There are more than 10 "garage coffee" in Nanjing, like Taobao, a start-up project.

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More than 10 have registered and hold regular activities on a weekly or monthly basis

"Garage Coffee", like the "Taobao" of a startup project.

There are more than 10 "garage coffee" in Nanjing, with more than 600 people regularly participating in the activity.

Southern News Network (Reporter Mao Qing) at seven o'clock on April 10, it was drizzling outside, and pedestrians on the road tightened their collars, but the coffee shop at No. 21 Shanghai Road was warm and warm under the goose yellow light. people in twos and threes are whispering and enthusiastically discussing that the ninth cup of black coffee business management salon is being held.

The reporter ordered a cup of coffee and took a seat. Suddenly, a young man handed over a hand-drawn map of Nanlin University. "this is made by my meeting Point Creative Studio, please give your comments." The young man's name is Zeng Jun, a junior in Nanlin. When he heard that there was a business salon, he wanted to introduce his studio. On another table, the head of an animation design company is consulting an investment agency about financing. After a while, under the auspices of Wang Haiying, founder of the salon and permanent director of black coffee, the person in charge of the Xuanwu District Talent Office used PPT to explain Nanjing's entrepreneurship policy. Some people listened attentively, while others were still talking and laughing. After that, people picked up the microphone one after another to introduce their entrepreneurial projects. People who wanted to comment stood up and said that sometimes several people still argued, and more than two hours passed quickly. At the end, everyone had a thick stack of business cards in their hands.

At 2: 00 p. M. on April 8, Banpo Village Cafe, 32 Qingdao Road, Nanjing IT Entrepreneurship Cafe held its first offline activity. Each person who enters the venue gets a number plate. During the event, the host is responsible for calling the number, and the person whose turn it is will take over the microphone and share his entrepreneurial and investment ideas.

On April 14, the "Entrepreneurship Market Salon" posted an event notice on Weibo soliciting roadshow start-up projects. It was forwarded dozens of times in just a few minutes, and more people sent comments in support of it. Nanjing 321 Cafe, planned by Xinjiekou Street in Xuanwu District, is also under preparation. Xuzhuang Software Park also intends to build a talent cafe in the park to provide a communication platform for entrepreneurial talents and investors.

The reporter learned that at present, in Nanjing, there are more than 10 salons with entrepreneurship as the theme, holding regular activities every week or every month.

Some are hot, some are not as expected.

Black Cafe Entrepreneurship Management Salon was established in August last year, sponsored by three students from MBA of Nanjing University, and Wang Haiying is one of them. A business card with gray characters on a white background is simply printed with the name of the salon and the address of Weibo, as well as steaming coffee and high seats sketched in simple strokes.

"several partners and I have studied in Japan and attended the local start-up salon, and I thought it was very good. After returning home, I organized some students from MBA of Nanjing University to set up this salon. " Wang Haiying said that at the first event, it was intended to invite a well-known local entrepreneur in Nanjing to give a lecture on entrepreneurial management. as a result, he had been waiting for three months because of a bad schedule, and the entrepreneur could not spare the time. Finally, he decided to start with grass-roots entrepreneurs, which was delivered by Zheng Zili, the boss of Ebisu Consulting, another sponsor.

Recalling the scene at that time, Wang Haiying could not help laughing, "to tell you the truth, the interaction was quite good at that time, but I was still not sure. At the end, I bowed to everyone and said that if there were 10 friends willing to continue to participate, we will open the second issue. As a result, more than 30 people signed up for the second phase, many of which were introduced by friends. Now, we already have more than 180 regular members, and every time the event notice is released, I have to say sorry to those who are late in signing up. "

Compared with the Black Cafe Entrepreneurship Management Salon, Zhen Wenbo, founder of Nanjing IT Entrepreneurship Cafe, is not so optimistic. Although many people came to the first offline event on April 8, because there was no core host, some people dropped out in the middle of the event, and by the end, there were few people in the cafe. "I was so depressed at that time that I even wanted to end the activity at one time." Afterwards, Zhen Wenbo summed up the six major reasons for the failure on his Weibo: lack of communication, the best part was not shown; lack of organization, team building in urgent need of improvement; lack of core, no star opinions and leaders present, hold did not live; lack of space, space conditions do not meet the requirements of large-scale parties. Lack of funds, only passion and planning, all are daydreams; lack of foresight, failed to find effective means to serve local entrepreneurs in Nanjing. "many friends follow posts to comfort me and give me some advice. now I am planning a second activity in the hope of success."

Entrepreneurs and investors are optimistic about "garage coffee"

Although Nanjing "garage coffee" has just started, for most people with entrepreneurial dreams, "garage coffee" has become a hope for them to realize their dreams.

Miao Zhiwei, general manager of Kafka dessert, is a regular customer of Black Cafe Salon. "I just started my business and everything is still being explored." In this salon, some evaluate and plan a project based on their own experience and knowledge structure, some share their entrepreneurial experience, and some take the project to find Bole, which can be said to be in the right place. I have benefited a lot from chatting with many like-minded friends and sharing their entrepreneurial experience. I'm going to open another coffee shop recently. I'd like to ask for some advice here. "

Shen Peng, Marketing Manager of Senior (Nanjing) automatic Control Co., Ltd., has participated in many Nanjing "Garage Coffee" activities. "in the past, when I went on a business trip to Beijing, I went to the 'garage coffee' in Zhongguancun, Beijing. Although Nanjing's' garage coffee'is not so perfect, it is a new thing that has just started, and it should get better and better. Last month in the black salon, I saw a young man who was ready to start a business to negotiate a venture capital there, with more than 3 million yuan. "

"did you get anything for yourself?" In the face of the reporter's question, Shen Peng said with a smile, "there is no direct gain. It is enough to listen, think, and then slowly accumulate and form your own judgment." Maybe one day I'll start my own business. "

For investors, Nanjing "garage coffee" also gives them a platform to find high-quality investment projects. In several salon events attended by reporters, on average, more than 10 investment companies or private equity funds participated in each event, a person in charge of a private equity fund told the reporter. It is like a Taobao. They also hope to find high-quality projects from here that they can invest in.

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