Chapter 201 SAM Inc
Seeing the conversations of other members in the chat room, Lin Hong remembered the book called "Hacker" he had read before. In those years, some pure hackers began to develop business awareness. They gradually commercialized their own technology and products, and while continuing to promote the development of technology, they also earned corresponding rewards. And this kind of behavior is considered by traditional veteran hackers to violate the basic ethics of hackers' pursuit of "from" and "free", so they no longer recognize those people as hackers.
However, this trend seems to be completely unstoppable, so that the author of the book finally wrote a chapter entitled "The Last Hacker" to introduce the last professor at MIT who adhered to the ethics of early hacking.
Lin Hong didn't expect that such a small club as the SAM Association would also encounter this problem.
Seeing Matthew asking for his opinion, Lin Hong suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
Is it really impossible to reconcile public welfare and business?
He doesn't want to see the division of the SAM Association, but now it seems that this situation is inevitable.
He sighed and finally replied: [STONE: Both modes of operation have their own advantages. We gather together because of interest, and no one can force anyone to do what he doesn't want to do. Since there are two sounds, let's divide them into two.]
After Lin Hong's words were sent out, no one spoke in the chat room for a long time.
Everyone understood what Lin Hong meant.
In fact, they were waiting for Lin Hong's opinion before, because it was his cracking project that led to the birth of the association, and it was his important contribution that led to the rapid development of the association. Therefore, they all think that Lin Hong's opinion is very important. Maybe if he is on either side, which side will get everyone's final support.
However, no one expected that Lin Hong would support the splitting of the SAM Association.
Everyone was shocked at the beginning. I felt that I couldn't accept the proposal, but I thought about it carefully. I think this method is good.
[STONE: I hope everyone is separated. They can also actively cooperate with each other as before. The two parts complement each other. Help the development of both sides. I won't join either party for the time being. As a [self] person, if there is anything I can help, I can help.]
This matter has been settled.
Arthur, left-handed, and atomic people continue to maintain the continued operation of the SAM Association, while Matthew, Torch and Pison decided to form a company and began to sell CDAD-based products.
After Matthew and others leave, the SAM Association will continue to attract members. Develop and grow. And it will also focus on establishing branches in other schools across the United States to expand the influence of the association.
After the meeting, Arthur came to Lin Hong's room.
"I didn't expect it to develop like this." Arthur was a little depressed. Matthew is his best friend, and the two of them are now a little unhappy about the association.
"Arthur, there are some things that can't be avoided." Lin Hong comforted, "Everyone has their own choices, and there is no right or wrong in this matter. Don't let this affect your friendship. I think Matthew can figure this out. He wants to start a company, and we should support him. After all, this is a company that went out of our SAM. We should continue to run the SAM Association, hoping to get more companies out of it.
"Well, you're right!" Hearing Lin Hong's words, Arthur felt much better. "I thought about this matter a little seriously before. I'll have a good talk with Matthew."
The next day, Arthur took the initiative to find Matthew. The two had a good talk about this matter, and the previous grudge was quickly eliminated. Arthur no longer felt uncomfortable about Matthew ** going out to start a company.
Due to the reconciliation between Arthur and Matthew, the SAM Association is actually not divided. It is only divided into two parts, one part is dedicated to the association, and the other part relies on the association to run the company. The two complement each other and promote each other.
In the afternoon, we will go to the electronic market together to find merchants who are willing to take over the transformation of calculators.
Boston's electronics market is located in a large shopping mall, which gathers hundreds of wholesale and retail all kinds of electronic products.
At the beginning, Lin Hong and others did not directly indicate their purpose, but listened sideways and first understood the market. As a result, they found that the price of the flash memory and memory of the calculator was much cheaper than the one they bought before, at least three dollars.
Finally, they successfully found a suitable partner and outsourced all the processes to the other party, charging a total of $27, including the cost of zero devices.
Originally, the other party said that it could be done for only $25, but in order to ensure the success rate, an additional $2 was added to each calculator. If the calculator is damaged, they will be responsible for compensation.
Both parties agreed to drive to the Latin School to pick up the goods at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
In addition, they also learned a little about the market of making CDAD equipment components, but they did not purchase it for the time being. We need to fully understand this matter later.
