"The visual impact short videos have on users far exceeds that of animated GIFs. We've been at this for two years, and our user count isn't even at one million. Lately, I've been wondering if we took the wrong path."
Chen Yixiao stroked his chin as he shared his thoughts.
Two years ago, after leaving Renren Network, he had used his gift of gab—a trait common among people from the Northeast—to successfully convince Yang Yuanxi, who was also a client-side R&D engineer, and his college roommate to embark on the path of entrepreneurship with him.
But two years later, the few of them were still crammed into this three-bedroom apartment. GIF Kuaishou was making money, but not much.
It was better than working a regular job, but not by much.
"Brother Xiao, are you saying we should copy that foreign software?" Yang Yuanxi pressed.
In the eyes of most Chinese people, Mimo was a genuinely foreign-made application.
