Zhang Xiangdong, one of the founders, president and CEO of China Wang Wan, was interviewed by TechWeb on entrepreneurship and other issues. In Zhang Xiangdong's view, entrepreneurship is related to personal background and preferences in addition to choosing fields with development opportunities.
It is understood that in 1996, Zhang Xiangdong and his brother Zhang Xiangning jointly founded Beijing Chuanglian Communication Network Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Wang Wan), where they were responsible for technology research and development, customer service and management system construction. Chuanglian Wang Wan was founded in 1999, with Zhang Xiangdong as CTO. At the beginning of 200 1, Zhang Xiangdong was promoted to president and CEO of Wang Wan, China. Today, China Wang Wan has become a member of Alibaba Group under the leadership of Zhang Xiangdong.
China, Wang Wan and Zhang Xiangdong have won numerous awards, which can be regarded as a success. Some people regard the listing of enterprises as a standard of success, while others regard the turnover or the number of users as a symbol of success. What are the criteria for success in starting a business in Zhang Xiangdong? In this regard, Zhang Xiangdong said: I think generally speaking, entrepreneurial success means that the company has been able to demonstrate its business model and has a certain scale, which is almost an initial success. I don't think there is a big standard for real success, at least it has been established. ? Zhang Xiangdong disagrees with some people who think that the listing of enterprises is successful. Zhang Xiangdong believes that listing is successful in a sense, depending on how you look at it, and the criteria for success are different.
If someone wants to start a business and ask Zhang Xiangdong for advice, what industry would Zhang Xiangdong recommend? To this question, Zhang Xiangdong replied:? The internet is the most important thing, and of course there are others. Now there are opportunities in emerging fields, such as green, energy saving, environmental protection, new energy and media. ? However, Zhang Xiangdong also pointed out that entrepreneurship is also related to personal background and preferences. In Zhang Xiangdong's view, games, media, technology and many other aspects have opportunities if individuals like them.
When asked? Will you choose this industry if you start a business again? Zhang Xiangdong said,? There is a great possibility. ? And said:? Generally speaking, I think the Internet has many opportunities, many business models and many places that reflect the wisdom of entrepreneurs. ?
According to Zhang Xiangdong, there are many cooperation plans between China Wang Wan and Alibaba in the strategic and business aspects in the future, and it is also possible to cooperate with phpwind owned by Ali, but it did not disclose more details.