Entrepreneurial companies, because they do not have strong economic strength, or the main funds are used for enterprise development, will not have particularly high wages, which are basically slightly lower than the industry average, or flat.
In an entrepreneurial company, everything starts from scratch, and every effort you make will be seen by your boss. Everyone will grow up and struggle together towards a beautiful vision, the team will have a strong cohesion, and everyone will get along more harmoniously. For example, your boss can be your golf friend, and the management system is more flexible, so that everyone has more learning space. Moreover, once an entrepreneurial company succeeds in starting a business, you are the veteran of this enterprise and the hero of the company, and of course you have more advantages in resource accumulation and career promotion. Of course, in the early stage of starting a business, the conditions of an entrepreneurial company will be relatively difficult, and there may be no good office environment, no mature salary system, no competitive salary and no good welfare. Moreover, high growth is bound to be high risk.
Since the risk is high, we should know ourselves and ourselves. You need to do some homework.
Learn to identify entrepreneurial companies.
Technology and internet finance have become hot spots for entrepreneurship. Today, about ten years after the first wave of internet broke out, the rise of e-commerce and mobile internet has also brought new opportunities to startups. What kind of startup is more suitable for candidates? You must first understand the business nature of such companies. Sun Haining, Director of Market and Public Affairs of Ren Shida China District, provided three categories. "The types of startups include replication, imitation and adventure. Different entrepreneurs have different goals, and job seekers can combine their business abilities and interests when choosing. "
Replicative entrepreneurship
Copy the business model of the original company, with low innovation content. For example, someone once worked as a chef in a restaurant, and after leaving his job, he founded a new restaurant that was almost the same as before. A high proportion of startups belong to this kind of entrepreneurship. Feng, the director of Worry-Free Human Resources in the Future, believes that before entering this kind of enterprise, job seekers can compare horizontally with other similar enterprises to see what competitive advantages their business has in the same industry, and the work content, intensity and pace can refer to similar enterprises.
Imitate entrepreneurship
The most common way for this form of entrepreneurship in the Internet field is to imitate foreign products and introduce them into China after improvement. Its disadvantages are high uncertainty and long learning process. For job seekers, we can learn about the prototype of this product, compare with foreign markets, consider the effect of this product in China, how to improve it, and whether the company entrepreneurs understand the product scientifically. When applying for a job, you can discuss these issues directly with your future boss and get to know the real business situation.
Adventure-oriented entrepreneurship
This type of entrepreneurship will not only bring great changes to the entrepreneurs themselves, but also have high uncertainty about their future. If you succeed, you will gain a lot, and at the same time, there is a high risk of failure. Feng believes that for young people, such companies are very attractive, and new fields mean more opportunities, but the future prospects are also vague. "We can only judge the direction of the company by how wonderful the founder described this business," Feng said. "It takes a lot of judgment and courage."
Judge the potential of a startup.
Look at the boss
Feng believes that the most important thing to judge a startup is to communicate with the boss and manager. In a startup company, the leader is very dominant, and his thinking mode, working style and personality will directly affect the future of this startup company. "Be congenial to the boss, including the recognition of the business done, the future development direction of the enterprise and the management style," Feng said. In addition, the previous experience of entrepreneurs is also one of the references. Is ta a start-up or a continuous entrepreneur? What successful projects has ta done in the past? What failures has ta experienced? You can distinguish the judgment and execution of leaders in the process of communicating with each other, which is very important for the success of an entrepreneurial company.
Look at this team.
Compared with the relatively formed corporate system of large companies, entrepreneurial companies are more casual, and the fast pace of entrepreneurial companies requires higher initiative of employees. At this time, an efficient team is very important. So while looking at entrepreneurial companies, observe the working status of the company team. Is it active or passive? In addition, in entrepreneurial companies, employees are more likely to have overlapping work contents, so it is also important to appreciate each other with other team members. Whether you agree with their work style and values, and whether you can have a deep conversation with each other are all factors that determine whether you are in tune with the team.
Look at the product
The biggest value of startups comes from their products, so your recognition of this product is very important. Do you think this idea is cool? Do you think this product will have market value? Does it have a competitive advantage compared with other similar products? These are the keys to judge a startup, and also directly determine its competitiveness in the market. Reading more industry reports, attending more technical meetings and communicating with users are all good ways to understand the company's products.
