1858 Engels mentioned Chaoshan in the article "Russia's Success in the Far East" published in the Tribune of New York Daily, arguing that "Shantou is the only port with a little commercial significance", which shows that Shantou (Chaoshan) had a commercial reputation in the world more than 60 years ago.
When it comes to Chaoshan entrepreneurs, it is easy to think of Li Ka-shing, Ma Hua Teng, Huang Guangyu, Yao Zhenhua, Li Dongsheng and other big names, but in fact, Chaoshan entrepreneurs don't show their mountains and rivers, and there are still many billionaires. I know a Chaoshan entrepreneur who actually controls three listed companies, but all of them are revealed by the names of people around him. Most people don't know who the real boss is behind it.
Chaoshan entrepreneurs are actually rare in Jiangsu. Because of my working relationship, I have been dealing with and cooperating with many Chaoshan entrepreneurs in Guangdong in recent years. I found that there are still many differences between Chaoshan entrepreneurs and Jiangsu entrepreneurs.
1, Chaoshan people are born entrepreneurs.
"Better sleep on the floor than be a boss", this proverb describes the enthusiasm of Chaoshan people to start their own businesses. Many Chaoshan entrepreneurs now start from small businesses. Most Chaoshan people are unwilling to work all their lives. If they have accumulated, they will invest in bigger things. If not, they will do small business. If they really lose money, they will start over. Perhaps there are many brothers and sisters at home, so Chaoshan people are indomitable.
Entrepreneurs in Jiangsu generally don't fight unprepared wars. In the early years, Jiangsu entrepreneurs were mostly managers of township enterprises and successfully became business owners in the wave of restructuring. At present, most entrepreneurs in Jiangsu are technical or resource-based, few people choose to start a business for the sake of starting a business, and it is rare to start a business without leaving a backward path.
Of course, no matter whether these two roads are right or wrong, there is an old saying called "the last stop" and "accumulating wealth and making little money". Firm entrepreneurial belief will naturally be better if it can be combined with relatively sufficient entrepreneurial preparation. I have a friend in Jiangsu who is engaged in autonomous driving business and has accumulated artificial intelligence technology for many years. However, in 20 18 and 20 19, the industry was cold and financing was difficult, so I thought about it and liquidated the company in 2020. As a result, 202 1, the industry turned better, and the enthusiasm for capital rose again. Orders followed by several automobile manufacturers entered mass production one after another, but they took the initiative to find their own investment institutions. If you persist for a while, of course there is no if.
2. Chaoshan entrepreneurs have a keen sense of business and dare to try and transform.
Without enterprise development, it is smooth sailing. In the process of development, enterprises can't keep up with the trend of the times and can't transform in time, so they may be eliminated by the times.
Most Chaoshan entrepreneurs started from trade sales or made their first fortune from low-end manufacturing, but now many enterprises founded by Chaoshan people have become high-tech entities and multinational financial groups. Take TCL founded by Chaoshan Li Dongsheng as an example. It started with the production of tape phones, and then continuously expanded its product categories. In 2004, it acquired some of the world's top 500 industries, entered the capital-intensive panel industry in 2009, and acquired Zhonghuan shares, a listed company in the fields of photovoltaic and semiconductor materials, in 2020. Now TCL has formed three core industries: semiconductor display, intelligent terminal, photovoltaic and semiconductor materials.
Chaoshan entrepreneurs have a keen sense of business, know the weather vane of the market in time and create more possibilities for themselves. A Chaoshan entrepreneur I know used to trade electronic components and later entered the upstream manufacturing industry. Some time ago, he told me that equity investment is very hot now and he is ready to get involved.
For Chaoshan entrepreneurs, making money is always the first.
There must be a group of outstanding brothers behind Chaoshan entrepreneurs.
"It doesn't matter how many people are shot", and the unity of Chaoshan people is rare in other places. Chaoshan people are very brothers and pay attention to family unity. The circle of friends is generally not too new, and the friends who really want to talk to each other have to be the same clan, the same clan and the same hometown. As long as they are brothers recognized by Chaoshan people, they can do whatever they want.
A Chaoshan enterprise I worked with before, because it takes more than 2 billion yuan to declare a project, to be honest, few enterprises or individuals can come up with so much cash or financial assets at once. As a result, the founder of this enterprise found Xiao Mao, who is already the chairman of the listed company, and helped to give a promise of 65.438+0.5 billion. You know, the letter of commitment is also legally binding.
The failure of an enterprise's development is always smooth sailing, with highs and lows. You can help your brother enterprises at high tide and get their support at low tide. This is the advantage of Chaoshan entrepreneurs, and it is also the incomparable advantage of most entrepreneurs.
When Chaoshan people make money alone, they often bring a group of relatives and friends around to make money, which is rare in Jiangsu.
Chaoshan entrepreneurs have the most stable family backing in the country.
There are countless cases in which family changes lead to problems in enterprises and even the founders are in trouble. However, the divorce rate of Chaoshan people is the lowest in China. Generally, Chaoshan men live outside and women live inside, and Chaoshan women rarely marry outside. It is not that Chaoshan couples have strong love, nor that Chaoshan men are faithful. On the one hand, it is influenced by traditional ideas. On the other hand, Chaoshan entrepreneurs will basically provide enough family needs. Of course, there are also a few Chaoshan entrepreneurs in several families.
On the other hand, an entrepreneur from Jiangsu runs a large medical investment institution in Shenzhen. As a result, he was reported to be cheating in marriage by the original match, and was eventually expelled from the company. The original match was the chairman. Such a farce will not happen to Chaoshan people. The divorce rate in Jiangsu is as high as 40%, while that in Chaoshan is only 0.5%.
If you want to fight well, you must first stabilize the rear, but unfortunately many entrepreneurs forget this.
Conclusion:
To do a good job in an enterprise, there must be internal rules to follow, the way lies in the founder in the final analysis, and the geographical division should return to the study of the founder's personality and ways of doing things.
What you learn from dealing with Chaoshan people may be one-sided, but sometimes communicating with entrepreneurs and friends can also lead to some thinking.