Lei Jun’s famous entrepreneurial saying: Managing a team of 100 people is a "hump"

For the dream of 18 years old, he started his "second business" at the age of 40. Today, Lei Jun introduces himself on his Sina Weibo as follows: "The founder of Xiaomi, he previously participated in the founding of Kingsoft Software and Joyo.com, and his hobby is angel investment." After leaving Kingsoft CEO in 2007, he has invested in UCweb, There are more than a dozen emerging start-up companies such as Fanke, Duowan, Letao, etc., but those who are familiar with Lei Jun know that his ambitions should go far beyond being an angel investor.

Regarding team management, in Lei Jun’s view, “managing a team of 100 people is a hurdle.” He believes that the key to managing seventy or eight people is to take the lead, the key to managing twenty or thirty people is to work step by step, and the key to managing seventy or eighty people is to find a few department managers who can manage twenty or thirty people. In addition, management must first pass the management of twenty or thirty people. Do not promote people above the level, but do it step by step.

1. Sometimes, ignorance leads to fearlessness! Ignorance, without any restraint, introduces a lot of knowledge and experience from other industries, often creating greater brilliance! Web games use the Internet to make games, getting rid of the traditional software way of making client games.

2. Behind every success in the United States, there are angel investors. For example, in the early days of Facebook, Peter invested US$500,000. Silicon Valley experience proves the importance of angel investment for technology entrepreneurship!

3. Yesterday, a friend asked me again, Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba, who will win in five years? What factors will affect this contest? (1) Mobile Internet is the biggest variable in the next five years, with Tencent slightly ahead. (2) Alibaba Group has become an important part of the national economy and will become stronger and stronger in the long run. (3) These three are the most powerful companies in China and have strong core competitiveness. In the foreseeable five years, they will keep pace with each other!

4. The most difficult thing to manage in the company is the whiteboard. I went to many companies for meetings and found that the whiteboard was not wiped. After wiping it, I found that the whiteboard pen was out of water. I tried to replace it with another one, but it didn't work. The difficulty is that everyone in the company must develop good habits: after each meeting, the whiteboard must be wiped clean before leaving, and if the whiteboard markers are used up, they must be thrown away.

5. Entrepreneurship is an attitude towards life. Entrepreneurship is about constantly challenging one’s limits! People are great because of their dreams! I have the opportunity to realize my dream and I am very happy!

6. #EQUITY DISTRIBUTION OF PARTNERSHIPS If there are three or more people, the leader must be clearly identified, otherwise it will be a disaster.

7. #综合entrepreneurship之title# A friend told a story from many years ago: He met a start-up company, and four people came and exchanged business cards. He couldn’t bear it. I asked a question, who is responsible for your company? Because all four people have the general manager printed on their business cards.

8. #entrepreneurship equity allocation# More than twenty years ago, when I was in college, I was attracted by several friends to start a business. Four people, 25 each, everyone was happy. Within a few days, problems arose and everything needed to be discussed repeatedly. In the following months, the general manager was even re-elected twice. Eventually the company closed. My experience is that when three or more partners start a business, there must be a clear leader and cannot be divided equally.

9. Every startup company feels that talent is important and recruiting people is difficult, so it naturally attaches great importance to internal training. But why don’t a few companies do a good job in training? I think the main problem is that there is no dedicated training fee. Without a cost budget, the human resources department will not do it as a specialized matter, and there is no way to introduce good lecturers and good courses.

(Famous Quotes m.taiks.com) To implement training work, there must be a dedicated budget and dedicated personnel responsible. Does your company provide training fees?

10. Many entrepreneurs complain that they cannot find people. In fact, no matter what kind of company it is, it is difficult to find good people. There are only two ways to solve this problem: (1) Spend enough time looking for someone, at least 70. (2) Make existing products and businesses well, demonstrate future development space and opportunities, and build a nest to attract phoenixes!

11. A kind of person who likes to set very high goals, but often fails to achieve them. Another type of people like to set relatively low goals, and often end up overfulfilling tasks. What kind of person do you like?

It is necessary to distinguish these two types of people and adopt different strategies. Most entrepreneurs are the first type of people and generally have high expectations for themselves, so (1) when setting goals, you must control expectations, and (2) if you do not complete the goals at the end of the year, you must also consider the situation. If you do well, Still need to acknowledge and encourage, don’t discourage enthusiasm!

12. #100-person team management is a hurdle# Each person generally directly manages five to nine people. If someone is not qualified, you need to teach them and do the work for them at the same time. When managing hundreds of people, there are at least two levels. If it is not appropriate to have 20 people on each level, in extreme cases you may face the direct management of twenty or thirty people at the same time. Therefore, management must first pass the management of twenty or thirty people, do not promote people beyond the level, and do it step by step.

13. Society should encourage successful entrepreneurs to participate in angel investment. The most important thing is their entrepreneurial experience and connections, helping entrepreneurs become the next generation of entrepreneurs! This is the main feedback from entrepreneurs to society!

14. #management# The key to managing seven or eight people is to take the lead. The key to managing 20 or 30 people is to work on the go, ask about today's tasks in the morning, and check on the completion status when you get off work. The key to managing seventy or eighty people is to find a few department managers who can manage two or three people.

15. Use a magnifying glass to see the advantages of others. Because each of us will consciously or unconsciously exaggerate our own abilities and contributions, and consciously or unconsciously belittle the abilities or contributions of others, so we must use a magnifying glass to see the advantages of others, which may be true. (The above quotations are all taken from Lei Jun’s personal Weibo)