Potato Net CEO Wang Wei'S Atypical Venture

MBA degree from INSEAD and master of computer science from Johns Hopkins University, former director of business development of Hughes Co, Bertelsmann, director of corporate development and Bertelsmann Online China executive.

Climb Kilimanjaro, ride bicycles across Tibet, travel to different countries, introduce blogs with blogs, and publish novels.

Wang Wei, the founder of Tudou, the largest video sharing website in China, is an atypical venture CEO.

He will be busy and tired, but under more circumstances, he is not like the ordinary entrepreneur who is overlooked by the anxiety of performance and profit. He shows the relaxation, frankness and serious taste, even enjoying the state of entrepreneurship and life, which is admirable.

As a venture capitalist who invested in potato net said, "Wang Wei's attitude towards career and life is reassuring."

Wang Wei's entrepreneurship is no easier than any entrepreneur.

When I first discovered the popular video websites abroad, Wang Wei, who was the CEO of Bertelsmann online, took out 1 million yuan and registered Tudou.

A few years later, Tudou has become a leader in the Chinese video website industry. Wang Wei laughed. "At that time, the ignorant people were fearless, making video websites, and not playing for hundreds of millions of dollars."

Wang Wei is hard to categorize. Of course, he will have some common characteristics of entrepreneurs, such as diligence, persistence, perseverance and so on. But it is hard for you to find a specific and replicable success track on his body. His entrepreneurial path seems to belong to a smart individual's personalized path.

Even if we do not mention the elite road of famous universities, returnees and foreign executives, it is very unusual to say that he is in a state of work. He will often go skiing and mountaineering, and insist on dealing with busy business communication and business disputes at the same time.

As the founder and CEO of the company, there is a lot of work to be done every day, and we need to make decisions constantly.

But none of these influences Wang Wei's personal hobbies mountaineering, watching movies, reading, etc.

In his opinion, hobbies and work are integrated into one, and no one has to separate the rest from work.

Wang Wei said, "starting a business is hard work, but why can't you start doing personal hobbies during the start-up period? Relaxing will make you work better."

For Wang Wei, work is a hobby. Life equals work.