Danny Fadell is the creator of the iPod and the founder of the smart home company nextlabs in his previous life. He is a true genius. ()
After he was determined to complete his work and thoroughly understood the drawings and technical specifications of the smart thermostat and smoke alarm that Xiao Qi gave him, Fadel chose to resign without hesitation.
Gang Leader Qiao had already expected his resignation, but as he had told Tim Cook before, anyone in Apple could be missing, so after trying to persuade him to stay but to no avail, he readily agreed.
Fadel's resignation.
However, according to the rules of European and American companies, Fadell and his wife signed many documents before leaving their jobs, ensuring that they would not leak Apple's technology, otherwise they would be punished by law.
Regarding Fadel's departure, Gang Leader Qiao actually felt a little regretful, because Fadel was definitely a technical genius, and without him, Apple would suffer a lot of losses in its research and development.
Fadel himself doesn't regret it very much. In terms of research, as long as they are geniuses, they always have the habit of "loving the new and hating the old". They don't like to repeat the same thing over and over again, but only like to constantly develop new things.
It just so happened that at Apple, Boss Qiao asked Fadel to continue developing the follow-up products of iPod and iPhone, and he was not asked to do the rest. This made Fadel very dissatisfied.
At this time, Xiao Qi came out with a thermostat and a smoke alarm, and promised Fadel to research and develop them at will, with Xiao Qi paying for them all. It's no wonder that Fadel didn't want to go!
Xiao Qi is not worried at all whether Fadel will develop some useless technologies in the future, because in this world, pure technical R&D personnel are basically extinct, and those who survive are basically ideals and
People who take reality into account.
Take a look at what Fadel did in his previous life after leaving Apple!
It took four years for Fadell and his companion Matt Rogers to create two killer devices: the thermostat and the smoke alarm!
They are not only beautiful and simple, but also very practical. The US government even provides subsidies for them, hoping that people will buy these two excellent smart furniture products.
It was precisely because he saw their measures to take into account the market that Xiao Qi decided to give Fadell 20% of the shares. He also prepared 20% of the shares for Rogers.
To this end, Xiao Qi only paid for the thermostat and smoke alarm created by the two of them, as well as a start-up capital of 200 million US dollars.
For the name of the company, Fadel was consulted and decided to name it nextlabs.
Except for thermostats and smoke alarms, where the profit share is 10%, the rest of the profits they invented are divided according to shares.
This ratio is very appropriate. After all, in various countries, R&D personnel get only this much, because the production, promotion, sales, etc. of products are all very complicated matters, and sharing in this aspect is also necessary.
Xiao Qi did not completely ignore the company. He had hired several professional managers through a headhunting company to take charge of sales matters. This was also agreed by Fadel and his wife in advance.
Being able to have unlimited R&D funds to do what you like to do will definitely make a lot of money. For Fadel, it is a very happy life.
In nextlabs, Fadel is the CEO. His wife Daniel no longer holds a position, but only does the family's logistics work and takes care of the children and husband's daily life.
When Fadel sat in his office in a one-story office building also located in Silicon Valley, several professional managers had already begun to hire R&D personnel and daily staff in accordance with Fadel's requirements.
Fadel knew that with Xiao Qi's financial resources and influence, many technical talents would give him face. So from the beginning, he blatantly used the name "NextLabs Company under Fairy Company" to recruit people.
All right.
Fadel's arrival caused quite a stir.
Although new companies are established every day in Silicon Valley, as soon as this sign was put out, everyone's eyes immediately lit up.
The reason is simple. Xiao Qi is not only a genius in the field of intelligent electronics, he has also used a series of facts to prove that he is also an investment genius.
Regarding oil futures, Xiao Qi taught the Wall Street elites a hard lesson time and time again, making billions of dollars and making several major investment banks scared when they heard about oil betting.
When it comes to investment and business, Xiao Qi is also very good.
Needless to say, he just sold his foursquare shares for 2 billion U.S. dollars. Xiao Qi only spent 300 million U.S. dollars and about 5 months to prepare for the launch.
There is also LinkedIn, a professional social networking website. Its valuation a few months ago was US$3.3 billion. In May, due to the rapid increase in the number of visitors, registrations and active users, the valuation had once again increased to US$4 billion. Xiao Qi’s contribution
It’s just a total of 900 million US dollars.
The remaining two are even more incredible.
Airbnb, an in-flight accommodation company, has developed at an unimaginable speed with the huge financial support of Xiao Qi. Not long ago, DST Venture Capital Company was willing to invest 1 billion US dollars in 20% of the shares, but Xiao Qi flatly rejected it.
It is said that some analysis companies believe that there will be no problem at all if Airbnb reaches a valuation of US$8 billion to US$12 billion.
Coolgame is currently the largest mobile phone and social platform game company. Because it occupies the vast majority of game shares in Appstore, Facebook, OK and MySpace, it is not an exaggeration to describe its development as rapid.
Under Xiao Qi's instructions, coolgame developed a total of 13 games. Basically, each game has more than 90 million active users, which is two or three times more than other companies!
no way.
Now is just the beginning of smart phone and social networking site games. With so many classic games coming together, other games can only give way.
It is for this reason that a few months ago, Coolgame's valuation was raised to US$12 billion by Blackstone Group, which shocked the entire Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
But what shocked them even more was that Xiao Qi didn't sell it!
It can be seen that the value of coolgame can be increased by billions of dollars!!
Think about it, all the companies Xiao Qi invested in have made a lot of money, and now he has actually founded a company called NextLabs. Why not let the various organizations and engineers in Silicon Valley pay active attention to it?
Who wouldn’t want to ride on Xiao Qi’s coattails?
