Worktile 王濤的經營之道:7 年牽引式破局 | TGO 科技領袖三十人

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"blockquote","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"「TGO 科技領袖三十人」是 2021 年 TGO 全新啓動的內容欄目,全年專訪三十位科技領袖,講述他們推動科技產業向前發展的探索經驗與實踐故事。我們力圖將“創新技術推動世界進步”這一客觀進程具象化,望見這一進程的關鍵節點。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"本期嘉賓:王濤,Worktile CEO、連續 3 屆獲得微軟MVP、微軟 TechED 客座講師、暢銷技術書籍《你必須知道的 .NET》作者。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"尋求報道:[email protected]"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/worktile.com\/","title":"xxx","type":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Worktile"}]},{"type":"text","text":" 又換辦公室了。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"像在命理中被寫好了似的,Worktile 差不多每三年就會換一次辦公室,同時也會進入一個新的發展階段。“很準的”,CEO 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的新辦公室設計圖"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":"center","origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"打從 2000 年前後,搜狐、新浪先後赴納斯達克上市,北京就成了中國互聯網創業的一座地標,也成爲了一個圈住衆多合夥人的圍城,或者叫做一個局。在這個局裏,有曾在中關村“練攤兒”的劉強東,也有從軟件園默然退租的無名之輩。像前者一般的“幸運兒”,最近二十年纔出現了不到十位;像後者一般的“失意人”,每年都可能出現上百位。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"這個局,贏家實在太少。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"2006 年,王濤被媳婦從西安“忽悠”到北京。真正入局互聯網創業則是在 2013 年 —— 那一年,他創立了 Worktile。之後的事兒,似乎和其他 CEO 也並無太多不同,就是組建團隊、找投資人拿錢、設計企業的盈利模式、調整企業發展戰略,然後馬不停蹄地一路猛跑。在王濤的詞典裏,沒有“忙不忙”這個概念,通常在孩子睡着後,還要爬起來再工作一段時間。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"人們熱愛那些傳奇的商業故事,希望用一種強勢的、充滿速度感的句式來概括企業經營的核心,比如,“別跟 xxx 公司談管理”、“xxx 公司沒有未來”等。但在王濤看來,企業的生存更像一場漫長的牽引式破局。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"這使他的經營之道顯得有些“平淡”,但被時間證明有效。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"創立七年後,在 2020 年 7 月,Worktile 完成了 B+ 輪融資。考慮到未來的市場空間和自身的“造血”能力,公司基本算是穩穩地活了下來。這座四方的紫禁城,好像已經困不住王濤了,他就是那個即將贏到最後的“幸運兒”。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"但他卻用了一分鐘的時間,在辦公室的玻璃白板上畫了張圖,聲明自己仍在局裏。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.infoq.cn\/resource\/image\/c9\/aa\/c9cbc0f2de0f4e3630eb9b100b09abaa.jpg","alt":null,"title":"","style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":"","fromPaste":false,"pastePass":false}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":"center","origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"靠着一隻乾枯的白板筆,王濤“畫”了個比較“費眼神兒”的局 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能在多個不同領域造就成功的公司,但要紮根何處,更多取決於企業創始人和團隊的調性如何,不是“拍腦門”就能決定的。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"關於這個問題,王濤也相當謹慎,他獨自推演了多次,也曾花上幾個小時爲來訪的客人講解,因此熟練地在白板上開始勾畫:一切經營決策都要回歸行業的核心本質。對於 SaaS 來說,其核心無疑是續約。如果客戶流失率(customer churn)和金額流失率(revenue churn)足夠低,當業務擴展至一定程度後,SaaS 就會成爲“複利生意”,自發向下滾動。而 SaaS 服務之所以能實現高續約率,有兩個因素相當關鍵:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"一個是“產品能解決用戶痛點”;另一個是“客戶規模足夠龐大”。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"技術創業者習慣於從自己身上找問題,關注用戶痛點,忽視客戶規模。曾有多家商會、財經媒體發佈過對中國企業平均壽命的估算,答案並不一致,但大部分集中在 2.5 - 2.9 年,企業總數則在 4000 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業務的真正客羣往往不是小微型企業,而是人數在百人以上的中型或中大型企業。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"面對中大型客戶的項目協作需求,其實 Worktile 也幹得不錯,在工業領域“和客戶共創”,可以說是風生水起。但王濤是個愛折騰的主兒,總想再找到一條與市場匹配度更高的“第二增長曲線”,同時能擁抱自身“50% 以上客戶爲技術企業”的業務特點。於是思來想去,在 2020 年 9 月發佈了 PingCode 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服務核心覆蓋區域之一,另外三個分別是:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"numberedlist","attrs":{"start":1,"normalizeStart":1},"content":[{"type":"listitem","attrs":{"listStyle":null},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":1,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"銷售:CRM;"}]}]},{"type":"listitem","attrs":{"listStyle":null},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":2,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"HR\/行政:HR SaaS;"}]}]},{"type":"listitem","attrs":{"listStyle":null},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":3,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"財務:財務 SaaS;"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在國內市場,CRM 、HR SaaS、財務 SaaS 都存在相對比較明確的市場格局,典型的企業有紛享逍客、銷售易、北森、用友、金蝶,等等。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"唯獨在研發管理領域,優秀的產品很多,但格局並不明朗。王濤形容道:“誰都沒有領先半個身位”。接着,他拿筆將“研發管理”這四個字一圈,下了定論:“這兒,就是我們想做的事情。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"基於對 SaaS 生意本質、規模和場景的理解,王濤直接搞了個大動作,宣佈 PingCode 對 25 人以下研發團隊免費。這是一個信號:對於整個研發管理 SaaS 市場來說,“拼刺刀”的時刻纔剛剛開始,雖然相關融資、併購的新聞不斷,但官子階段,任何玩家都很難主動離席。