When graduates enter the society, it is also the most heated moment when entrepreneurship and employment are discussed. Nowadays, college student entrepreneurship has become a hot topic in society, and it has also attracted more college graduates to join the entrepreneurial industry. Do you want to know the stories of college students’ entrepreneurship? Below I have shared three inspirational stories of college students’ entrepreneurship, which will definitely make you more motivated after reading them!

　1

In recent years, the state has paid more and more attention to "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" and has also provided a lot of policy support. As the maker atmosphere becomes more and more intense, more and more college students are choosing to start their own businesses, including many current students. They are not comfortable taking a path that may be more "conformist" in the eyes of their parents, such as taking the civil service examination, entering enterprises and institutions, etc. Being your own boss sounds so lofty, but is it really that good?

Yang Jianjun:? Ugly duckling? Can he become a white swan?

25-year-old Yang Jianjun is sitting in his little In my office, I don’t look like my boss at all. He didn't wear a sharp suit, just a simple T-shirt, but he gave people a down-to-earth and capable feeling when talking. When a college student graduates and starts his own business to become a boss, it is not as cool as outsiders think. He has to do a lot of things by himself every day, but this is also the joy of starting a business. ? Yang Jianjun said.

After graduating from college, Yang Jianjun initially went to work in the company according to his parents' wishes, but he resigned after eight months. ?You must do something while you are not married yet and you are motivated. ? Yang Jianjun said. During high school and college, Yang Jianjun ran a small business in school, which not only allowed him to earn his first pot of gold in life, but also accumulated a lot of entrepreneurial experience.

When domestic college students were starting businesses in almost exclusively the food industry, Yang Jianjun discovered that there was a market gap for professional home appliance cleaning in urban areas. The average cleaning workers were self-employed guerrillas, and Not paying attention to service quality. With only 800 yuan in his pocket, Yang Jianjun raised 5,000 yuan from relatives and friends to found Zhangzhou Ugly Duckling Network Technology Co., Ltd., which specializes in cleaning air conditioners, range hoods and other home appliance maintenance services, and established his own website and WeChat public account. , allowing customers to place orders online. Soon, the "Ugly Duckling" occupied a place in the home appliance maintenance service industry in urban areas. During peak periods, it can clean 50 home appliances a day. The ugly duckling does things that my peers have never done. This is probably the basis for my success. ?Yang Jianjun said.

Zhang Xiaoxin: From a "tech geek" to a "know-it-all"

Also restless is Zhang Xiaoxin, who is about to enter his sophomore year. Speaking of his name, he is not well-known not only among citizens, but also among teachers and students of Zhangzhou Vocational and Technical College. But when it comes to the Zhangda version of "Nanshan Nan" and the "Chunqiu Zanguo" public account, most of them must have heard of it.

Zhang Xiaoxin, a computer major, always says that he is a "technical geek". If he matched his major, he might become a programmer in the future, but this kind of step-by-step life was not suitable for him.

Zhang Xiaoxin, who is full of creativity, decided to establish a life service platform for college students as soon as he entered the freshman year. Coming from Quanzhou, he first came to Zhangzhou to go to school and was unfamiliar with the place, but the first business he chose was selling fruits. ?At the beginning, I didn’t even know where to find the source of goods. In order to find a good source of goods, I even traveled to Nanjing and Longhai, and finally found the Zhangzhou Fruit Wholesale Market. Afterwards, I bargained with each store before deciding on the supplier. ?Zhang Xiaoxin said.

Starting from selling fruits, Zhang Xiaoxin’s "Chunqiu Zanguo" O2O platform has accumulated 8,000 fans. A member of the Media Alliance. Zhang Xiaoxin said: "From contacting merchants, to doing publicity, managing the team, etc., entrepreneurship is a process of constantly dealing with problems and improving oneself, and I enjoy this process." ?

Should we form a group or fly solo?

Xinyu Technology Co., Ltd., which is mainly engaged in event planning and animation peripheral development, was established by three freshmen and one junior. ?At the beginning, our partners didn’t quite believe in a young student team like us. We could only continue to communicate and then prove ourselves with actions. ?Team leader Wu Xuhui said.

