Hardware Club manages copartner Yang Jianming: Company of a newly established rejects an apple twice to come " talk about a marriage " , be bottom gas or tragedy?
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Article original title: Reject the LeapMotion that the apple buys for two times
Chief editor comments on: The person that more and more doing poineering work wants to seize the development opportunity below AI+IoT tide, they hope to create a product that is used by global number user, or can the product " sell " give apple, Gu Ge such tycoon. However, want to be married rich and powerful family is not easy, technology and product are basic skill only, those who know rich and powerful family " go regular " , more crucial.
Author brief introduction: Yang Jianming, currently hold the post ofHardware Club of firm of Parisian venture capital to manage partner. Taiwan university electric machinery learns HEC Paris MBA of Master, France, CFA holds a witness, ever was in in the past Asia, Silicon Valley and European semiconductor industry from course of study 12 years, include do poineering work 4 years.
Introduction: If had not listened to Leap Motion this reader that starts a company newly, light sees article caption may think this is an exciting successful innovation story, resemble in those days Snapchat rejects facial book to buy, and earlier face book rejects Yahoo to buy same.
In fact, this is a contrary story, battalion receives depressed Leap Motion cash to flow to worsen continuously, be forced not merely change is in the high office of san Francisco from them, explode continuously from what the employee is versed in makings also let Business Insider (media of American famous science and technology) medley give father to reject an apple to buy for two times, much home partner be about to principal does not have the story that return.
The domain that the Leap Motion that held water 2010 is good at is optical gesticulation control (Optical Gesture Control) , the product that its roll out the earliest is unit is received outside a computer, allege the person that can let use replaces board of lay a finger on with gesticulation or the mouse will control computer.
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Nevertheless, the palm is impending although the fashion that controls computer is very amused, but screen of lay a finger on is besides the distance of 10 centimeter. All gesticulation are controlled, as long as a little forth OK operation of stabler, more instant ground, specially is far from screen impending control, not merely bring owls to Athens, artifice exhaustion also can anticipate.
Leap Motion rolls out to make pallet test movie designedly, will tell an user how to be used, film hit exceeds 500 thousand at that time, although not be the level with red net far, but be opposite to have hardly famous those who spend is new start a company, this hit is quite breathtaking already, although be opposite for the company more it is negative effect.
When rolling out generation product, the B that the Leap Motion that holds water 3 years just finished 30 million dollar in January annulus financing, get those who cast is Peter Dier Founders Fund (fund of American famous venture capital investment) , appraise is worth more than 300 million dollar, cooperate with Hua Shuo, undertake binding selling to their gesticulation control equipment.
Leap Motion publicizes film to be as follows at that time:
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Later, a lot of media cover in succession Tom Kelusi is in " crucial report " in the gesticulation control that makes a person impressive then is about to come true eventually. Nevertheless, of the person that after comparative and real product appears on the market, use " psychological fall " , had been destined Leap Motion can fail.
Why does Leap Motion reject an apple twice to buy?
2014, facial book with day price 2 billion dollar buys battalion to close adjacent for the Oculus VR of 0, detonate upsurge of whole world VR, leap Motion also turns the key to VR domain, try to use the gesticulation control equipment of oneself on VR product. This VR agitation and the AR agitation later, make science and technology big not merely book of factory cereal song, face, apple, HTC and Suo Ni no sooner has one fallen than another steps into the breach have investment, ecbolic also thousand about a hundred start a project newly, leap Motion is multiplying this sea tide to finished 50 million dollar in July 2017 C annulus collect endowment, get casting just is Magendatong.
Till this time is nodded, leap Motion already finished financing of 94 million dollar. Cover according to Business Insider, be in early the apple ever tried to buy Leap Motion 2013. However, both sides meets first is a disaster, leap Motion combines father to hold a CTO concurrently to wear Wei Huoerci to express, after buying, he won't work for the apple. He not only think the apple has been an innovation company no longer, still praise the system installing eminent of song of malic adversary cereal wantonly.
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If this report is true, so wear Wei Huoerci this kind of behavior is indescribable really. Because be in almost all start a company newly and buy in the case, the 1-2 of virgin group remain in office that the metropolis that buy the home asks to start a company newly year, let employee can set his mind at to continue to work on one hand, ensure technology and patent asset are transferred smoothly on the other hand.
