Yunfeng Fund co-founder, Li Ying: the wind is generally a woman – Yunfeng Fund, founder, Li Ying, the wind woman
Li Ying has three degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have worked for top companies such as McKinsey, Ikanos', UT, and KPCB experience add up to only 13 years.You have achieved so far, as well as your identity, and many people envy, admiration, at the same time, they may also want to know, how do you at this age stage, others may be five years, even after 10 years to achieve height? If you face this question, how would you answer? \"This is one of the many questions thrown Li Ying.Yunfeng fund three team co-founder, served as Managing Director and is responsible for the investment of the Fund in the field of high-tech, energy, culture, industry, consumer services, Li Ying has a three degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in McKinsey, Ikanos', UT and KPCB has (Kay Peng TDF) and other top companies and held senior positions. See this brilliant resume, you might think of Li Ying is a woman of many vicissitudes, then I regret to tell you: wrong, she was young and beautiful. Experience add up to only spend 13 years, she was 17 years old to enter university, graduated, who just turned 20 years old.Perhaps it is this, coupled with the low-key on Li Ying, so that she becomes more mysterious. But you have to think she must have some attractions, otherwise, success is why hugging her and not someone else?In a hurry womanLiying Zu Ji Mei County, Guangdong, due to the sake of parents' work, her childhood growing up in Shenzhen, has been to junior high school sophomore.At that time, Li Ying's parents have before she moved to the United States, but young, her slightly resist the unfamiliar environment, especially from a different kingdom of life, so to reach an agreement with their parents: to the United States junior high jump one, it to go. Maybe she grew to understand the requirements they deserve something. Good grades, do not transfer to the United States, her junior high school in the country can successfully skip a grade, so she hopes to junior high school in the United States can get the same treatment, she did. In the United States only on half a year junior high school, then high school, university.Before entering university, Li Ying received the offer of many schools, including MIT, Yale, and Stanford University. Between the two universities in the front of her indecision, and finally selected the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: \"I hope to college to study science, to lay the foundation to continue their studies, and then consider going to Yale or Harvard School Learning the arts. \"Ordinary people to get two bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Massachusetts, about 5-6 years, Li Ying is shortened to three years? \"The old saying goes: school, sleep and social circles in Massachusetts, you can only choose two (At the MIT, you have to pick two: work, the sleep, or a social life), I chose to sacrifice sleep. \"This sounds very easy. When others in the play, her homework. Internet, homework has become my normal life time. \"Internet only to download course content and job requirements, she said they rarely go to class, almost all self-learning through the curriculum resources of the campus network to complete a lot of credit. \"Would participate in the many colleges opened remedial classes, gained a lot. \"I said with a smile even though she was living in the United States for many years, but its state of the University of fact, like an ordinary Chinese student, Li Ying admit this: my soul is very Chinese.In this way, the 20-year-old to leave the university campus, when her body with three degrees: Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Economics and Electronic Engineering and Master of Computer Science. She then successfully entered the dream of many graduates McKinsey. When most people think of when she will be a long time in the company, she used \"amazing\" speed conversion work platform, 10 years, has worked in four well-known investment company, each company spent an average of only two and a half years, in others it seems, this seems a little \"catch up\". \"I do not know why the look so hurry so tired,\" said Li Ying, \"may be too young, fresh bar diagram, do not like the easy life, very trying to a lot of things done immediately , you can do other things. The college would like to quickly graduated to work when you want to retire early. Now that I think was a little disappointed. \"She regrets in college missed the exciting lectures of many teachers, \"they speak of the might and the course has nothing to do, but they are worth listening to. She also believes that he can in fact be in every company an extra period of time, \"more than the accumulation of resources and experience\". Of course, she has no regrets.A group of mentorLi Ying has been an entrepreneurial dream. \"I would like to find like-minded few people to form the dream team, their own business. \"McKinsey, her 20-year-old age surrounded by a group of fifty-six-year-old \"old man\". \"So I bought a lot of black, dark blue clothes, look the older the better, at least 30 years of age. \"She as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley branch. On one occasion, her mentor, Chris, a senior partner in McKinsey asked her: \"Do you really want to do? Li Ying replied: \"to find a team start their own businesses. \"Chris very much support the idea of Li Ying, analysis