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The Youth Above The Clouds Will Not Be Old

The youth above the clouds will not be old

By santa jedPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

Combing through Tan's entrepreneurial history, it can be found that what supported his success was not superb wisdom and fine planning, but indomitable determination and persistent belief in pursuing ideals.

On June 28, 2012, Shanghai Pudong International Conference Center was full of people. The first "cloud computer" in China was holding a press conference. A handsome young man stood on the stage and talked eloquently, showing the powerful functions of this rather mysterious product to the audience. "In the future, you don't need to buy a computer monitor," he said. "Mobile phones, televisions, pads, etc., can be used as the display screen of a cloud computer. These displays and set-top boxes are linked together to form a cloud computer." The court immediately broke into a round of applause.

The young man named Tan Tian-Ting is only 23 years old, but he is already the chairman of the board of directors of Tian-Ting Cloud Computing. He has also been named as one of the "Top 10 entrepreneurs in China".

However, no one would think that this "Gao Fu handsome" at the beginning of the business, is a no education, no capital, no age advantage, no social experience of 15 years old boy, then, how did he succeed?

In 2004, at the age of 15, Tan approached his parents and headmaster about dropping out of school to start his own business. He said he liked online games and hoped to set up an online company to develop online games. The headmaster and his parents were very surprised. They repeatedly talked about Ting's work, but still could not shake his determination.

In the beginning, he had no money, no technology, and even no registration. At this time, although the father did not want the child to abandon school to start a business, still gave him the greatest support. To ease the financial difficulties, my father sold a house with a large appreciation. When half a million yuan was handed over to Tan, the 15-year-old felt his first sense of responsibility, and he made up his mind to make a show of it. He registered a company with his father's ID card and officially became the boss.

It was a difficult time for Tan, who worked around the clock on various online games, contacted clients, and slept only two or three hours a night. Because of his rich imagination, his ideas are often extremely novel, and he is very honest in doing business, a small business is also striving for perfection, which makes his games popular as soon as they are launched. Half a year later, he made more than 20 businesses but also hired five college students as assistants, and the company was gradually on the right track.

By chance, he found that overseas institutions engaged in the research and development of virtual servers, this method can reduce the size and weight of computers, easy to carry. Tan suddenly realized that the company scrapped dozens of computers every year. If the servers were virtualized, the operating costs would be greatly reduced. Next, he founded the country's first virtual server development company and soon brought the product to the market. As the first person to eat the crab, Tan not only made a lot of money but also fully tasted the taste of standing on the cloud.

Next, he set his sights even further and began to focus on the still blank field of "cloud computing" in China. In the market where various "cloud" technology products are popular, "cloud computer" has been regarded as the most difficult area to crack, but at the same time, it also has a great market space. Just imagine, as long as you carry a 162-gram set-top box, no matter where you are, as long as you have 2 megabytes of bandwidth, you can work, watch movies, and play online games at any time. This will be a kind of comfortable life, just like living in the sky above the cloud. To this ideal, Tan led his team into research and development without hesitation.

This time, Tan succeeded again. The advent of the "cloud computer" has been hailed as a revolutionary breakthrough in network technology.

The headmaster who agreed to Tan's suspension also witnessed his success and said with emotion, "This is a very ordinary child who truly has the Chinese dream and deserves more care."

Combing through Tan's entrepreneurial history, it can be found that what supported his success was not superb wisdom and fine planning, but indomitable determination and persistent belief in pursuing ideals. The youth on the cloud will never grow old. Tan Tian Ting, has a brave heart and a persistent dream. His future road will be more brilliant.

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