In other words, if wear Wei Huoerci to be an apple to work innocently really, they with respect to should direct excuse oneself from, and should not have a talk with the apple. If let me analyse, I think the biggest reason that bought failure 2013 should be appraise value.
Leap Motion just finished 30 million dollar at that time B annulus financing, appraise value already exceeded 300 million dollar, allegedly father thinks the company can become appraise to be worth 1 billion U.S. dollor alone horny animal. The apple tries to buy the amount unknown of Leap Motion at that time, but the make a price when the apple tried the 2nd times to buy 2018 is 3000, 50 million dollar. Visible, first time make a price of the apple won't exceed 30 million dollar.
Even if bade was 30 million dollar 2013, never mention it Huo Erci of the · that wear dimension joins an apple to work innocently, the 30 million dollar that is B annulus investor solely just is occupied 10% the left and right sides, buy with respect to what promise an apple impossibly. So, bilateral to trading the wide gap with huge price, just be negotiation cracked real reason.
Nevertheless, the apple comes 2 degrees " talk about a marriage " have the land it seems that very successful, disclose according to in-house personage, the apple has begun the welfare article of employee of postmortem Leap Motion even, mail formally buy an agreement to reach Leap Motion office, the employee that sees this postal matter allegedly attacks a palm to congratulate in the office in succession.
To employee, if this company that controls without implementation battalion tardy can be bought by the apple, can protect the job to avoid not merely at unemployment, and still can increase on resume " be bought by the apple " honorary label. But be in and buy those who predict to finish a few days ago, malic cancel purchases proposal, the reason is two young author of company mature not quite.
Actually, 3000, the buys amount to exceed 200 billion dollar to Zhang area cash reserve in a bank apple of 50 million dollar, it is a drop in the sea at all, consider father disposition crabbed, it is worth while also that the penny that spend a dot buys technology and patent. After all, facial book spends 2 billion dollar to but the eye was not blinked,buy next Oculus VR that close without battalion. In fact, what the facial book of the apple that this also is soft hardware union and pure software build up is in and buy strategy to go up is the biggest different.
Book of Gu Ge, face buys hardware company success not beautiful
Gu Ge and facial book are being searched and gregarious network domain prevails each, everyday cash shedding is ceaseless, when buying hardware company accordingly none be irresolute when firmness is needed. But of these two companies buy result and be inferior to person meaning, pay the price not merely tall, the new group that get costly check and buys also often is met arrogant and complacent, cannot adjust smoothly smoothly with facial book, Gu Ge.
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Watch an apple instead, although be the company that a soft hardware joins, but battalion closes to come from hardware almost. No matter be Qiaobusi, still be Cooke, stare at hardware product price closely to reach production cost. So, the apple spends big money to purchase innovation rarely, and after be being bought, also can carry out after all thoroughly.
E.g. , the apple bought PA Semi with 278 million dollar 2008 (embedded microprocessor supplier) , at that time head acting IPhone comes out ability is full a year, but depend on chip big plant to supply chip unlike company of traditional mobile phone, qiao Busi foreknows oneself have systematic chip to be able to bring larger competitive dominant position to the apple, because this moves,buy PA Semi.
2010, qiao Busi spends 121 million dollar again and buy a chip to design company Intrinsity, of the same age releases a processor of acting Apple A4, from now on the brilliant times of processor of open A series, bring place of other mobile phone to do not have for the company " unfair advantage " .
To the apple of such careful calculation and strict budgeting, because inaccuracy will surely be denied " domestic " Leap Motion two author and abandon finally and buy, actually understandable also. More possible nevertheless is, financing of more than 94 million dollar has been finished on Leap Motion history, calculate an apple to bid 50 million dollar, investor is started " preferential liquidation counterpoises " the clause also cannot take 94 million dollar entirely, and two author of hold common stock are met social status clears, because different idea buys these two author,also be in expected.
Additional, magendatong was gotten 2017 send 50 million dollar C annulus financing, the likelihood is enjoyed taller than old partner " preferential liquidation counterpoises " . If the apple buys valence to just be 50 million dollar, so metropolis principal does not have B annulus and the investor before return, the angle from them, accept an apple very hard also buy.
No matter be which kind of reasons, leap Motion rejects an apple twice to buy just to say the world of clear poineering company has too much interest to conflict, and whole grow to doing poineering work with financing method the company is having huge effect. If father and investor are done not have from understand this reality at the beginning, and consolidate step by step, bring about overall possibly finally to all be defeated, cannot not learn a lesson.