about the situation: to McKinsey, for example, if it is to achieve the level of the partner, few graduation from college (and did not read the MBA) and can handle , generally in the enterprises have done for many years after the transition over, or you even with high-level dialogue of multinational companies have clout; There is a way in McKinsey for a few years, and then to other parts of the work of a few years. before returning to the partner. Chris suggested that she go out early: \"you stay in one place too long, do not want to leave comfortable, have a family, coupled with the later, more do not want to move. \"Chris remarks Li Ying began to plan their own future. At this time, Bei Hezi Rezvani Behrooz Rezvani, the Ikanos founder and chief technology officer, heard her intention, and find her. \"I heard that you want to start,\" Rezvani said very directly, \"I suggest that you first a start-up companies, to feel and exercise look. If they completely go to the business, and now the working status of different, not found before the dream team, best not so fast. \"Rezvani said these words as part of the intention is to Li Ying dug just preliminary molding company. He succeeds, Li Ying joined Ikanos', as the market and marketing director, and at the same time on behalf of the company as deputy editor of the IEEE 802.3ah, she persuaded the company of China's top three telecom equipment manufacturers to use the semi-finals of the VDSL broadband products, and Taiwan ODM foundry has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement, and help the company successfully listed on NASDAQ.To develop business in China, Li Ying met at that time UT Starcom boss Zhou Shangning. They were a similar dialogue between Li Ying and Chris Rezvani. Finally, the Zhou Shangning that her lack of the necessary management experience of entrepreneurs. One can imagine, Zhou Shangning thrown an olive branch to Li Ying horses. Li Ying to enter the IPTV Division, UT Starcom, a vice president. \"I came to Hangzhou, then again after my many years living in China,\" Li Ying said, \"all very strange, I began to see clients around carrying a model machine. \"For her, it is a rather hard, but also the most challenging experience, does not remember being shut out by how many people, even the face of the customer not see each. \"It is to know some people in some foreign industry exhibition, slowly open up the market through a friend, or friend of a friend. \"In early 2006, due to some internal political struggle in UT, Li Ying returned to the United States, joined KPCB has become the youngest-ever global partner. At that time, when the company actively explore business in China, Liying Cheng a main force responsible for KPCB China to build strategic and equity investments, and in-depth to help the business of global investment company in China.This step by step, Li Ying body entrepreneurial passion never erase the experience of each company are appropriate for her to supplement the entrepreneurs that some nutrients. So, when Ma found in Silicon Valley, Li Ying, she felt that the time has come to. And Ma is the value of her various resources. \"As it turns out, many things can not be hurried, accumulation, precipitation at the right opportunity to do the right thing. \"That she has no plans to in this post on how to develop? The experience of Li Ying, has been less attention to time, always care about how old graduation, when the youngest what to think does not make sense. \"She said,\" I see in Silicon Valley called the youngest vice president, twenties do the vice president, but he has been in that position, no way to further increase. \"Today, her meaningful things to do what you like, and they like to work with and the person I admire,\" It was priceless. In the investment community, her idol is Warren Buffett, as well as her boss, John Doerr of KPCB.\"I hope to own three, four years later still, as they active in the investment community. \"Although unlike in the past, as eager to get tangled and often trade-offs between, but Li Ying is always a good motivated people to do everything to be the best. Asked she not have the influence of parents.She replied: \"exactly. Our family is very conservative, to go abroad is full of Chinese educational methods. Moreover, my father is a perfectionist, very high requirements for their children. \"In conversation and learned that Li Ying and a brother, just last year went to college in the United States, then, the parents emigrated to the United States for many years back home, living a semi-retired life.As a career woman, Li Ying in order to achieve while balancing work and life is difficult, so I phased balance work, when devotion to play when not even think about work. \"In recent years, she was enthusiastic about meditation, often with friends and study of organic food. Will often ask for a senior person in terms of mind, emotions, philosophy and the Guoxue aspects of topic, I think for me, it is benefit. \"Li Ying personal information on LinkedInProfessional ExperienceSince January 2010: Yunfeng Fund Managing DirectorJanuary 2006 - November 2008: KPCB has a partnerJanuary 2004 December 2005: UT Starcom Vice PresidentJuly 2002, December, 2004: Ikanos' market and marketing directorJuly 2002: June 2000 McKinsey management consultantEducation and experience1997 - 2000: Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS in Computer Science, Bachelor of Economics and Electronic Engineering and Computer Master of Science
