Chapter 273 The Agitated Female Entrepreneurs
After connecting with the National Productivity Board of Singapore (NPB), Li Xiaofan officially launched all work on the Singapore Yahoo website project.
In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the Singapore Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Li Xiaofan designed the equity structure of Yahoo Singapore Pte. Ltd., and transferred 5% of the equity to Singapore Yiyang Pte. Ltd. controlled by Diana Yang, president of the Singapore Small and Medium Enterprises Association.
The final shareholding ratio of Singapore Yahoo Pte Ltd is: Singapore Yifan Technology Pte Ltd holds 65% of the shares, Yahoo! USA holds 30% of the shares, and Singapore Yiyang Pte Ltd holds 5% of the shares.
The board of directors of Yahoo Singapore Private Limited consists of three directors: Li Xiaofan, Jerry Yang and Diana Yang. Li Xiaofan serves as chairman and general manager, and Dr. Pan Zhanlong serves as deputy general manager. Last month, Pan Zhanlong completed his doctoral thesis defense at the National University of Singapore and graduated successfully. Li Xiaofan used Singapore Yifan Technology Company to help him apply for an EP employment pass. He has recently officially started working full-time at Singapore Yifan Technology Company.
At the same time, with the support of Yahoo headquarters in the United States, the Yahoo Singapore website organized and built by Dr. Pan Zhanlong is progressing smoothly. I have applied for the official domain name of Singapore Yahoo website wwwyahoosg.
The Yahoo Singapore project also received strong support from the Singapore Science Park and Ascendas Group. Lin Muqiuxin gave Li Xiaofan a total of 1,200 square meters of office space on the 12th floor of the R&D building in that building as the office space of Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd., among the top three The monthly rent during the construction period is free of charge. After the three-month preparation period, the monthly rent for the first year is a symbolic SGD 1,000 per month.
Next, the company began to recruit. After interviews with Li Xiaofan and Pan Zhanlong, Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. recruited five new software engineers. These five engineers were all overseas students from mainland China. They were all hard-working, honest, and extremely cost-effective. .
In order to save costs, Yahoo Singapore's finances are temporarily managed by Singapore Yifan Company.
Subsequently, with the support of the Singapore Small and Medium Enterprises Association, the back-end database construction of the Singapore Yahoo website and the data entry of a large number of Singaporean small and medium-sized enterprises began.
At this time, two international students Pan Zhanlong and Gu Qijun came into play. They recruited more than 100 overseas students from mainland China from the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University to come and work part-time to help earn extra money. These more than one hundred poor international students work extremely efficiently.
On a Sunday afternoon in early October, the Singapore Small and Medium Enterprises Association held a forum discussion event on "How Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Can Borrow a Boat to Go to Sea to Break Out". Relevant heads of government departments and several member entrepreneurs who have been successful in exploring overseas markets were invited to share their successes. Experience, Li Xiaofan is also invited.
After the event started, the specially invited head of the National Productivity Board (NPB) of Singapore delivered a speech first.
He mentioned in his speech: "As we all know, Singapore lacks pillar industries and core competitiveness due to its small land area and limited domestic market. Singapore's economy mainly relies on port trade and financial industries, and is vulnerable to external economic fluctuations. Therefore, The Singapore government has previously tried to develop our Singapore economy by attracting investment and talent. These foreign Investment has contributed to the take-off of our Singapore economy. But currently, our Singapore government is also aware of the significant contribution of our local small and medium-sized enterprises to the economy. The vast number of local small and medium-sized enterprises are the foundation of our Singapore economy. Therefore, we have begun to encourage and. Support our local small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore to go abroad and actively explore overseas markets.”
"Our department is also currently working hard to provide a wide range of services to our Singaporean small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore and overseas. This includes helping enterprises familiarize themselves with international business rules, establishing business contacts, providing market information, finding overseas partners, etc. A few months ago, We have developed an 'Overseas Market Entry Assistance Plan', which is called the Overseas Market Readiness Assistance Grant in English and is referred to as the OMRA plan. Local small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore can directly obtain financial assistance under the OMRA plan to help our Singaporean small and medium-sized enterprises take the international stage. The first step of internationalization, including dedicated guidance on how to enter overseas markets, expert lectures, seminars and databases to help companies going overseas understand and learn from the experience of doing business overseas. Our OMRA program can help Singaporean companies do business overseas. Exhibitions, market research, and market competition Access, as well as activities such as registering companies overseas. A large number of Singaporean SMEs can apply for OMRA grants to fund projects and help your business expand to overseas markets. Under this scheme, you can receive up to 70% of eligible cost support. , each new market is capped at S$10,000..."
After listening to the speech by the head of the National Productivity Board (NPB) of Singapore, everyone clapped their hands and applauded.
Below, many small and medium-sized business owners in Singapore are talking about: In the 1960s, in order to increase the local employment rate in Singapore, the Singapore government opened its doors, actively attracted investment, and strongly welcomed foreign investors to invest in Singapore. At that time, the Singaporean government provided great support to foreign investors, but to some extent ignored the development of local small and medium-sized enterprises. At that stage, most of Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprises were faced with the dilemma of shortage of funds, poor independent innovation capabilities and low competitiveness. Now, the Singapore government has finally begun to realize the importance of our local small and medium-sized enterprises to local economic development, which is a good thing...
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Li Xiaofan was the last one to take the stage and give a speech.
He was dressed in formal attire and looked very impressive after taking the stage.
Many female entrepreneurs in the audience began to whisper, and the eyes of a few young female entrepreneurs in particular shone brightly:
"Wow, so handsome! Who is this? I haven't seen him before?"
"So young and handsome, why have we never seen him in our association before..."
"This handsome guy has great skin. Who knows if he is married? Does he have a girlfriend?"
"Azhu, why do you have thoughts about others?"
"Haha, that's all I asked, he is really handsome! If I didn't have a husband, I would definitely chase him haha!"
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At this time, the host introduced: "Dear member entrepreneurs, the one who comes to the stage to share with us now is Mr. Li Xiaofan, the executive director of Singapore Yifan Pte. Ltd. For Mr. Li Xiaofan, this may be the first time for many of our member entrepreneurs to see him. , relatively unfamiliar. However, in the past eight months, our two media outlets in Singapore, "The Straits Times" and "Lianhe Zaobao", once reported the story of Mr. Li Xiaofan and Singapore Yifan Company's success in going overseas to obtain a large number of foreign orders with the help of the emerging Internet. I have done detailed reports. I think some friends may have an impression..."
At this time, the audience started talking: "Oh, so he is the boss of Yifan Company, so young!"
And the few nymphomaniac female entrepreneur members below started to make commotion and heated discussions.