Chapter 15 The Newcomer in the Industry

Chapter 15 The Newcomer in the Industry

There is no doubt that Big Blue is the overlord in the industry. It is not realistic to cooperate with him. The best possibility is to be included.

Today's Silicon Valley is far less unattainable than later generations. The property here is still very cheap.

Even so, William White couldn't afford it either.

Of course, he can't be too shabby. It is still necessary to rent a floor.

There is one more software company in the Silicon Valley campus. Although the scale is not very large, it is enough to attract attention.

For no other reason, most Silicon Valley companies are in hardware. Larger software companies are also engaged in database. The suffixes of these company names all have systems or databases. It is rare to call a software company directly.

Today's Silicon Valley is not that big, and no one knows what kind of company this company is.

People who eat melons are very curious about what products this company produces. The name White Software is really special. Whose name it is at a glance.

This is normal in other industries. It is rare in the IT world. The characteristic of the IT world is anti-mainstream. The company name is really weird.

Regardless of the name, the treatment of this company is really excellent. That's it, the company that hasn't opened yet has attracted a lot of attention.

Start-up companies in Silicon Valley have one characteristic. Company founders are usually poor. This is a paradise for venture capital funds.

The current venture capital fund is just a prototype. There is neither the norm nor the scale of later generations.

Usually some local tyrants invest directly. After Apple and Microsoft succeed, this kind of local tyrant will have no chance. Professional VC firms are up and running.

There are many people who have projects but no money, and even more people who have money but nowhere to invest.

There are only a few temporary workers here in San Francisco right now. The highest position is only an HR manager.

This kind of company wants nothing. There are still people who want to invest. The HR manager was also dizzy, and the boss asked him to come to the front line, mainly to recruit employees. Not many employees are recruited now. There have been several waves of people wanting to invest.

It's not that these people are stupid, IT is a new industry, and everyone starts from a very low level. Apple started out in a garage. Although there is no IPO yet, the current valuation is already very high. For investors, this is a wealth myth.

This white software is obviously not short of money, although I don't know what product this guy is. Even this scene is quite bluffing.

What surprised investors the most was that they obviously lacked interest in these investments. Although people's attitude is not bad. But that feeling of alienation cannot be concealed no matter what.

Investors are actually quite cheap, you beg your grandpa to tell your grandma to find him. On the contrary, people will ignore you. Even if they choose to invest in the end. Those conditions are also very outrageous. It can be as harsh as it needs to be.

Well now, here's a good one. This is really annoying. There is actually no money to be given.

Venture capital is actually the same as a bank. The more you don't need money, the more he wants to give you money.

There is one more software company in Silicon Valley, it is impossible for God Qiao not to know about it. Silicon Valley is just too small right now. According to the requirements of the recruiters of this company, it is not difficult for them to judge the products of this company.

"Markula, you have a lot of contacts, what is the number of this White Software?"

"I don't know, but one thing is certain, this company is not short of money."

Master Qiao rolled his eyes. Said: "I don't know that he is not short of money? I heard that he will not accept the A round of financing within a year. Listen, this is not a venture capital investment. What people are directly playing is an IPO."

"Well, the boss behind it should be rich. But one thing is certain. Their software is not suitable for mainframes and servers."

"Hey, I just don't know when the product will be available. Will it support our Apple system. There are too few applications now. The user experience is very bad."

"I hope they can hurry up. It's useless to delay for a long time."

At this moment, Markkula's secretary ran over.

"Boss, White Software contacted us, they have a software based on the Apple system. Ask us if we are interested."

"So fast, of course I'm interested, how did you reply."

"Of course I said I was interested. Then I asked them what it was, but they didn't say anything. They said they wanted to have an interview with our technical staff. If there is no problem with our time, they hope to arrange a meeting tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, there is no problem. You can make an appointment for me. Well, what is the identity of the other party?"

"The other party said it was the boss of the company. Their boss was William White."

"What kind of eyes do you have? Is this guy famous? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The little secretary thought, isn't this product famous enough? A proper diamond beauty. If you can then what. I have no regrets in this life.

"Boss, he is a best-selling author and a billionaire."

"Fuck, I said this name is so familiar. Forrest Gump was written by him."

Markkula looked at Jobs in surprise.

"You know this guy?"

"Well, that's a good book, you should read it. I just can't figure out when this guy got into the software business. Isn't his family an oil company."

The more Markkula listened, the more confused he became. Obviously, this guy named William White was very famous. But I don't know.

"Linda, do you have that book now? Lend it to me."

"Okay, boss, I'll get it for you."

"Well, prepare another copy of this guy's information for me."

"Okay boss"

Now it is obvious that although the company is new. But there are already products.

On why to get involved in the software industry. They don't want to delve into it either. There are too many reasons for this.

Since he is a billionaire, he can invest by simply pulling out his roots. It doesn't matter if it's an insider or not.

Apple certainly welcomes it, and it's clearly no small feat. If the company's software is really reliable, it will be very helpful to promote sales.

The current computer software can't play the purpose of computer at all. If you continue to maintain this state. The decline in sales was simply inevitable.

This is not good news for them, but they are seeking to go public. Now the valuation given by Morgan Stanley is not ideal. Although the investors are making a lot of money, the founders are meaningless.

There is no such thing as an opening ceremony in American culture. Very large companies may have a press conference. For a small company, keep things simple. Don't think about dragon and lion dances. Companies of Chinese descent will not do this.

The environment here is not bad, anyway, there are not many people now. In the future, the company will develop and expand.

IT companies in this period are very hard. Forget about fine decoration. This is absolutely impossible. Everything is designed with practicality in mind. Nothing fancy.

William White had no property in San Francisco. Although he doesn't like hotels, there is nothing he can do. He is not very rich now. No excess funds to splurge.

The current futures market has not yet started, in case there is any change. It is still necessary for him to prepare more funds. It will be troublesome if someone washes and blows up the warehouse.