“We have already started production.” In the exchange, Zhang Zhe also felt the urgency of starting a business. He has planned to settle in Zhuhai, so that he can take into account both the Macao company and the mainland market.
Ma Chi said that the three local dialects of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have similar cultures, but more importantly, the experience and thinking of entrepreneurs in the entrepreneurial process have made them more resonate. Ma Chi graduated from the University of Hong Kong. Like him, the founders of the company are alumni of the University of Hong Kong. However, now that the company has sought to develop in the Greater Bay Area, Ma Chi is the general manager of the Shenzhen branch.
With the second phase of the X-PLAN Chuangke Superman Group, the Foundation hopes to gradually explore the establishment of an inherited and cohesive early entrepreneur community, which will enable more and more outstanding talents in the early days of Dawan, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. The talents hold the group forward.
“This year’s X-PLAN Creative Superman Group has given us a new impetus. In the future, we will use a more professional empowerment system to unite the best creative talents in Dawan District, not only with technology. Entrepreneurship gains personal life and progress, and joins the main line of industrial upgrading and high-quality development in the Bay Area,” said Foundation Director General Mu Linshan.
Professor Hong Weimin, the chief liaison officer of the 13th National People’s Congress and the chief liaison officer of the Shenzhen Qianhai Administration, and the Justice of the Peace, tell the students about the industrial development and creative talent opportunities in Dawan District
As an entrepreneur, “Snow in the Snow”
This year is the second edition of the “X-PLAN Creative Superman Group.” The first “X-PLAN Chuangke Superman Group” consisted of 38 members, and the students were distributed in the frontier science and technology fields such as big data and artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and financial technology. The number of students enrolled this year is more than 60, but the enrollment field is more focused, only for the two directions of artificial intelligence and biomedicine.
In 2018, on the basis of an in-depth study of Hong Kong’s early pioneering groups, HKXF devote itself to the launch of the first X-PLAN Venture Super Group for the Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program for Early Technology Entrepreneurs in Dawan District. How to make a product? How to verify the market? How to capture the hearts of investors? How to establish a foothold in the mainland market? These constitute the core appeal of Hong Kong’s early technology entrepreneurs, and it is also the direction that X-PLAN hopes to bring to the students.
Lu Shan Capital China Fund Partner Lu Yibo (third from the front row) takes a group photo with the teacher
In 2016, Sequoia Capital (China) established the Techno Hong Kong Foundation. At that time, the mainland was in full swing, but there were few concerns about technology innovation and entrepreneurship in Hong Kong. For many years, Sequoia Capital has been paying attention to China’s early technology startups, turning this experience into early-stage creative talents brought to Hong Kong and the Bay Area, helping Hong Kong to make breakthroughs in the development of science and technology, helping Dawan District to become a The International Science and Technology Innovation Center is the initial heart of Sequoia’s establishment of a charitable foundation, and the development of talented people is its core mission.
This year, the Foundation published “The First Bay Area Strategy for Hong Kong Entrepreneurs in 2019 in the Bay Area” (hereinafter referred to as “The Great Bay Area 2019”), answering Hong Kong entrepreneurs to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau The common problem of entrepreneurship in cities in the region provides a “one-stop” guide: the book details the experience of successful entrepreneurs, the introduction of Dawan District, the establishment and operation of the company (including finance, taxation, law, intellectual property, etc.), financing , life and other aspects of experience.
“Sequoia as an entrepreneur behind entrepreneurs, we know the difficulty of starting a business, so we always ask ourselves to be the ones who give in the snow.” Shen Nanpeng, chairman of HKXF, said in the preface to “The Great Bay Area 2019”.