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.infoq.cn\/resource\/image\/7d\/e5\/7dc980ea5ea6666b9b25211950c65fe5.png","alt":null,"title":"","style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":"","fromPaste":false,"pastePass":false}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":"center","origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"2020 年 11 月 5 日,發佈僅兩個月的 PingCode ,宣佈對 25 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的產品能夠對應企業客戶,產生效果化的重大影響”。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"王濤認爲,中國 SaaS 能不能賺錢,取決於產品到底能不能解決問題,“回到根兒上是這個原因”。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"如同許多創業者一樣,王濤也會“向外看”、“向內看”,“向外看”通常指的是看競爭對手;“向內看”一般指的是觀察產品自身。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"相對來說,“向外看”的目標比較明確。比如,對於許多中國科技企業來說,最熟悉的研發管理工具可能是來自南半球澳大利亞的一個組合,名叫:JIRA + 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系統"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"由此出發,王濤給 PingCode 的定調也非常簡單:要能切實解決用戶問題。“當然,UI 也很重要”,他還不忘補充道。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"當然,“向外看”也容易受到矇蔽:每家企業在做產品迭代時,都會受到某些“歷史原因”的干擾,當前狀態往往是 “Trade-Off” 的結果,外人其實看不太懂,一般也“抄”不大對。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"因此,在王濤看來,“向內看”更加重要,要關注產品究竟如何滿足用戶需求。做產品是個技術活,什麼需求都接,產品就會變得臃腫;什麼需求都不接,產品就會乏善可陳。有時很難界定清楚。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"作爲一個“非霸道總裁”式 CEO,王濤慣於採用“牽引”的手段對產品施加影響,而非強勢介入團隊工作。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"比如,王濤十分關注“流失用戶”,於是在 Worktile ,存在着一份按月更新的《試用不成功報告》—— 產品團隊會關注所有在產品體驗初期就流失掉的用戶,對其試用情況做深度溝通和調查,並將過程和結論記錄在內。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"關於這份報告,讓王濤印象最深刻的例子發生在幾年前。當時,產品團隊希望新客戶在註冊使用 Worktile 後,可以儘快創建一個工作任務,以便深入地體驗產品。但在實際使用中,大家卻發現這一環節的數據始終不盡如人意。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在溝通中,客戶表示,創建任務需要填寫的表單太多了。產品團隊一聽,只覺恍然大悟:問題源自對“老用戶”和“新用戶”概念的混淆。對於老用戶來說,表單越豐富越好,一次完成效率最高;對於新用戶而言,入門越簡單越好,否則令人望而卻步。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"B 端生意不同於 C 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運氣好了來個大客戶,運氣不好就只能跟小客戶死磕。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"創業七年來,王濤逐漸體悟到這種思維的問題所在:銷售成績如何,非但不看“天氣”,反倒與相應的銷售戰略密切相關。如果按步驟解讀,則大致如下:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"numberedlist","attrs":{"start":1,"normalizeStart":1},"content":[{"type":"listitem","attrs":{"listStyle":null},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":1,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"確定目標區域客戶數量:無論用何種方法,必須得到關於目標區域客戶數量的明確數字(比如,通過某種調查,得知上海現有一萬家潛在客戶);"}]}]},{"type":"listitem","attrs":{"listStyle":null},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":2,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"目標區域客戶情況分析:將潛在客戶按百分比分層統計,包括大型客戶佔比、中型客戶佔比、小型客戶佔比,以及正在使用競品的客戶佔比等;"}]}]},{"type":"listitem","attrs":{"listStyle":null},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":3,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"判斷銷售的進攻方向:主要需判斷是否對被競品控制的客戶羣發起進攻;"}]}]},{"type":"listitem","attrs":{"listStyle":null},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":4,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"判斷市場的進入方式:思考用直銷的方式進入市場好,還是用集成商合作的方式進入市場好。如果是後者,嘗試計算可選集成商的大致數量;"}]}]},{"type":"listitem","attrs":{"listStyle":null},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":5,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"進行目標拆解:如果選擇與集成商合作,便將任務進行拆解,比如,Q1 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週年慶準備的周邊之一,每個員工都會拿到。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.infoq.cn\/resource\/image\/80\/61\/800baaf94cb801a964f94b5551da2361.png","alt":null,"title":"","style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":"","fromPaste":false,"pastePass":false}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":"center","origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Worktile 週年慶手環"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"在 Worktile 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還會定期舉辦內部技術會議,鼓勵員工成爲講師,登臺做技術分享。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"“文化很重要的部分是靠儀式來成就的,”王濤解釋道,“如果你去到一個寺廟,多半會想上柱香、拜一拜,如果知道點心經,可能還要在心裏默唸一下。雖然你不是信徒,但你依然會保持敬畏,這就是儀式的力量。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.infoq.cn\/resource\/image\/19\/14\/19c304f188cf55cf822ec1b140b64f14.jpg","alt":null,"title":"","style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":"","fromPaste":false,"pastePass":false}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":"center","origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Worktile 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