Chapter 1730 Dream Drive

In the Internet age, many unexpected super rich people are often created.

For example, a young man who just wanted to sell an unused pen created eBay; for example, he just made a photo sharing system, but it became a popular Instagram all over the world; for example, because he often forgot to bring a USB flash drive, he wanted to invent A network synchronization storage tool, and finally this college student founded this cloud storage company called dropbox into the number one cloud storage company with a valuation of tens of billions!

That's right.

After being reminded by Yang Na, Xiao Qi remembered yesterday that when he heard Huangfu Cai talk about the decrease in the space expansion fee of WeChat, a vague thought flashed through his mind, that is, a cloud that is cheaper, has no boundaries, and has no restrictions. storage tools.

In the original past life history, there is such a ready-made example, it is the dropbox founded by Andrew Houston!

Founded in 2007, dropbox was able to break out from the siege of cloud storage giants such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple. The giant that has always occupied the largest share of the cloud storage market is definitely outstanding in terms of capabilities and marketing methods.

Compared with appstore and WeChat's smart electronic cloud storage, the main sphere of influence of dropbox's cloud storage is on the computer terminal. In fact, adhering to the concept founded by Houston, it is a removable USB flash drive.

As long as you set a specified storage folder through the downloaded dropbox program, the files you save into this storage folder will be uploaded to the cloud storage database of dropbox synchronously. When you change a computer, then you only need to Log in with the dropbox account again, and you can transfer the files stored in the cloud storage to this new computer.

If this concept was mentioned in 2013, you would definitely say, "Damn. Isn't this the cloud folder of 360?"

But now it is 2008. The concept of cloud storage in Europe and the United States has only slowly begun to develop, and it is far away from being popular in the world. Of course, Huaguo has no influence at all.

The advantage of dropbox is that it is a software running on a computer, whether it is windows, linux or mac operating system. It can be used, it does not involve the exclusive personal account secrets of the appstore, nor does it involve the privacy of personal space of WeChat. The privacy of all folders belongs to the individual and does not conflict with the operating system.

To put it simply. That is, any computer user can use dropbox, not only for any purpose, but also for files, videos, letters, etc., and dropbox does not need to be open to everyone like appstore and WeChat.

Popularizing the public, this is the biggest advantage of a program, and dropbox has it. So then it became popular and became the number one in the world.

Of course, no company is perfect. Apple, known as the "miracle in the history of the smart electronics industry", also declined rapidly after the departure of Mr. Qiao, and was gradually caught up by Samsung. This is a clear proof.

dropbox in the second half of 2013. The huge leading advantage has begun to disappear slowly. No matter in terms of user experience, price compliance, upload and download speed, googledrive with strong technical backing and Microsoft skydrive have already caught up. Within a year or two, there is no one who surpasses dropbox. question.

The reason, Xiao Qi thinks, is that dropbox has always been a small business, always thinking about saving and saving, and using the smallest cost to get the biggest gain.

But I don't know it. After entering 2010, when the financial crisis eased, the world changed.

Everything has become a world where capital is respected.

Whether it is Microsoft, Apple or Google, or even giant companies such as Facebook. All through large-scale capital entry, they directly poured money into their own competitors and potential companies, and gradually formed industry monopoly giants in a true sense.

Under such circumstances, how can a small company like dropbox have the power to fight against them?

People can use better equipment, lower prices, and more adequate services to fight against you, because they have plenty of money, but you don't, so in the end, you will either be squeezed out of the market, or be acquired by a powerful opponent. There is no third result either.

However, now that Xiao Qi thinks of this cloud storage business, then there is no such thing as dropbox, and it is impossible for Google, Microsoft, and Apple to surpass the cloud storage company of Fairy Company in the future.

wait a minute!

Doesn't Fairy Company already have appstore cloud computing and cloud storage, and even WeChat cloud storage space?

Why build another one, isn't that a waste?

