Sunday afternoon, trying to motivate myself for the upcoming week. I like to use Sunday as a way to reflect on the week before, and make a nice plan for the upcoming week. I like motivational and moral poems, and love to share (moral lessons via this blog tag. The most popular blog post here has been Story of 2 …
Trip to Guangzhou, TV Interview on GDTV Facetime
Seriously things have been happening so quickly in 2012. Over the past couple weeks Amy and I have been talking to Halley at GDTV (Guangdong TV) located in Guangdong province’s capital, Guangzhou This TV show is called FaceTime, which is a series of interviewing foreigners living and working in China. It is not actually aired inside China, but instead its …
First Impressions of Shenzhen, China to an “Outsider”
This is my blog’s first guest blog post, written by Nick and Tim from TEL (The Elevator Life) American friends of mine living and working over in Guangzhou, China who spoke at last week’s Startup Tuesday. So here we go! Let me clarify the term “outsider.” I live in Guangzhou, a neighboring metropolis less than 1 hour by train. I’d …
Welcome Gabree to the Shadstone China Team!
Been really getting to business…especially since the Chinese year of the Dragon started….I was tempted to go to Bali with my Shenzhen buddies for a holiday / TropicalMBA meetup…but locked myself in my “cave” and worked the majority of Chinese New Years. Making a plan, meeting my “Ace in the pocket” friend Xing Gao who really motivated me to re-build …
Canadian University Visiting China, Recruiting more Chinese to enroll!
Gotta love the photo with me and all the beautiful Chinese women today at lunch! It got a bunch of feedback on my Chinese weibo, some sarcasm but overall laughter! As China develops into a larger and larger economy by the day, with upper class families still respecting the Western university over the domestic Chinese college, Western Universities are noticing …
March 13 David Zhang aka Digitalboy from GeekCook
[box] Who: David Zhang aka Digitalboy from GeekCook [/box] [box] When: 7 PM, TUESDAY, MARCH 13 2012 [/box] [box] Where: Chai Huo Hackerspace, Nanshan, Shenzhen [/box] [box] Cost: FREE [/box] [box] Topic: Dealing with creative product design inside China [/box] [box] David aka Digitalboy is the lead product designer for the famous Chinese brand GeekCook – a brand that represents individuality and creativity in China. David has experience in managing a team …
Startup Fever! Pushing upcoming Shenzhen #SZSW @startupweekend April 6-8
1:30am here and I’m forcing myself to get this blog out before crashing. “I got the fever”…startup fever. And though many of my “trusted mentors and advisors” have tried to slow down my “NGO” work before I starve (haha, yes in a way some have said it to me this directly) but I do have a passion for connecting and …
STARTUP WEEKEND IS HERE AGAIN
Interested in E-Commerce? Want to experience the energy of a room full of entrepreneurs? Do you want your one-on-one chance with industry experts or are simply interested in finding investors…THIS EVENT IS FOR YOU! Coming you way in April 6-8. See you in Nanshan. 创业周末(Startup Weekend)风暴再次来袭！想在互联网领域大展拳脚, 想体验创业气氛, 想结识各路高手, 想得到牛人辅导, 想认识投资人… 4月6日(周五晚)-8日, 机遇不容错过, 深圳南山约定你！报名：https://yoopay.cn/event/startupweekend ,详情：https://yoopay.cn/collect/attatch_download/136 More information coming soon.
Excited for next 3 topics at Shenzhen Startup Tuesday!
Worked over the past couple days to queue up speakers and topics to keep the Startup Tuesdays rocking after an awesome Boyd Jones talk last tuesday, Rachel + Henry from comfortworks home decor australian ecommerce startups, they have some experience in the Australian startup weekends and event management – taking a huge load off my shoulders updating the Shenzhen Marketing …
Happy to Have Boyd Jones, Shenzhen VC, at Startup Tuesday
Yup, just back from Manila earlier this week, digging out of emails, getting some SEO training started, planning 2 events in March, and ended today with an AWESOME Shenzhen startup Tuesday! I’ve been trying to get Boyd Jones to speak at a meetup for months now, and finally our request was fulfilled! Also, a really awesome boost is Rachel & …
Startup Tuesday Powered by Shenzhen Marketing
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Inspirational speakers are selected every week to share their stories, followed by a Q&A session and then open networking.
MARCH 6 Nick Ramil and Tim Nybo from F2E Ventures/TEL
Who: Nick Ramil and Tim Nybo from F2E Ventures /TEL When: 7 PM, TUESDAY, MARCH 6 2012 Where: Chai Huo Hackerspace, Nanshan, Shenzhen Cost: FREE Topic: The importance of networking abroad / 国外关系网络的重要性 Nick and Tim are two young American entrepreneurs who moved to China after graduation from University. Currently, they are involved in several venture in a variety of fields, …
Getting CEO Coaching on the road, w/ Gillian @SEOmom
Typing this out on my flight from Manila to Hong Kong….airplanes always get me to be a bit “reflectional” (emotional in a way)…maybe its that humming sound as the plane zips through the air, transitioning from one destination to another. Tonight I’m reflecting that I’m so happy to have met Gillian Muessig Founder and president of SEOmoz.org back in 2009 …
Teambuilding Sunday With Philippines E-Commerce Support Team
Extended my Manila, Philippines trip a couple more days to wait for Leon to get back from Australia, and to have a teambuilding meeting with the e-commerce support team we have been building up here in Manila for a couple years. There have been a few hiccups along the way, due to my traveling and doing too much, personal staff …
Great times meeting Filipino Ecommerce experts at #ecom2012 DigitalFilipino
About 100 people there mostly dealing with domestic filipino internet and ecommerce businesses. Again, like the manila coworking space I saw last night, I wish I knew about these networking groups and entrepreneuer spaces back in 2010 when I was investigating doing business in the Philippines. I love networking, and learning alongside other creative, hard working people. I believe that …