Once, a cartoon exhibition was held at Wanda Golden Street. Before the event, the person in charge of the partner suddenly changed his mind and refused to allow it to be held. This made them very passive in the early stage of starting the business. In the end, after many parties communicated and explained, the event went smoothly. conduct. ?The event that day was well received in the end. When I stood on the stage after it was over, I felt that all the hard work was worth it. The sense of accomplishment in entrepreneurship and the mutual support of our partners are the reasons why we persist. ?Team member Lin Shaoyang said.

Similar to Xinyu Technology Co., Ltd., there is also Gugujia, which specializes in wild fungi and mushrooms. ?Gugujia? was founded by college student entrepreneur Chen Wenqing and his friend Wang Ying. The products are currently on the tables of major vegetarian restaurants in Zhangzhou.

?At the beginning, I opened an online store, and also set up stalls in order to open up the offline market. ?Wang Ying said that she didn’t know anything at the beginning, she didn’t even bring a scale when setting up a stall, she had just graduated, she was thin-skinned, and she didn’t dare to shout. ?There are many difficulties in starting a business, and we encourage each other.

At the same time, we also received a lot of help. For example, when we set up a stall for the first time, the aunt selling goods next to us lent us a scale, which made us feel very warm. ?

How many mistakes can be repeated?

In recent years, our city has successively established many maker spaces, which have also provided a lot of help for college students to start their own businesses.

Huang Ailing, a college student entrepreneur, established her own Shenglin Cultural Media Company as soon as she graduated this year and settled in Longwen Maker Space. ?After settling in, the space exempted us from venue rent and service fees, helped us connect with the technical team, marketing team, etc., held sharing meetings, and also helped each other internally. ? Huang Ailing said. When the company was listed on the Strait Equity Exchange Center, the District Science and Technology Bureau helped Shenglin Culture Media reduce a lot of expenses. It also enjoys a green channel for handling some business at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

When college students start their own businesses, they face limitations in funding and experience. It is very important for the government and makerspaces to provide further assistance to us. ? Huang Ailing said. Yang Jianjun, the founder of ?Ugly Duckling?, said that at every stage of starting a business, he would write down his goals one by one and accomplish them in a planned way. ?The entrepreneurial idea is important, but the approach is even more important. Many entrepreneurs fail because they don’t know what they want to do. ?Yang Jianjun said.

In fact, the cost of trial and error for college students to start a business is very high. Nowadays, when many college students start a business, they often think that their idea can make money and then go for it. In the early stages of starting a business, financial difficulties can be solved through various channels, and experience and contacts can also be accumulated through later stages, but the most important thing is to have a clear positioning and plan. Only by clarifying the business model, knowing what products you are making, what audience you are targeting, and how to expand your market can you be successful.

　2

From the "Proud Son of Heaven" to the "King of Rags", from the moment Liu Boran lowered his head to pick up the first mineral water bottle, he was destined that his life would be the same as Different. In the eyes of many people, collecting rags is a dishonorable job. However, more than a year's practice and harvest have proved that Liu Boran's "rag" collection is reliable and his "waste recycling" business is doing solidly. "Collecting rags" has become a career for this young man born in the 1990s to devote his sweat and wisdom.

A rusty simple basketball stand, packing waste all over the yard, and mountains of old books in the warehouse? This is Liu Boran’s home in Hedong Village, Sihe Town, Fumeng County, Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, and it is also his The scrap collection station has transformed from "the favored son of heaven" to the "king of junk". A young man's entrepreneurial dream is starting from here.

He didn’t feel ashamed to bend down.

One morning after the rain, he came to Liu Boran’s house. It is very different from the scrap collection station in my impression. This yard is clean and neat, and all the scraps are packed and stacked neatly. Under a simple basketball stand, a big boy is practicing shooting. He is Liu Boran, sunny, handsome, and energetic.

? It’s raining. It’s hard to rest and play ball!? Liu Boran said hello with a smile. A rain brought this boy born in the 1990s back to his true love of playing ball and sports.

Liu Boran, 23, graduated from Liaoning University of Technology in 2015, majoring in construction engineering. Since his third year in college, his daily life has been spent dealing with waste products in addition to studying. After graduation, amidst boos, he gave up his status as "the proud son of heaven" and became a full-time "king of rags".

What did you think at the time? Faced with the problem, Liu Boran smiled easily, "According to the traditional concept, after graduating from college, one should work as a white-collar worker and take the civil service examination. This seems to be more respectable, but for me, this I always feel that something is missing in my life, and I want to start my own business. ?

