Bytedance: the Secret from 0 to 1

No one can succeed casually, which is evident from Mr. Zhang Yiming's love of reading📖. Through extensive reading, he developed his long-term vision and higher pursuits. Work hard, have fun and make history. You can see his philosophy on life. Making money is not the goal, fulfill your dreams and create history.

The whole book details Zhang Yiming's personal development and Byte's development from the perspective of a bystander who is more biased towards Byte Company. Although it is from a personal point of view, it is also a good work.

There is no end to learning, and any success is not accidental!

This book gave me a deeper understanding of ByteDance's entrepreneurial story, and also allowed me to see the power of technological innovation. I loved the passionate and creative characters in the book and I was inspired by their stories. This book explains a successful Internet company in a relaxed way and is well worth reading!

It's quite interesting, witnessing the rise of ByteDance, Douyin, and Toutiao. It is also very helpful for writing. It can provide the novel's domineering male protagonist with business development materials, show the hardships and challenges encountered along the way, and how to fight back, and finally achieve success.

Douyin was not what it is today from the beginning, and it is not a product that suddenly appeared. Everything has its traces. There are better software that developed earlier than Douyin. It can be said that Douyin debuted relatively late. I think there are several reasons why latecomers are ahead. 1. The core technology of personalized recommendation is unmatched. Everyone can not only see the hot videos in society, but also see the videos recommended by the system that match personal tastes. The long-tail market has been firmly grasped. 2. The market competition is small and still in the blue ocean, and short videos became popular too suddenly. At that time, there were very few people betting on short videos in the market, and few invested in them (ByteDance was not very optimistic in the early days, which can be seen from the number of team members and resources of A. Me, the predecessor of Douyin) 3. The founder Zhang Yiming has strong personal ability, unique vision, dares to be the first, and makes big bets. As soon as I discovered that short videos were very profitable, I made a prompt decision and invested a lot of resources. The focus gradually shifted from Toutiao to Douyin. In 2016, A. Me changed its name to Douyin and developed rapidly in the Chinese market. In 2017, it entered overseas markets, first in Asia and then the United States and Europe. 4. Debuted late, but at the right time. First, China's Internet infrastructure has been improved, and user costs have dropped (for example: data is not expensive anymore, and mobile phones have become more popular and ordinary people can afford them); secondly, there are many veterans who can learn from the experience and technology to avoid pitfalls.

A very useful book. If I had discovered it 2 years earlier, I might have become financially free and regretted my decision at that time.

This book very objectively and truly restores some of the growth conditions of Douyin at that time and the problems and challenges encountered in its development. There is no doubt that Douyin is the king of the mobile Internet era. ByteDance has proven itself on this point. The U. S. Government has decided to spin off TikTok. What results will ByteDance maintain in the next stage? We'll see.

The author wrote this book in 2020. In the past five years, many things have happened in the Internet world. Times are progressing and technology is developing. For a new application to be quickly promoted, technology, infrastructure, and market demand must be in sync. Strength, situation, and market are indispensable.

I like this kind of book that objectively restores the competitive environment and decision-making ideas at that time. It can be a great inspiration for me when I am starting a business.

A very interesting and objective book. The author is a foreigner who looks at the rise of Douyin from another perspective. At the same time, the author has lived in China for sixteen years and understands China well enough not to distort the information due to language and other factors. In the end, Tomato is also owned by Byte, no wonder it's so rich. In that case, how about buying more book copyrights? Hhhh

Not bad, the content is consistent with Mr. Zhang Yiming's public information

Very beautiful, particularly exciting, worth watching!

It would be better if there could be more analysis on the status and business focus of each of ByteDance's competitors during the three development stages. Overall, it is worth reading.

A very clear analysis of the development history of ByteDance, giving people a deep understanding of the company and the short video field on which it has grown.

Objectively and truly describes the development of Douyin.