Look at the money
Is the company financing? How many rounds of financing have been made? Where did the money go? Generally speaking, the founder's joint venture and investment are different. Whether the financing money is spent in the "right place" will also affect the company's future. Will accepting investment interfere with the future development of the company's products Is there a reasonable profit model now? Is it sustainable? Company people can judge whether the company's operation is healthy through these situations.
C what kind of people are more suitable for entrepreneurial companies?
The departments of startup companies are generally divided into two categories. The core department focuses on technology and sales, which is more suitable for young people. For job seekers who are interested in technology, start-up companies can provide more freedom to play and gain a sense of accomplishment more easily. When the company develops to a certain stage, the supporting departments such as finance and human resources need more talents with management experience, and then the people at the top of the company will be more popular.
The elements needed by technical talents.
Technical control
Enthusiasm for technology itself is a good stepping stone for startups. Zeng Zhiping, vice president of Meitu Company, said that lovers of products, technology and design are geeks, not constrained by reality, and have passionate, creative and innovative ideas, which is very important for product development. Zhang Yiming, CEO of today's headline, said: "We will consider whether a person is smart or not as the main technical post."
Learning and hands-on ability
For job seekers who have no molding project to refer to, pea pods will also consider their practical ability. Have you initiated a small project at school or at work? What parts are you in charge of? Do you know technology? These are the details that the interviewer often asks repeatedly during the interview.
Dissatisfied with one's fate
When faced with some experienced job seekers, whether you can complete the transition from the original comfortable work pace is also a consideration standard. Zhang Yiming said, "I need them to be willing to take certain risks and work at a faster speed."
self-driving
Feng Feng, co-founder of pea pods, pointed out that ordinary startups don't have too many rules and regulations to push you to work, so the self-drive of employees is very important. "We believe that first-class talents will take the initiative to work out of their enthusiasm and interest in products, which is the driving force."
Aspects that non-technical talents need to consider
For experienced middle managers who want to jump ship to start-up companies, it is more important to get full authorization by getting in tune with the founders. Feng believes that startups are used to the fast pace, but the management system needs time to promote, which requires middle managers to be more demanding.
Talking about salary and benefits
Compensation and options
In terms of salary, the biggest difference between start-ups and big companies is that in addition to regular wages, they often provide option incentives. Feng believes that salary is the main attraction for young employees. "There are not many entrepreneurial companies, and the salary is often very rich." For mature talents, options are more important because the salary and benefits of the original company are not bad. For such people, what they value more is the future development potential of the company and the space he can play.
Different companies have different ways to realize compensation and options. Take today's headlines as an example. They package wages and options, and employees can choose their own cash income ratio, ranging from 50% to 85%. Generally speaking, junior employees have a higher proportion of cash (compared with mature companies in the same industry, the salary is more advantageous), and senior employees are more inclined to have options of the company and may be repurchased by the company. Douban is treated as a full-time option, as an encouragement for employees to contribute to the company's growth direction. Correspondingly, some of their positions are basically equal to the market situation in terms of salary, and do not show much advantage.
Bonuses and benefits
Compared with the perfect welfare system of large companies, the welfare system of startup companies is more flexible.
Take Meitu Company as an example, there are different incentive systems within the company, including: project bonus, Bug mining bonus, product suggestion bonus, talent recommendation bonus, technology patent fund, etc. They also provide snacks and drinks and other benefits, as well as a high monthly departmental activity fund per person. Douban will pay supplementary medical and commercial insurance for employees. Employees can also enjoy computer subsidies, parking subsidies, birthday and wedding cards and gifts from the company. The company also provides working breakfast, afternoon tea and fruit every day, and there are many interest groups to encourage employees to participate.
E. Other differences between start-ups and large companies
Compared with large companies, startups are more flat in management, many new product ideas and design ideas can respond quickly, and colleagues work together in the form of product lines and new projects.
Due to the flat management of the company, the speed of uploading and distributing is very fast, so the leadership style of the boss of a startup company is different from that of a big company. You can communicate directly with the CEO if you have an idea.
Under the mature management mechanism of large companies, everyone's responsibility scope is very clear, so it is good to do their job well. However, in startups, there is a shortage of manpower in almost every field, and overlapping work content is a very common phenomenon.
In addition, startup companies work faster, requiring employees to be more proactive, and rarely arrange everyone's specific work in detail, so employees need to take the initiative to fight for and complete. When users have problems, employees need to solve them immediately, which requires high flexibility. At the same time, the product iteration speed is fast and it needs continuous maintenance.