70亿的教训:他开发了一款2亿人在用的软件,却沉迷游戏放弃了它
2014年,成立10年之久的迅雷终于上市了,市值涨到了11亿美元左右,折合人民币70亿左右,虽然相比BAT来说这样的市值微不足道,但是对于一款主打下载的软件来说,这样的市值确实不低了。迅雷在2004年成立,8个月拿下了20万用户,那个时代还是PC的时代,获得了周鸿祎70万的天使融资,虽然开端不错,但是迅雷面临的危机很大。
在互联网发展初期,由于带宽太低,导致下载速度太慢,而能搞快速提高下载速度的应用当然受到用户的欢迎了。虽然迅雷找到了这个痛点,做的也不错,但是迅雷面前有一座大山,它就是网际快车,那个时候网际快车事下载领域的第一名,占领着80%的市场份额,而且他只有一个人开发维护,这个技术大拿的名字叫做侯延堂,虽然现在行业里已经没有他的名字。
那个时候的网际快车是下载领域的霸主,那个时候迅雷还名不见经传。而侯延堂凭借着一己之力开发了网际快车,在全球200多个国家和地区都有广泛的用户,用户数量高达2亿人;不过侯延堂虽然厉害,但是毕竟他一个人在做,更关键的是在2004年的时候,这位大神迷上了魔兽世界的游戏,足足把网际快车荒废了一年;互联网的世界变化太快了,而他竟然为了玩游戏,在1年的时间里对这个软件没有过像样的更新,导致在下载速度以及用户体验上被超越,从此迅雷做上了下载领域的头把交椅。
不过相比于迅雷,网际快车在全球领域还是有着广大的忠实用户的,在2006年的时候,这款软件被ZCOM的创始人黄明明1000万收购,但失去了一年的优势之后,网际快车想要再赶上迅雷就比较困难了,毕竟随着迅雷的不断的更新,用户们很难会为了一款相似的软件而去放弃另一款软件,丧失了机遇就再也回不来了。
而迅雷的创始人邹胜龙在一次采访中声称要感谢魔兽世界这款游戏,否则迅雷想要反超网际快车并不那么容易。如今移动互联网的时代,下载已经不再重要,由于错失了发展机遇,属于迅雷的时代过去了。
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