In fact, it is different, just like what Xiao Qi thought before, the previous cloud computing and cloud storage are all designed for a certain product program, and the new cloud storage space company is a very simple U disk, hard disk function , and it is aimed at computer users, it is completely different, and there is no problem of duplication of functions at all.

Even Xiao Qi didn’t need to go to Andrew Houston, who founded dropbox, as long as he asked Hoffman to find a group of experts in related industries in Silicon Valley, combined with the ideas he gave, then the cloud storage company could be built smoothly .

To say that Xiao Qi now feels that his most capable subordinate should be Mr. Hoffman. He has helped him establish three companies, and now there is another company to be established, and there will be many more in the future.

Although Xiao Qi wants to give him some shares, Hoffman's contacts in Silicon Valley can ensure that he can invite the most professional talents to Xiao Qi's company. It can make the company run in better and grow rapidly into a large company that attracts attention.

With this plan in mind, Xiao Qi called Hoffman just after returning to Jia Yuwen's apartment after he separated from Yang Na.

"Oh, hell! Xiao Qi, don't you know it's 22:00 Western Time in the United States? I'm already asleep!" Hoffman yelled like this when he picked up the phone.

There is a 16-hour difference between the time in the western part of the United States and the time in the capital to the west. On the other hand, New York, which is thousands of kilometers east, is already past 1:00 in the morning, and the left and right sides of Silicon Valley are already tomorrow, but it is Still today, this kind of wonderful time zone division is really unreal.

Xiao Qi smiled, "Reed, it's so early, don't rush to exercise with your wife, I'll talk to you about business!"

"Can't you call during the day if you have something to do?" Hoffman grumbled and complained: "You don't know how much I have worked hard for your three companies in the past few months. I have lost 20 catties! My wife Gotta send you an email to thank you for what you have done for our family!"

"Or you can give me a bottle of red wine as a thank you gift." Xiao Qi laughed and said instead: "Okay, don't complain, don't you thank me for increasing your wealth by at least several hundred million dollars?"

"The two companies are still developing, and airbnb has not yet launched. The money is just a number, and it cannot be realized." Hoffman said disdainfully, but the joy in his tone can still be felt.

"I have a new idea."

Xiao Qi didn't care if he got cheap and acted like a good boy, he directly told Hoffman about the cloud storage company's idea.

Hoffman is worthy of being the most well-informed person in Silicon Valley, and immediately smiled: "Isn't this the idea of ​​Dropbox? You also want to make money on this simple cloud storage?"

Dropbox is still a small company, but their ideas are very interesting. Many angel funds in Silicon Valley have taken a fancy to them, and two of them have invested in dropbox.

"The dropbox company picked up my idea of ​​cloud computing and cloud storage. Why don't you say it?" Xiao Qi shrugged and said, "In short, I think this method of charging for expansion space must be very profitable. Because this kind of portable The hard disk space to carry is just in line with people's business travel life."

"Well, since you have that intention, let's do it." Hoffman pondered for a moment and gave his opinion.

Anyway, Xiao Qi has a lot of money and a lot of creativity.

It's no wonder that such a smart person has the most personal wealth in the world on the bright side.

Anyway, Xiao Qi paid for everything. He helped to find a suitable professional manager, and then the company began to officially open for business. In the end, life or death depended on the performance of the market and people's acceptance.

"Reed, do you want to invest in some shares?" Xiao Qi asked.

"Forget it, I'm not interested in this." Hoffman said, "What's more, I still have so many company affairs to be busy... I found that since I met you, I really haven't rested, When you go to Huaguo next time, if you don't treat me well, you are really sorry for my hard work!"

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Qi sat lazily on the sofa.

This cloud storage company, named "dreamdrive" by Xiao Qi, needs to spend money quickly in the initial stage, and build a cloud storage architecture faster, so that it can quickly occupy the entire market.

The most important thing Xiao Qi needs is money, and an investment of only one or two billion US dollars is really nothing.

The confidence of being rich is still different!