Who wouldn’t want to be a part of an invention that could change the world?
Therefore, after making a name for themselves, there were so many engineers applying for jobs at nextlabs that they almost overcrowded the office space.
Fadel was happy, but Gang Leader Qiao on the other side was not happy, and even swept away everything on the table!
Then, Gang Leader Qiao didn't care about Xiao Qi's earthquake relief work and made a phone call directly.
"Tell me! Why do you want to seduce my people?" Gang Leader Qiao said viciously: "Is this how you treat your friends?"
"Stephen, please don't say it in such a creepy way, okay?" Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, and immediately knew the reason for his call: "Fadel wants to start his own business. I just happened to have the opportunity. Don't you still think,
If he doesn't do your product research and development, how much impact will it have on you?"
"How can he alone compare with the entire Apple engineering team?" Gang Leader Qiao sneered.
"Isn't that enough?" Xiao Qi said: "Are there still fewer people leaving Apple on weekdays? Wouldn't it be better if you just treat them as ordinary resignations?"
"But you should have contacted him before he left his job, right? This is against the rules." Gang Leader Qiao said, grasping the point.
"Come on, Stephen, we are also good friends, right? Which person who resigned and changed jobs didn't make arrangements in advance? What are those headhunting companies for?" Xiao Qi retorted.
"I don't care. What you're doing is wrong!" Gang Leader Qiao certainly didn't recognize the unspoken rules of this industry.
"Then since you came to China, I want to solemnly apologize to you. Is that all right?" Xiao Qi quickly changed the subject: "Let's not talk about those trivial things. Stephen, do you still remember our previous bet?"
"What kind of bet?" Gang Leader Qiao immediately pretended to be stupid.
Xiao Qi will not let him go, "We are betting on whether Dreamstars can sell more than 50 million units in half a year. It is now May, and it has been on sale since the end of December last year. So far, the total sales of Dreamstars is 63 million units. So let's bet
Even if I win! Is it time for the conditions you promised me to come true?"
Gang Leader Qiao sighed dejectedly.
In order to obtain more shares in the app store, he made a gambling agreement with Xiao Qi. If he won, he would get 25% of the app store shares. If he lost, he could only buy 3
% of shares.
When the sales volume of Dreamstars stabilized at 15 million units in April, Gang Leader Qiao knew that he had lost. Today, when Xiao Qi officially mentioned it, he was inevitably a little frustrated.
Dreamstars can rival the iPhone in terms of sales and popularity within a few months. This is where Gang Leader Qiao feels threatened and knows he needs to be wary.
"Okay, Apple only buys 3% of the shares, I'm willing to admit defeat!" Gang Leader Qiao gritted his teeth and said word by word.
"It's not just that!" Xiao Qi reminded him with a smile: "You still owe me two conditions!"
Gang Leader Qiao took a breath of air and said angrily: "Xiao Qi, don't go too far!"
"No, no! Stephen, I'm just getting back my interests." Xiao Qi said harmoniously: "If you win, I will sell you 25% of the shares of the app store. You can win, too.
Buy 3%. Without these two conditions, how could I agree to bet with you? Wouldn’t I become a fool? "
Gang Leader Qiao's anger rose, but he knew that Xiao Qi was right, gambling was just like that, if you lose, you should pay the price.
"But don't forget, I promised you two things that are not against your conscience." Gang Leader Qiao no longer pretended to be stupid, and also put forward the original restrictions, "These words are yours to say."
"That's right!"
Xiao Qi readily admitted: "Then I will only talk about the first thing today. I hope to take away an engineer from Apple in the form of a buyout."
Gang Leader Qiao frowned again, feeling bad in his heart.
In Western society, it is a contract society.
Like an important engineer, he will be bound by the company he works for with several terms to prevent him from selling his company's secrets to others.
In addition to confidentiality clauses, many important engineers also have contract term clauses. Generally, a contract is for five or ten years, which ensures that the engineer will work for them for a long time.
In addition to the confidentiality clause that cannot be broken, the contract length clause can be used to poach employees in the form of buyout money. This is what headhunting companies have done in the past, directly buying out the remaining contracts and leaving.
Of course, if Xiao Qi wants to poach Apple engineers, Gang Leader Qiao must agree, otherwise it will be easy to cause trouble.
The previous Fadel was different. He was no longer an ordinary person. He was a senior vice president. It was easier for such a high-level executive to leave.
Gang Leader Qiao said coldly: "I didn't expect you to be so scheming! Tell me, who do you want to buy out?"
"Smart chip engineer, Matt Rogers." Xiao Qidao: "The loss to Apple is not big. You Apples are full of talents like him!"
Gang Leader Qiao thought for a while, and he had an impression of this Matt Rogers. He was a shy and talented person, but he was not one of the most outstanding people.
But Gang Leader Qiao is not an idiot. He knows that it is definitely unusual for Xiao Qi to ambush someone in advance to poach people.
"I'll go back and think about it!" Gang Leader Qiao decided to stay put and investigate first. After all, he and Xiao Qi are allies, but they are also competitors, and they can't do stupid things like capitalizing on the enemy.
Although he knew that Xiao Qi must have made an agreement with Rogers, if Rogers really had outstanding talents that he had not discovered before, Gang Leader Qiao would still have to work hard to keep him!
"Okay, please give me an answer as soon as possible." Xiao Qi said with a hearty smile: "Stephen, you are not a dishonest person, right? Don't let me look down on you!"
"roll!"
Gang Leader Qiao hung up the phone neatly.
The moment he hung up the phone, Gang Leader Qiao's face showed anger and annoyance.
"Traitors! They are all a bunch of traitors!!"
In the office, such a roar rang out. (To be continued...)
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