My Age of Investment

Andrew's method is very simple. Contact the law schools of eight Ivy League schools, preferably intellectual property law students, and organize an activity to "protect originality and resist plagiarism".

Campus daily, radio, and all kinds of publicity are used, and the bigger the momentum, the better.

In addition to cracking down on opponents, it can also sell Facebook's reputation and help the site promote registered users at these universities.

Christina frowned, "But we don't know so many students from Ivy League schools, especially law schools, or even students majoring in intellectual property."

Andrew smiled slightly, "I may be able to help a little. Many of my former colleagues and colleagues are from Ivy League schools."

Christina looked at Andrew again and asked, "How much should we pay you if we want to ask you for help?"

Americans are so direct, generally don't talk about feelings, only talk about money.

Andrew rolled his eyes, "I don't want money."

Xia Jingxing frowned, he did not believe that there was a free lunch in the world.

Don't want money, do you want shares?

"I don't want shares either."

As if he understood Xia Jingxing's heart, Andrew added another sentence.

The dog also looked at this somewhat different lawyer in surprise, not knowing what the other party wanted.

"When you set up your company, if you need angel investment, I can provide it.

In addition, your company's legal affairs can also be entrusted to our law firm. "

After finishing speaking, Andrew took the teacup and drank it, and looked around the three of them.

Surprise, surprise, doubt... all kinds of expressions can be seen.

"You are so optimistic about us?" Xia Jingxing asked with a smile.

"certainly!"

Andrew spread his hands, "I am a very direct person, your website is a registered patent, and it is causing your opponents to imitate. In less than two weeks, half of Stanford students have become your users...

My intuition tells me that you are a good project, and maybe one day it will be listed on Nasdaq. "

Andrew changed the conversation, "Of course, I still need to conduct further investigations on you and your projects before deciding whether to invest.

In addition, this time the consultation fee is waived. In Chinese words: "This is called multiple friends, multiple paths." "

Puppy and Kristina were a little stunned, and they always felt unreal.

Xia Jingxing was different, he was quite calm.

In many cases, the projects contacted by VC institutions are also recommended by accounting firms and law firms.

Law firms have many contacts with companies, and a lawyer discovers that a start-up company has potential, and it is not unreasonable to invest in angels.

It's just that Master Ma's attitude is more casual!

"Well, your angel investment, we can also consider it.

If the website is really financing, under the same conditions, you will be preferred. "

Xia Jingxing's remarks made Andrew laugh and said to himself: It's great to be young! Just so confident.

He didn't make fun of these young people. After all, the angel investment matter was not a word, and he said with a smile, "Well, that's it!"

After the negotiation, Xia Jingxing and the three did not leave the law firm, but under the guidance of Andrew, began to draw up relevant documents for patent application.

Puppy and Yang Niu were in charge of the work, while Xia Jingxing borrowed Andrew's computer to log in to his securities account and prepared to sell some NetEase shares to pay for the patent application fees.

In fact, he was quite reluctant to sell, but now his eyebrows are burning, and he must sell a part of the stock first.

As for investment profit, less is less.

NetEase's current share price is $3.08 per share, a small increase compared to his last buying average of $2.97.

He operated the account and sold 2000 shares,

After deducting various transaction fees, more than 6,000 US dollars of liquidity was exchanged.

$5,000 was paid to Andrew's law firm, and another $1,000 was left as living expenses.

In the end, he still had 63,110 NetEase shares left in his securities account, with total assets of $194,378.8, of which loans were $85,000 (excluding interest), and his net assets were just over $100,000.

The money can be more or less, and he doesn't want to take it out yet.

Because of the current expansion of Facebook, what is most urgently needed is not money, but time and various network resources.

In addition, he has to consider what he will use to support the development of the website if Facebook's future financing is not smooth;

Or if the investor asks too much, does he have the confidence to refuse.

At present, the capital is limited, and the future of Facebook is not easy to predict. He must consider it comprehensively and be cautious.

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After the three finished their work and returned to school, they split up and started operations.

Andrew got the contact information of law students from various Ivy League schools from friends and sent them to Christina's mailbox.

Because Kristina is a girl, she is responsible for contacting these future legal elites and convincing them to participate in the "Crackdown on Shanzhai" activities.

Yang Niu is still a little eloquent, and Andrew's friend has also greeted him. Several law school elites from Ivy League schools agreed to help without much thought.

The other party also asked Christina to send them relevant information and documents by email, and reassured the babes that they would do their best to help.

Xia Jingxing is responsible for contacting Andrew, coordinating and handling matters such as patent registration.

In addition to staring at the website, the puppy also shoulders the heavy responsibility of finding "plagiarists".

At present, he has found some methods and is verifying them one by one.

One day, he saw a Stanford student on the This Facebook website, and the file was actually a senior at Stanford, or a computer science department.

He sent an application to add a friend, and it passed within two minutes.

It looks like the people over there are online.

So the dog sent a letter to the station: "Hello, I am also a student at Stanford. Do you know who the creator of this website is? I adore them and want to join their team."

After sending it, the puppy looked for the next target.

That's right, he just randomly added friends on This Facebook, and then asked them if they knew the founder of the website.

The method is a bit stupid, but he firmly believes that someone will know the founder of this website.

"Hello, I don't know the founder of the website, but I heard that he is also a student at our Stanford.

A classmate recommended me to register, I can help you ask. "

The little dog was very excited when he saw this letter in the station, and hurriedly typed a reply: "Thank you so much, my phone number and email address are..."

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"Someone wants to join us? Do you think we should get in touch?"

Ryan learned of the news through someone, and was discussing with Phyllis at this time.

Phyllis pinched his bearded chin, "I think it's best not to."

Ryan looked at his partner puzzled, "Why? It will be beneficial to our future development to attract more talents to join us."

Phyllis smiled, "You forgot how we got it done?"

"Uh...Are you afraid that someone will copy us again?"

After speaking, Ryan scratched his head, as if it was not impossible.

"Not only this, but I'm also afraid that the news will be leaked and others will know that we are plagiarizing Facebook."

Phyllis sighed, "Did you see this morning's "Stanford Daily"? It called us thieves, and the website's appearance and function were copied from Facebook.

Darren's team may have discovered our website and are trying to block our development. "

"What are you afraid of?"

Ryan said with a look of disdain: "Thief? If we develop and acquire Facebook, then we will be the winners, and no one will call us thieves.

All people just adore us, praise us, and envy us. "

Phyllis nodded, he recognized this very much.

Fame or anything is not important at all, only winning is the most important thing.

Phyllis frowned and said, "The website has grown a little bit slowly, and now there are only more than a thousand registered users, which is many times worse than Facebook.

Moreover, our users are very scattered now, and we cannot form a brand effect, and our reputation is much worse than that of Facebook. "

Ryan nodded, "We must concentrate all our strengths and win an Ivy League school first, so that we can tie Facebook."

Phyllis asked again, "Which university to choose?"

"Harvard, the first university is the most symbolic."