What are Zhou Hong _ and his entrepreneurial stories?

Zhou Hong _ 1970, native of Hubei. Because his parents were surveying and mapping engineers, he moved to Henan and lived there until he graduated from high school. When he was a middle school student, Zhou showed signs of "cow" and won many prizes in national physics and mathematics competitions. Because of the convenience of parents' work, Zhou began to contact the computer very early. "I don't know what programming is, I just think it's fun."

1992 Zhou was sent to Anjiao University for postgraduate study. "Doing nothing" during graduate school, editing game software and antivirus products. In order to sell their products, they also opened two small companies, and the recruiters prepared to "build their own channels" in China, which ended in failure.

"The frustration of starting a business made me understand that I was missing a lot. I decided to go to an advanced big company and start learning from the most basic things. "

1After graduating from graduate school in July, 995, Zhou Hong _ joined Founder Group, starting as a programmer, from the project director to the department manager and general manager of the business department, and finally became the deputy director of Founder R&D Center. And found the "other half" in this company.

1997 10 Week organized and successfully developed Founder E-mail, the first internet software with independent copyright in China. Since the Internet does not belong to Founder's main business, he once again sprouted the idea of starting a business.

1998 10, Zhou Hong _ established Guofeng Internet Software Company, and the technical team came from Founder. The company website is called 372 1, which means "whatever". The new company started with only five people. Zhou and his colleagues found a cheap house to maintain the minimum living standard. Cook for yourself, like the garage stage in America.

Hundreds of thousands of yuan will soon be burned out. At this time, Zhou Gang launched the "Chinese website" (the predecessor of the real name of the network) and didn't know how to make money. Recalling the past, Zhou said with emotion: "The most terrible thing is the sudden death of my career. 372 1 once walked on the line of life and death, and that feeling was more terrible than death. "

1in July, 1999, Zhou met a "noble person": Wang Gongquan, a senior partner of, and gave him $250,000. With money, Zhou's path has gradually widened. The cover report of June 5438+0999 issue of IT Manager World wrote: "Zhou Hong _ and his website 372 1 stand out among the new generation of Internet entrepreneurs and become one of the most concerned Internet economies in China this year." At the beginning of 2000, 372 1 made the second round of financing, and obtained more than two million dollars from three venture capital companies.

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