Its been one heck of a year, and I’m gonna use Paul Orlando’s Farewell speech night public announcement of Social Agent’s 3rd pivoted product to formally launch on Saturday August 10th. It was at the end of his speech and Paul had people from around the room (of about 100 people) choose to stand up and give themselves some peer …
Last Minute Trip to Shanghai
One of the “love/hate things” about China that I am still adjusting to is the last minute planning. Just a few days ago I was planning to go to Hong Kong but a trip came up to Shanghai and its been long overdue. I’ve learned to adjust my “western” requirements to have a more concrete schedule and gotten even better …
Why USA Internet and China Internet will continue to Separate
Note: Amy / Melissa please do not translate this blog post to my Chinese blog as is may be too sensitive and might be blocked inside Chinese internet. Honestly I hope this English blog isn’t blocked due to this post (or hacked…). Honestly, I will try not to write anything offensive or against Chinese government here – I am just …
As An Entrepreneur, Going 80% is Easy, its that Last 20%
Sunday evening here in Shenzhen, China. The photo attached to today’s blog post is from the top of Nanshan Mountain. I hiked it this afternoon, a few friends may have gone, but they didn’t feel like going. I still went. I tried to go the whole way up without stopping, but had to take a break about 3/4 along the …
First Xiamen, China Startup Weekend a Homerun Hit!
Monday morning here in Xiamen, typing up this blog post still running on adrenaline! These Startupweekends are so exciting, and powerful, and man, do they push your limits in energy! I remember Asics Yao being introduced to me a few months back by Rui Ma from 500startups, as he was interested in doing an official Startup Weekend in his city …
Sharing Entrepreneurship Experiences to Beijing University at Shenzhen
I was honored to have been invited to Beijing University at Shenzhen to speak about my China business and entrepreneurship experiences. I had met the professor, Richard, during my days hosting Startup Tuesdays in Shenzhen about a year ago and he always mentioned he’d love to have my do a sharing session in his class. Finally made it happen! Last …
Getting Shenzhen startups on the Map! Dave McClure from 500startups visits
Today has been a great day for the Shenzhen, China startup community – Dave McClure, founder of 500startups.co incubator and seed fund in Silicon Valley, stopped by and had a fireside chat and open Q&A with entrepreneurs in the room who want to share their feedback and get answers from Dave. This was really cool for me, as it was …
Pitched Social Agent at “Techcrunch of China” Open Day in Shenzhen
Big day yesterday. We pitched at 36kr oday one of the biggest events of the year in china over 800 attendees. Our focus and goal was to get more sales AGENTS (lets not call it jobs or assistants anymore) and we have been overwhelmed with applications on qq and weixin and some on website signip. Amy Gu did an amazing …
Making Powerful Connections at Shenzhen’s 5th Startup Weekend
Its really getting better and better. Connections, experience, teambuilding, and inspiring entrepreneurship. Its been a couple days past the weekend, and I am finally regaining the energy to write a blog post about it. I love startup weekend, truly to my heart, but man do they take a lot of energy! This past weekend was the 5th official (6th if …
Featured on Chinese Entrepreneur News – Succeed or go Bankrupt!
Seems in Asia everyone picks my headshot with this suit! This Friday morning I was welcomed with notice that my interview had been published on a top Beijing tech news site – SooToo.com. Christina Lee was the interviewer, and I had the pleasure to get to know her while she was in Shenzhen a couple years ago, before moving to …
Chinese SEO Conference, GOMX, May 29-30 in Wuxi City
Its that time of year again! Conferences in the spring pop up like crazy in China – and for the past 5 years I have been going to a Xiamen based event groups – TimeV – which has been the largest Chinese internet event each year. This year, they will move the location to Wuxi city, about 1 hour train …
Still Digesting a Hyper Shanghai Trip!
Back in Shenzhen now for about a day – resting up for one of the most hyper-active Shanghai business trips I’ve been on! And digesting (as mentioned in this blog title) means I did eat chicken and am still in good health (for those who aren’t aware, there is a H7N9 scare in Shanghai now). But I did have some …
Shanghai Travel Plans – April 17 to 29th
“on the road again”, then again, was I never “not on the road”? This is why I don’t see myself ever renting a really nice apartment….seriously, I am always on the move! But I love it – love the hustle – no matter how exhausting it may be – sincerely enjoy meeting people Wednesday April 17 – Next Step Shanghai …
Steve Jobs Talks on the Meaning of Life. Poke Life!
I love Sundays, its when I motivate myself for the week ahead. Think about what happened last week, and make an outline of the days ahead and the goals to accomplish. Steve Jobs, every entrepreneur admires the legacy he left behind. I recently found a video (youtube link and Chinese youku video here that truly inspired me. I know a …
Shenzhen Startup Demo + Team Building Insanity!
More intense startup life here – after returning to Shenzhen from Echelon Hong Kong with Dan (which, was a VERY late night missing the Shenzhen Bay border crossing, taking Huanggong border and arriving back about 1:30am) – the rest of the week catching up in Shenzhen after travels in Singapore and Hong Kong! Also prepared for our 3rd public pitch …