When he graduated, Liu Boran also had the opportunity to find a job in a big city, but he gave up and chose to "collect rags" without hesitation. Because he doesn’t think collecting rags is despicable, and there is nothing wrong with changing his life through his own labor! And as early as his junior year, Liu Boran was already the king of rags on campus. ?At that time, I wanted to reduce some of the burden on my family by supporting myself. When I first started bending down to pick up rags, I was actually a little stressed. ?Liu Boran revealed that the most unforgettable thing was the first time he picked up mineral water bottles in the school dormitory. ?I felt that many people were staring at me, and I was a little embarrassed. But then I thought about it, bending down is also a kind of self-reliance, and everyone is in class together. And I have already started to make money, what is there to be ashamed of!?

Since then, this figure who lowers his head to pick up scraps often appears on campus and in dormitories. His actions have also attracted the attention of classmates and teachers. With his approval, his classmates were also used to saving scraps and leaving them to him.

Collect scraps because there is love in my heart

Chat with Liu Boran, and you will find that this boy born in the 1990s has a rare stability and maturity among his peers, and has a more mature attitude than his peers. mind. Liu Boran's choice to collect scraps was actually due to family changes. In people's eyes, this is because of the love for their parents, but for Liu Boran, in addition to love, it also includes a kind of responsibility.

Five years ago, Liu Boran’s father suddenly suffered from leukemia, when he was in his third year of high school.

?Suddenly it felt like the sky was falling. My father was lying in the hospital undergoing chemotherapy, and my mother secretly shed tears. The family's savings were quickly spent, and later the house was sold. ?Liu Boran said that in the face of family changes, he felt that as a man, he must bear something. As soon as the college entrance examination was over, he secretly went to work at a construction site without telling his family. When he returned home at night, he said he was with his classmates. When filling in the application form, as a sports student, he faced the first line outside the province with a sports major score of 80 points and a comprehensive score of more than 400 points. He resolutely chose to give up and apply for a university in his hometown. I knew that my family could not live without me. Being close to home makes it easier for me to take care of them. ?

During college, Liu Boran lived frugally and relied on the income from collecting waste on campus to complete his studies, and sometimes supplemented his family's income. Relying on his tenacious perseverance and unremitting treatment, his father gradually recovered.

With the experience of collecting waste on campus, Liu Boran was ready to continue his junk business after graduation. However, his idea was unanimously opposed by his family. ?When I was in school, I just trained myself, but we still can't accept it after graduation. After all, collecting rags does not seem to be a very respectable job in the eyes of many people. In fact, I would like him to take the civil service exam. ?Liu Boran's mother said that for this reason, she also bought a lot of exam-oriented books for her son, hoping that his son would get a decent career.

However, Liu Boran was determined to pursue his dream of starting a business. With three hundred and sixty years of experience, he was a top scholar in his profession. How could it be embarrassing to collect rags? Why should I cling to my face? I’m not afraid of others being different. He has a vision and is not afraid of hardship and hardship. Every "waste" has its own regeneration value, and it can also be turned into a career if it is done well!? Faced with the opposition of his parents, he persuaded him like this. Seeing that he was determined to collect scraps, his parents had no choice but to give up their original idea and began to fully support their son's entrepreneurial dream. In the summer of 2016, when college graduates were rushing around major job fairs, Liu Boran dove into the scrap heap.

Never give up if you want to start a business

Why are you still collecting rags? Liu Boran, who appears in front of his classmates as a small vendor, always receives many surprised looks. After experiencing the initial awkwardness, Liu Boran gradually realized that it was not a shame to rely on his own hands to support himself. ?No matter how high your academic qualifications are or how ambitious your ideals are, you must start from the bottom. ?Liu Boran said that just as taking the civil service examination is the ideal of many people, collecting waste is also his ideal. What he has to do is apply the knowledge he learned at university to the waste collection industry and collect waste scientifically and efficiently.

He said that he likes the feeling of starting a business with hard work and starting from scratch. He has a sense of accomplishment and can temper himself. More importantly, he can see his thoughts and ideas become reality step by step.

The hard work of collecting rags is self-evident. In June and July this year, the graduation season on the campus of Liaoning University of Technology, a large number of old things and books have to be recycled. He came to school at dawn and was often busy until late at night, receiving goods, weighing, paying, sorting, and packaging. He didn't even have time to take a break, and he was so busy that it turned into darkness. However, in Liu Boran's view, although such a life is a little tiring, it is extremely fulfilling. ?It seems like making a living, but for me it has actually become a career. There is no distinction between high and low labor, only the value created for society. ?

