Chapter 430: Recruit the World's Richest Man!

The recruitment advertisement for the "Y-Lab" entrepreneurial incubator that the advertising company just put up yesterday is quite gimmicky. The specially hired entrepreneurial mentors include Yahoo's Jerry Yang and David Filo, Netscape's Marc Andreessen, and SoftBank Group. Masayoshi Son of Masayoshi Son, Moritz of Sequoia Capital, and a number of well-known venture capital institutions such as IDG, DFJ, SoftBank, and Sequoia Capital serve as advisory institutions...

Elon Musk!

After hearing this name that was so famous in his previous life, Li Xiaofan turned his head and began to look at this young man carefully.

The Elon Musk in front of him looks thin, but his two iconic big eyes are bright and lively. This look is similar to that of the genius known as the "King of Tesla Electronic Music" and "Emperor of Mars" whom Li Xiaofan saw on the Internet in his previous life. Entrepreneurs are exactly the same.

There is no doubt that the young man in front of me is Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and space exploration technology SpaceX!

"Hi, Elon, hello! Let me meet you, I am an investor in this Y-Lab startup incubator..."

Li Xiaofan stopped Elon Musk, who was planning to leave on a mountain bike.

The two exchanged business cards with each other. After Elon Musk got Li Xiaofan's business card, his eyes lit up and he said:

"Wow, you are the famous Yahoo investor, Mr. Li from Singapore! I am very happy to meet you. I have seen many reports about you on the Internet before..."

"Thank you! Elon, I just heard you mentioned that you were creating a Global Link information website project. Can you introduce it to me in a little more detail?"

"Yes, I'm very happy! The Global Link website I created is a corporate information website platform. Various information such as the introduction and location of merchants are listed on our website to facilitate others to find it. For merchants, by putting their own Putting location and other information on the Internet can increase the rate of customers visiting the store..."

Then the two started chatting. Elon Musk introduced that he came to the United States from Canada four years ago to study economics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. After receiving his degree in economics, he studied for an extra year and easily obtained another degree. degree in physics.

Just last year, Elon Musk came to Stanford University to study for a doctoral degree in materials science and applied physics. However, within a few days of studying, he was affected by the Internet craze after Netscape and other companies went public and decided to drop out and start a business on the Internet. .

Elon Musk's current Global Link information website project was created after his father sponsored $28,000.

There are currently only two people in the company. In addition to Elon Musk who is responsible for writing code, the other employee is his cousin Kamba Musk. Cousin Kamba Musk's task is to promote the Global Link website to corporate merchants. The public can obtain corporate information by visiting corporate merchants' webpages and increase sales and store visits.

The current profit model is to make money by charging advertising fees to corporate merchants.

Elon Musk's ideas are always so advanced. People's understanding of the Internet is still in its infancy, and almost no businesses are willing to spend money to advertise on their website. Therefore, the Global Link project is currently struggling...

Just now, Elon Musk rode to Stanford Shopping Center to buy something. When he passed by, he was attracted by the very eye-catching and special appearance design of "Y-Lab" and several keywords such as Innovation Center and Business Incubator. The most attractive thing His is still a project recruitment advertisement for a startup incubator, with the gimmicks of famous entrepreneurial mentors and venture capital institutions listed above...

"Elon, welcome to our Y-Lab entrepreneurship incubator! After receiving the internal evaluation of your business plan, we should send you a formal invitation letter to settle in. After settling in our Y-Lab entrepreneurship incubator, you You can enjoy rent reduction, angel investment and entrepreneurial guidance, and access to well-known venture capital institutions and many other resources! ”

"Great, Mr. Li, I'm very happy to talk to you. I hope to get your invitation letter as soon as possible!"

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After Elon Musk rode away, Academician Ni looked at his back and smiled:

"I haven't even set foot on the Stanford campus, but I can already feel the enthusiasm for entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley! It is almost unimaginable in China to give up a PhD program at a well-known university like Stanford to start a business overseas!"

Tang Xinyi at the side asked curiously:

"Fan, why are you so interested in Elon Musk's project? It sounds to me like his project is very ordinary?"

Li Xiaofan looked at Tang Xinyi smiling mysteriously and didn't know how to answer.

Just before his rebirth, in early January 2021, Elon Musk's personal net worth soared to US$195 billion, surpassing Amazon founder Bezos to become the world's richest man!

In the previous life, 2020 seemed to be the era of wealth creation for Elon Musk. At the beginning of 2020, Elon Musk was worth only US$27 billion, but in the next 365 days, his worth skyrocketed every day! In just one week since the beginning of 2021, his wealth has increased by US$28 billion, making him the world's richest man.

In a previous life, Elon Musk's Global Link information website was later spotted by a small Silicon Valley venture capital firm called Mohr Davidow, who invested US$3 million in it and then renamed it Zip2.

Two years later, the famous Compaq Computer Company acquired Zip2 for $307 million in cash.

Although Elon Musk's shares in Zip2 had been diluted a little before the acquisition, he still got his first pot of gold in his life: $22 million.

Then he started to create the X.com payment website, the predecessor of the famous payment system PayPal, and started a life of rapid wealth, and finally stepped onto the peak of his life and became the world's richest man!

Thinking of this, Li Xiaofan said to Tang Xinyi:

"Xinyi, there is an old saying: Don't judge a person by appearance. This Elon Musk went from South Africa to Canada, and then from Canada to the United States. He traveled to three countries to study, but now he can give up his doctorate degree at Stanford and start a business with one heart. His spiritual qualities are similar to Mr. Sun of SoftBank Group in some aspects. I feel that his chances of success in starting a business are very high. I will invest in this peer from South Africa in the future!"

After that, Li Xiaofan said to Gu Qijun beside him:

"Qijun, once you receive the business plan email from Elon Musk, you can immediately send him a formal invitation letter to join the incubator!"

"Okay!"

Then, Gu Qijun asked in confusion:

"Mr. Li, according to the requirements you gave us before, the focus of entering the Y-Lab incubator is on high-tech industries related to semiconductors, electronics, high-end equipment and new materials, and Internet projects should be kept as small as possible. Why are you so optimistic about this Global Link information website?"

Li Xiaofan patted Gu Qijun on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Qijun, this Global Link information website is a special case, I have my reasons..."

Since the boss said so, Gu Qijun and others did not say anything, but they were still a little puzzled.