? Are they all small and medium-sized enterprises and educational institutions?"
Zhang Yida suddenly asked.
Yuan Zheng didn't know why he asked this, so he nodded and said, "Yes, our target customer group is them."
"Have you ever thought about promoting video conferencing software to China?" Zhang Yida asked seemingly casually.
"I have thought about it, but there has never been a suitable opportunity. Moreover, Chinese companies do not like to use office software. They lack the awareness of paying."
Yuan Zheng has obviously studied the Chinese market, and what he said are all indisputable facts.
“As the first Internet financial stock in China, Yimin Wangjin is willing to be the first to eat crabs.”
When Zhang Yida said this, Yuan Zheng was a little confused at first, but then he realized that he was trying to act as a living advertisement for himself?
It is said that there are tens of thousands of start-ups in China’s Internet financial market.
As the industry leader, Yimin Wangjin should serve as a benchmark.
The eldest brother has already bought the video conferencing software, and the younger brothers may also take notice!