In Liu Boran’s scrap collection station, all kinds of scraps are neatly stacked and clearly classified, making them look messy but not messy. As for the whereabouts of these waste products, Liu Boran has his own unique business experience. ?Many are sold through the Internet, and some books are still 70% to 80% new. It is a pity to regard them as scrap products. We are contacting second-hand book websites. ?

Currently, Liu Boran wants to set up his own waste recycling company and expand business opportunities through the Internet, but he also faces the bottleneck of shortage of funds. ?I want to expand the scale, but I need space, warehouses, and working capital. I hope that the relevant departments will provide some preferential policies for college students to start their own businesses to add some motivation to entrepreneurship, because I want to make people look at this industry again through my own efforts and struggles. ?

The down-to-earth Liu Boran tells us through his actions that it is not shameful for college students to collect scraps, it is shameful to treat them as scraps.

Bill Gates has a famous saying: The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem, people only care about your achievements. Don't overemphasize your self-esteem until you have achieved something. ?Back then, when Peking University students sold pork, doubts arose. But now, his pork shop has opened more than 200 chain stores and created its own brand. Many of his doubters gave him a thumbs up. If he overemphasizes his self-esteem and is unwilling to lower his status to do things, he will not be able to create an extraordinary life in an ordinary career.

Waste recycling allows resources to be reused, which not only helps society save resources, but also supports green environmental protection. It can also realize self-worth, embark on the road to wealth, and win the respect of others. This is much better than those who stay at home and gnaw at their old age, or are willing to be society's "waste". We should admire such people who rely on their own hands to move up and down, bend and stretch, and continue to work hard for life. Such people are more worthy of respect.

　3

During the graduation season every year, there will always be "bicycle abandonment" in major universities. Many bicycles are thrown away by their graduating owners and scattered in every corner of the campus.

Liang Peng, a post-90s student at Henan University of Technology, saw the business opportunity and took decisive action to establish the "Freeman" second-hand bicycle store. It made nearly 150,000 yuan in three years and became an out-and-out environmentally friendly entrepreneur on campus. On May 3, Liang Peng told reporters: After three years of entrepreneurship, no matter how profitable it is, we are just exploring how to make full use of abandoned resources. If we can make some results, that will be the biggest gain. ?

In 2011, Liang Peng was admitted to the art planning major of Henan University of Technology. Walking on the campus, when he saw abandoned bicycles, some were sold as scrap metal, and some were gathered by the school to clean up, he I think this is a huge waste of manpower and material resources. After on-site investigation of the campus bicycle shed and the surrounding second-hand car market, Liang Peng developed a recycling model for abandoned second-hand bicycles that integrates recycling, renovation, leasing, sales, and handicrafts.

Liang Peng told his classmates Jiao Aifen and Zhang Shao about his idea of ??starting an environmentally friendly business as a college student, and the three hit it off immediately.

After on-site investigation of the campus bicycle shed and the surrounding second-hand car market, Liang Peng, Jiao Aifen and their classmates developed a recycling method for used bicycles that integrates recycling, refurbishment, leasing, sales, and handicrafts. model.

They recycle a large number of discarded bicycles, then classify and refurbish them, reusing resources through leasing and selling them, and at the same time turning discarded parts, such as tires and handlebars, into handicrafts , promote it on campus.

There is a bicycle shop in our school that rents and sells new bicycles. The bicycle shop was started by a senior brother and sister, and the business is very good. We actively contacted them door-to-door, and after reaching an intention to cooperate with them, we recruited some students from poor families to observe and learn bicycle repair and renovation techniques, and at the same time, we collected discarded bicycles on campus. ?

At the beginning, the recycling did not go smoothly. Liang Peng, Jiao Aifen and their classmates encountered many difficulties. The most difficult one was the ownership of abandoned bicycles. ?In the early days, there were many accidents. For example, some bicycles seemed to be unclaimed but were recovered by their owners. Situations like this made us very embarrassed. ?In order to prevent this phenomenon from happening again, Jiao Aifen, with the help of the school logistics department, posted a notice downstairs in the dormitory to recycle bicycles no longer used by her classmates at a low price, clarify property rights, and avoid disputes.

