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After graduating from University in 1993, Ma Huateng entered the workforce of Shenzhen Runxun Tongxun Technology Co., Ltd. At that time, Ma Huateng, like the young people who had just entered the workplace, had not yet thought about starting a business.
During his two years at Runxun Communication Technology Co., Ltd., Ma Huateng was promoted from an intern to the director of the R&D department. From work, we can see that a capable person will always shine like gold no matter where he is.
After work, Ma Huateng likes to spend time on the Internet. In the 1990s, the Internet was not yet popular in China, but it was very lively abroad. Ma Huateng saw that the Internet brought freshness and convenience to people, and thought that if it became popular in the country in the future, it would be a huge opportunity.
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Everyone knows that Runxun Technology Co., Ltd. produced pagers back then. He thought that if the products of the company he worked for were connected to the Internet, wouldn't it be more convenient for people to chat? I think about it, but how to find a breakthrough in this matter and make a product is not that simple.
One day, when Ma Huateng was browsing the Internet, he came into contact with a newly developed foreign chat tool ICQ. He thought this thing was good. Can he develop one by himself?
So, he found like-minded college classmates: Zeng Liqing, Xu Chenye, Chen Yidan. I expressed my thoughts and got everyone's support. Ma Huateng registered Tencent Technology Co., Ltd.
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In the early days of starting a business, a few people pooled together half a million yuan, rented an office, and started working day and night. Since they are all computer professionals, developing a software is not very difficult. What is difficult is how to have customers, how to get more people to use their products, and how to make the products profitable so that the company can sustain itself. In the early stage of
, they developed a product called OICQ. After investing in it, they had very few customers. Everyone held a meeting to think of ways to get this thing going. After discussion, first, simplify the name so that everyone can remember it better; second, make OICQ popular and let more people know about it!
Ma Huateng changed the name of this software to QQ. Due to financial difficulties, everyone agreed to use word of mouth to advertise this product, so everyone split up, some went to the office building to spread the word; some stood on the They are promoted on the street; some are promoted on the Internet.
Through everyone's efforts, the number of customers increased dramatically. At that time, most people using QQ were still men. They thought this chat tool was for flirting with girls. Once there were no girls to chat with, they abandoned it. Seeing this, Ma Huateng I also have a lot of worries in my heart.
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In order to retain as many customers as possible, they used to pretend to be girls on the Internet and chat with their male friends. When Ma Huateng recalls this experience, he always laughs out loud involuntarily!
When the number of customers reaches tens of millions, how to make profits becomes a big problem again. Without revenue, the company cannot survive. At that time, the young Ma Huateng once wanted to sell this product. At that time, many large companies were interested in acquiring the company, and one of them offered 1 million. However, Ma Huateng felt that the price could be higher, so the matter was not negotiated. Fortunately, it was not sold at that time. Otherwise, he might be the richest man today. It’s not Boss Ma anymore.
Ma Huateng and his classmates borrowed money from here and there, got some funds, and struggled for several months.
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In 2000, Ma Huateng took a business plan that had been revised to 6 versions and more than 20 pages and began to look for foreign venture capital. Finally, he met IDG and Yingke Digital, and obtained the first investment. After that, the development of and Tencent gradually got on the right track.
Ma Huateng also gained his first pot of gold at this time.
On June 16, 2004, Ma Huateng led Tencent to be listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.From then on, Tencent began to move towards its Internet empire, which also made Ma Huateng embark on the road to the richest man. Without QQ, his "son", Ma Huateng's world would be in a different shape!
