Nanjing college students are obsessed with the "crossing machine", successfully started business and obtained angel round investment

Wearing virtual glasses and manipulating the gesture of the drone through the remote control in the hand, you can observe the picture transmitted by the drone in real time. The first -person perspective is drone, and it has a more familiar name "Crossing the machine".

Yuan Xiao, a major in the 2018 Internet engineering major of Nanjing University of Information Technology, was organized to create a strange model brand in April 2020 based on the love of the FPV drone. At the Nanjing NetEase Digital Industry Base, his entrepreneurial project officially landed, and the enthusiasm of the crossing machine began to become a reality.

Senior players crossing the machine, the sophomore year is determined to start a business

"Crossing machines are the best equipment that can make people the best feeling of free flight. I have been deeply fascinated from the first time I saw it." As a senior player of the crossing machine, during the winter holiday of 2019 The 3D printer from the home "Amoy" made several accessories of the crossing machine and hanged it online to sell it. I did not expect that the effect was good. After the school, he told a roommate in a hurry that it was a business opportunity. The two originally planned to open the entrepreneurial plan for the physical store to turn to the consumer electronics field related to the machine.

However, the transition goal is not an easy task, and Yuan Xiao was quickly opposed by his parents. They believe that the risk of starting a business from scratch is too high, and it is better to find a job stably. Most of the students around them are not optimistic about Yuan Xiao's entrepreneurial plan. "But I think that everyone needs to open the horizon and find a way of success." Yuan Xiao believes that there are more than one way of success in the world. In the process of dreaming, even if there are more opposition and ridicule, It will not be restrained, "this instead instead I want to make my business better."

Since then, Yuan Xiao and his friends have participated in some entrepreneurial competitions while improving the machine. Soon they settled in the free entrepreneurial space provided by the school entrepreneurial park and received a certain entrepreneurial subsidy. "Only by continuous diligent work and learning to improve the cognitive level of yourself and the team can we ensure the continuous growth of the team." In 2020, the Nanjing Human Resources and Social Security Department went to school to give policy preaching. Yuan Xiao in May of the following year Signed up for the ninth "Win in Nanjing" Youth University Student Entrepreneurship Competition and won the third prize of the contest.

The "Win in Nanjing" finals left a deep impression on Yuan Xiao. At that time, due to nervousness, he failed to express the clear intention of the project to the judges, resulting in a low score. But he quickly learned from it, asked his companions, and worked hard to overcome his anxiety. "After that competition, I could maintain a stable attitude when I participated in the competition."

Participating in various types of innovation and entrepreneurship competitions can not only exercise and improve their own abilities and publicize brands. The most important thing is to hear reviews and guidance from professional judges. This has a general role in the starting team. Yuan Xiao has participated in many competitions with the team and won the second prize of the "Internet+" college student innovation and entrepreneurial competition in 2021.

The market prospect is broad, and the angel round investment has been obtained

In October 2020, Yuan Xiao registered Nanjing Nicolas Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., and the goal of using printers as parts to become reality step by step. The company has 8 employees, 6 of which are fresh graduates. With a passionate enthusiasm, they worked hard in the studio full of samples and product parts. From the selection of raw materials, the selection of foundries, the quality of the processing, to the repeated test adjustment of the sample, and the final acceptance of the finished product, Yuan Xiao led the team to participate in the whole process. "New problems need to be resolved almost every day. When I start my business, I will use Todolist to remind me of the problem that I need to solve the next day. Now I have recorded more than 600 large items and thousands of small items."

How to do the business plan? How to get the company's equity structure? Yuan Xiao, who had been confused about this, received the guidance and help of the entrepreneurial mentor. "Entrepreneurship instructor helped us make a basic design, and asked the team of corporate services to make a legal evaluation." Under the guidance of the instructor, Yuan Xiao and his friends cooperated in the division of labor, checked the relevant information in large quantities, and referred to the example of the excellent online planning books to discuss and improve the efficiency of work, and finally successfully completed the plan design.

At the suggestion of the mentor, in addition to the operation of the official website of the brand, the company also actively opened official stores on major e -commerce platforms. At present, the team has developed 5 product series, applying for 4 practical new patents, and product sales to more than 20 countries and regions.

After graduating this year, Nanjing Jiangbei New District gave free work venues and talent apartments to solve basic office and life problems for them. Angel round investment in Venture Capital Group made them more powerful to realize their dreams. "Get a project funding of 300,000 yuan and a bonus of 10,000 yuan, and you can also enjoy the city -level D talent treatment." The competition allowed Yuan Xiao to get a part of the startup funds and get the corresponding talent treatment. "The company currently 300 square meters of 300 square meters Mi's farm rental and their own talent apartments are free. "

3D printing supply should be required, and then they plan to open the production line

The company's 300 -square -meter venue, most of the space is occupied by 3D printers. "The printer at the initial test stage can be taken. After the process is optimized, take it to the factory to open the mold." Yuan Xiao checked a machine that was working, showing that the machine had worked for 17 hours on the same day. These printers were him and The little friends cooperated together. "The close cooperation of the team can quickly and efficiently become a reality with good ideas and creativity. If the efficiency is low, it will be preceded by stronger competitors." Through the exchange activities of some entrepreneurs, we will open the production line to receive a company that can produce parts for us. The production capacity continues to develop new technologies, and now it can also make some supporting facilities for other manufacturers. "The company now has a plan to do the whole machine, and also looks for matching production lines in many ways."

"Ensuring the company's rapid growth is the most important plan for the next 2 to 3 years." Yuan Xiao was fortunate to be able to meet the friends who were along side by side. It was the determination and confidence of supporting each other's encouragement and support to support their entrepreneurial entrepreneurship.

Yuan Xiao likes Musk's words very much- "Creating a company is like swallowing glass, and it is born to death all the time ... As you encounter various problems, happiness will decline, you will experience a completely different difference "The world", in Yuan Xiao's view, he is currently experiencing a "completely different world", but he believes that he can stick to his original intention. "Due to the difficulties in front of him, I am going to break through."

Correspondent Zhou Hongyi Xinhua Daily · Jiaojiao Reporter Yang Ping Ping

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