Income of nearly 150,000 yuan in 3 years, helping 85 poor college students

We try our best to contact the owners of abandoned bicycles at school, recycle a large number of second-hand bicycles, and then classify them. Repair, renovate, and reuse resources through leasing and sales. Second-hand bicycles are rented out on a daily basis and are divided into grades according to new and old conditions. Each bicycle costs 5 yuan, 8 yuan, and 10 yuan per day. The sales prices are 80 yuan and 180 yuan per vehicle. ? Mr. Zhang introduced.

If it is less than 40% new, it will be recycled for 20 yuan; if it is 40% new, it will be recycled for 60 yuan; if it is 79% new, it will be recycled for 100 yuan. After the car is refurbished, it is rented or sold. For external rental, the price is calculated on a daily basis, ranging from 5 yuan, 8 yuan, and 10 yuan per vehicle per day. The sales price is divided into two levels: 80 yuan and 180 yuan.

Spring and autumn, that is, from mid-March to mid-May and early September to early November, are the peak seasons for bicycle rentals. Students often organize outings, and the rental prices are relatively high. There are also more people. ?Jiao Aifen said that compared with leasing, the return on selling bicycles is relatively high, and the funds are recovered quickly.

As of the end of last year, they had rented bicycles more than 8,000 times, earning more than 60,000 yuan; they had sold nearly 600 refurbished second-hand cars, earning more than 85,000 yuan. Excluding the expenses of recycling bicycles and refurbishing them, the team used all the profits to assist college students in difficulty, helping 85 people.

The account books of Green Zhengzhou Travel record the efforts and gains of team members in the past three years. Through this model, they not only solved the problem of waste of discarded bicycles, but also promoted the environmental protection concept of green travel.

On May 3, the reporter came to Liang Peng’s Ziziren second-hand car store. The store is located at the east gate of Henan University of Technology and has nearly 100 second-hand bicycles for rent. While many students take advantage of the holidays to travel, Liang Peng still sticks to his "post". ? During his three years in college, Liang Peng did not smoke, drink, play games, or fall in love. He focused exclusively on his so-called "environmental entrepreneurship". He taught himself bicycle repair and refurbishment techniques. He was originally a gentle and gentle young man. He was dirty every day, but he never tired of it. Therefore, his classmates gave him the nickname "Raggedy". ?Liang Peng’s roommate Wang Lei said this.

Now, Liang Peng’s nickname has been changed to “The Big Boss Who Collects Rags”. Classmate Lei Jiangfeng said, "The new nickname is more about everyone's admiration for him." In the past, he often told us about his understanding of resource utilization, environmental protection, and his plans for starting a business, but his classmates didn't take it seriously. Now, he has proven himself with his results. His application to start a business was rejected many times, he was looked down upon when he distributed leaflets, and he was mistaken for a thief while collecting bicycles? These difficulties and grievances were commonplace, but he overcame them all.

?

? Replacing an old car with a new look? Reinventing value

When talking about her partners, Jiao Aifen’s face was full of admiration. She said that Liang Peng injected the concepts of resource recycling and environmental protection into their entrepreneurial team, which became the soul that supported their bicycle business. ?The three of us started a business to explore a resource-saving model of recycling discarded bicycles, and contributed to low-carbon and environmental protection. We insist on this meaningful thing, explore and improve the utilization rate of waste resources, and also hope that through our own efforts, more people will pay attention to the conservation and utilization of resources, and serve as "inspiring ideas" for everyone. ?

Liang Peng spent three years building an on-campus short-distance rental network at Henan University of Technology, providing convenience for students of the school and advocating green travel. He ingeniously made handicrafts from replaced and discarded bicycle parts, and promoted the recycling of discarded resources in the school. He was very popular among students, and many students actively applied to join their environmental protection team.

Talking about the progress of the "ZiZiRen" bicycle shop, Liang Peng said: "Recently, we are planning to copy this second-hand bicycle project to more universities in Zhengzhou." If there is an opportunity, I hope to cooperate with the government to establish a pilot program for recycling and leasing second-hand bicycles in colleges and universities, so as to integrate the concept of environmental protection into the lives of more people. At the same time, I believe that anything is valuable if it exists. However, China is not as good as developed countries in terms of rational allocation of resources, and there is a constant need for people to make up for the gap. I am willing to be a "pioneer" in the reuse and rationalization of discarded resources. Configure to move forward boldly on this road.

?