Next, he began to prepare to set up the company. Lin Hong and Arthur did not participate in it, so they let Matthew and Pison go to work.
The company name determined by Matthew is "SAMInc."
It's that simple. There are no other prefixes and suffixes.
In the evening, the members of the association communicated again.
Although this company is out of the association, it will appear as an institution of ** after its establishment, and does not belong to the SAM Association. Of course, there will certainly be very close cooperation between the two sides.
Since the company wants to produce products, of course, it needs start-up capital.
Although CDAD equipment is not very expensive, it is not affordable for a person if there are more.
Matthew means to set up a partnership, and SAM internal members can be given priority if they want to buy shares. The SAM Association can occupy a certain number of shares in the form of technology shares. After all, their CDAD product comes from the SAM Association.
In addition, because the infrared protocol used was written by Lin Hong and has a patent in this regard.
was previously used for non-profit purposes, and there is no problem at all. But now if a special company is set up to sell such products, Matthew proposes that it can be rewarded in two ways. One is to give Lin Hong a certain authorization fee for each CDAD device generated, and the other is to calculate this as a certain proportion of technology shares.
Originally, Lin Hong didn't care about this. He said that he could authorize SAM to use it for free, but Matthew did not accept it. He said that it was better to calculate it clearly in business.
In fact, Matthew insists so much. The main reason is that SAM Company is inseparable from everyone's support, especially Lin Hong. Without his technology as the backing, the possibility of SAM Company's development and growth is very small.
In addition, if you want to become a partner, you must invest a certain amount of money and then calculate the shares in proportion.
Originally, Matthew thought that this was a good thing. If nothing unexpected happens, he should definitely be able to make money. However, as soon as he proposed this plan, the "atom" and "left-handed" first stated that they would not buy shares. On the one hand, he did not have much capital, and on the other hand, the reason was .
The final distribution ratio is as follows.
The SAM Association invests in technology, accounting for 15% of the shares. In the future, the dividends of the association will be used to maintain normal operating expenses.
Matthew, Pison and Torch contributed $3,000 each, accounting for 25%, 20% and 20% respectively.
Matthew has 5% more shares than them, mainly because he was one of the original founders of SAM.
Correspondingly, Lin Hong and Arthur also received 5% of the founder's shares respectively.
In addition, Lin Hong's infrared patent license is also regarded as 10% of the shares as technology shares, so that Lin Hong has a total of 15% shares.
Usually, Arthur does not participate in the operation of SAM. However, both the SAM Association and the SAM company will share information. If either party needs technical support, they can ask the other party for help.
As the fourth largest shareholder of SAM, Lin Hong will naturally bear certain responsibilities. At critical times, he needs to provide technical support for SAM.
In addition, Matthew will officially resign as president of the SAM Association and hand it over to Arthur, but he is still a member of the SAM Association, helping to deal with some of Arthur's incomparable work.
After this matter was confirmed, Matthew officially began to prepare for the production of CDAD equipment as the head of SAM. In order to save money, SAM's office is in Matthew's garage.
The initial capital was $9,000 of their own contribution. In order to facilitate the connection with the host in the SAM activity room, Matthew temporarily contributed his computer and put it directly in the garage.
The torch is far away in California and can only communicate by phone or chat.
He said that he would come immediately at the weekend, and if he really needed it, he would quit his job and devote himself to SAM full-time. In addition, he also helped to purchase a batch of electronic components for the production of CDAD at a very favorable price, such as infrared transceivers.
SAM's first order was the bonus of 40 sets of CDAD equipment previously booked by the Latin School.
Fortunately, I have had successful production experience before. The assembly and production of CDAD equipment went very smoothly. Moreover, this time, because it is officially sold to the outside world, it is the brand of SAM company. Torch also specially found a friend who produces abrasives and specially designed a set of very beautiful shell abrasives for $1. For the price, 100 sets of shells have been ordered first, and the payment can be settled within a month.
In this way, the first batch of a total of 40 CDAD finished products was born in the garage under the hard work of Lin Hong and the four of them.