Kai-fu Lee: At University you can only learn 5% of your life
Yesterday, yes Kai-fu Lee resigned as president of Google China after the first visit to Xi’an. At this point, his identity is an innovative workshop chairman and chief executive officer.
However, no difference was and had appeared in front of Kai-fu Lee students remain “Kai-fu teacher.” In the past five years, Kai-fu Lee had been through the lectures, write a book of ways to encourage and help in the education, work, college students lost on the road. He said that to help more Chinese young people realize their business dreams, he can not live up to, “Kai-fu teacher” of this title.
In order to dream, to leave the Google
Reporter: In 2005, you announced that joining Google, a lot of people are very surprised. Last month you announced departure, everyone was surprised. You leave the real reason?
Kai-fu Lee: leaving the real reason is that I found I want to do is to create a platform for youth entrepreneurship. In June, I have plenty of time to think, see a lot of illness and death, I was thinking, you may be left 15-year career, 20 years, during which time to do anything in the end, I have not possible for every days is very passionate, very happy. This is my life My favorite job is when the creation of Google China, followed by the creation of Microsoft Research China, they are somewhat similar to that from scratch with a group of young people into a meaningful things to do out So I want to do business platform for young people.
Another reason, today I was in China’s influence may be relatively large or in college students and young people. Until now, I told them the biggest benefit may be to do some career planning, my personal career, the most valuable, the most worthy place to be taught in my IT, the Internet, I was Bill Gates, Larry Page learned, as well as in Zhongguancun entrepreneurship, innovation and Silicon Valley have learned to my professional experience and I learned a lesson from the setbacks and success of the lessons learned can be taught to everyone.
Entrepreneurs are not afraid of failure
Reporter: Do you this year is already 48 years old, first-time entrepreneurs do not fear of failure?
Kai-fu Lee: do anything to have to take into account the worst possibilities. If the 10 years I have done 50’s, the worst result is that most of the failures, success less, but I still do meaningful things, First, investors should not lose everything, but also be rewarded; 2 for the Chinese tried 50 different companies, there may be a coming out as China’s brand; three that I can at least train 500 personnel, even if my business failed, they must also play a role in other companies . Therefore, the worst results also not that much worse.
College students a good idea to employment and re-start
Reporter: For the busy college students looking for jobs, what is your advice then?
Kai-fu Lee: college students looking for work must understand one thing: the first job is mainly to study, do not utilitarian look to future earnings, in what company, what brand. University can only be learned in life 5%, 95% had to learn on the job. Looking for work to a wide range of measurement, of course, depends on the treatment and brand, but also taking into account their own talent and interest, but, more importantly, what they can learn on the job.
Reporter: appeal to the voices of college students start their own businesses has been very high. In the employment pressure is such a big case, the students start their own businesses is really a road leading to Rome, do?
Kai-fu Lee: Road to Rome yes, but the road may be fraught with risks, so go careful. A true entrepreneur, you must have some experience. The factors of success and should be the experience of the team and ideas. The team is the most important, followed by the experience and execution, ideas are the most important.
First employment and re-start is a better choice, after the accumulation of experience entrepreneurship, so the probability of success will be even greater. Just like our innovative workshop, we will recruit students to participate in entrepreneurial activities, but we definitely would not be a company to a university student to manage, because he had no experience. Another very important point, not because there is no job on the choice of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs have a keen mind, really very much like to own their own business, not because of a job before going to business.
Selection to meet the four elements
Reporter: Many young people are hoping to get your help. Do not know, you are the object selection criteria?
Kai-fu Lee: it must be a company needs talent. I can not go to recruit 10000 individuals, hundreds of thousands of individuals, they still pick the kind of particularly enthusiastic. Secondly, we must work very hard, hard put, love their work, which points more than in the multinational companies and large companies need. Thirdly, I hope creative. Fourth, a certain character and teamwork is better.
Sat on the floor, listening to the teacher Kai-Fu story
Thousands of students sat on the floor inside the three-tier, outside the three-tier, will Kai-fu Lee Wai in the middle, more than 2000 eyes stare to stare Zhiding standing on the steps in the middle-aged man who in this speech. Link to the question, “Shua” several hundred arms were stretched straight. Yesterday, this scene took place in Xi’an Jiaotong University Science Museum on the square in front.
Yesterday, innovative workshops Kai-fu Lee, chairman and chief executive officer to bring new book “world because you have different” come to Xi’an, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Electronic Science and Technology Japan Science and Technology University Northwest Agriculture and Forestry made a three lecture on the growth and entrepreneurship, has been thousands of Xi’an students responded enthusiastically. For the enthusiastic students, “Kai-Fu teacher” call of Kai-fu Lee said he was enjoying this title.
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