Happy Sunday everyone. I’ve been hanging at home with the family almost the whole weekend. Even after just a couple months I have witnessed my son grow bigger and heavier. I can only imagine how fast he will grow up. And like many say – I appreciate my parents so much now – I think it isn’t until we have …
1st Forbes China show – Interview with Zach Hoeken – FCS01
This show was originally posted on Forbes China (in Chinese) and I will share it to the English audience here after it is published in Chinese Forbes. Welcome everyone to the Forbes China entrepreneur show – this is our first show and I am so excited to start this journey with all of you listeners here today. We will take …
Cross Border Blogger Lifestyle – Why I have 3 Phones & All This Other Gear!
Typing this on the road in Beijing Airport – and I am not regretting carrying all this stuff. I use them almost daily – minus some of the wires / USBs – but they do help a lot I posted this photo on my social media a couple weeks ago and got a ton of feedback and Will Lee suggest …
Rocked Beijing! Startup Weekend Beijing a Fun Success! (with video)
Been to 3 startup weekends since my son was born just a couple months ago – and I love the chance to see the energy and passion in each city. Beijing hasn’t had an official Startup Weekend for a couple years as the organizing team dissolved. We re-built it a couple months ago and it has been a lot of …
iPaper Magazine He came from NY, now a SZ IT Entrepreneur
Recently I had some Chinese journalists visit me to see how my daily life and work was – it’s part of their website model to take business people, and document how they lives their business and personal lives. It was published a few hours ago in China, in Chinese only, and I thought I would do a Google translate, clean …
Turning ideas to life, speaking at Mensa Hong Kong on Saturday July 19
Download the presentation in pdf here I’m excited to speak this coming Saturday at the Hong Kong Mensa group about turning your ideas to life. It will be a fun topic and I am sharing the info below for those interested to attend to check it out! Free Group: Mensapreneurship [ Entrepreneurship Workshop with Michael Michelini ] Entrepreneurship is no …
5 Reflection Points After 6 weeks In as an American daddy in China
I think everyone knows becoming a parent is a life changer. I knew it as well going into this. Today i am sharing some of my experience and inspirations after 6 weeks of being a daddy. I have to say, i never knew when i would be ready to become a husband and a father. I knew I wanted to …
Startup Weekend China is growing! Chengdu, Shanghai done, Beijing Coming
One of the best and longest lasting enjoyments I have gotten from getting involved in the startup community in Shenzhen has been seeing the development of Startup Weekend grow in the Chinese market. I feel it is somewhat my obligation as an American in China involved in startups and entrepreneurship to do my best to see this non profit organization …
Need Help Bringing Baby Milk Powder & Diapers from Hong Kong into China
About a month and a half in as a new daddy, and have had friends asking me if they can help me by bringing in things from Hong Kong when they are coming in to China. So I will make this a blog post for a quick reference to send people who ask me, as well as share why this …
That Feeling You Get When You Hold Your Baby for the First Time (w/ video)
This is what makes life living for. I promise it is one of the last “baby update” blogs for a while and I’ll get back on track. But really, this blog has always been titled “Happiness in Pursuit” and right now, this is a major milestone. After 26 days since my first born son, Miles, was born, I finally got …
How I Filed a USA Passport for my Baby Born in China
Sharing how I filed a USA passport for my 2 week old son that was born in China. While my baby was born in China, this process is the same for anywhere outside of the United States of America.
Life is beautiful, life is precious, life is short, life is fragile – Appreciate Life!
I’ve been unusually quiet on this blog, I have been waiting for the right time to post an update – as just about 4 days ago I become a father to a newly born baby, Miles. I shared the joy on my social media as soon as he was born, but sadly it has been a complicated delivery and he …
Starting a Podcast for Social Agent – Focused on Sales Agents & Connectors
I’ve definitely learned to step outside of blogging and getting more into audio and video. Those following me saw I launched a podcast Global From Asia back in the end of October and the results have been great! And for Social Agent, my startup, I have been doing youtube interviews but wasn’t convinced on a topic for podcast. But after …
5 Experiences Living with my Chinese Family in Law
So the Chinese in-laws are here to help. Seems in Chinese culture, that the whole Chinese family works together to support each other. May as well embrace it
The 7th Startup Weekend Shenzhen Recap & Highlight
This blog sometimes acts as a portal into China startup and tech, I thought I would share the blog post our amazing organizing team wrote for last weekend’s amazing Startup Weekend #7. It has really taken a mind of its own – the organizer and volunteer team is running amazing, and I’m so happy to see the startup community here …