Have had my head down and been working like a maniac this week. Exciting, and maybe upsetting some people who seem to have been used to me doing free events – but I have no regrets at all for enrolling in this startup incubator! The value only a few days in has been amazing. My assistant Amy, and some others …
Quick IT huddle in Hong Kong before heading to Dalian
Life, as always, is moving so quickly. Building up an IT team and plan for Weibo agent at the China accelerator that starts this Wednesday in Dalian, China. Some of the team is not yet ready to come to Dalian for the first stage, so we all got together this weekend in Hong Kong. Jimmy flew in from Singapore to …
Going to be Incubated! @WeiboAgent is in next class at @Chinaccelerator
The road has been totally unpredictable. As I live out of my suitcase bouncing around USA and China, startup weekends, consulting, networking – I try to make the most of every situation I’m given. And of course be creative. Its almost like a character from the X-Men movie, somehow feeling like a strange mutant floating around in a world where …
Speaking on English Social Media Tips for a Chinese Startup, Shenzhen’s 3W Cafe, July 26
Been quiet lately from events and blogging, but I’m excited to check out the newly opened Shenzhen, China 3W internet startup cafe and speak on tips for English social media for a Chinese startups and entreprenuers. Spent this morning (Tuesday at Tencent HQ to meet the organizers and we came up with this topic, and have been last minute promoting …
Hong Kong Almost a Week, Major Business Developments
Been in Hong Kong since Friday, trying to stay in 1 city for at least a week now. Since mid May I have been to West Coast , USA for 2 weeks, back to Shenzhen, then Guangzhou Startup weekend, Shenzhen a week, then to Shanghai for 2 weeks, back to Shenzhen for a week, and now almost a full week …
Been Busy Building a Startup Team for Weibo Agent
I’ve been behind on blogging lately, friends all been asking me whats up. Since I came back from Shanghai last week, I have been totally submerged into focusing all my time into Weibo Agent startup. I have been looking for the right thing to focus on, and I have been spending the first half of this year making hard choices …
Charting My Happiness Over Time
While in Shanghai, I had a mentor meetup with Liu Yan from Xin Dan Wei coworking community. The meeting was about how to be a good mentor, how to listen, re-iterate, validate and confirm, paraphrase, and give empathy. A great session and the community there is amazing and supportive! To open the meeting, we were all given a piece of …
Shanghai is Full of China Marketing Opportunities!
Been in Shanghai, China now for a bit over 2 weeks now (arrived Monday, June 18) and, like usual, I have overbooked and over extended myself. And still there are more people to see and business to do! I love the hustle. And Shanghai has plenty of hustle to offer, for those that can keep up! I’m so exhausted typing …
Lean Startup Machine Shanghai Experience. Entrepreneurship Can Be Measured
What an amazing weekend that passed at the Lean Startup Machine here in Shanghai, China (one of the main reasons for me taking my long awaited trip to Shanghai). Its Tuesday evening and I’m finally catching up on the blog post, so many overwhelming calls and reactions since pitching on Sunday night. It was exhausting, but mind blowing – and …
Speaker at Next Step China in Shanghai, Tues June 26
Definitely maximizing this Shanghai trip as much as I can. Exhausting, exhilarating, and business defining for sure! Tonight I’m doing a talk at “Next Step China”, which is a Shanghai meetup group that focuses on entrepreneurs both overseas and in China. I’m going to do my favorite talk, that covering my experience coming to China, opening a company, hiring, managing, …
Excited For Lean Startup Machine Shanghai June 29 July 1
I’ve been involved with 6 Startup Weekends (well, 2 BootUP!, in Hong Kong) and I have the “startup fever” that seems to be taking over the world lately. Startup Weekends everywhere, meetups, communities in all small cities worldwide. It gets me so energized. Empowering the people! One of the main reasons I picked these specific dates for my long awaited …
Newest Venture: Weibo Agent, Chinese Social Media Marketing
Finally making the “official blog post” sharing what I’m upto lately in business (yes, I actually do work!). Some may know already from my social media postings last Friday. We all know, a couple months ago, I announced closing my bar products e-commerce business, took some time to get through that, but I had been burnt out in that business …
Shanghai Daytrip Visiting Coworking, Hackerspaces, Startup Cafes
Amazing Tuesday both working and “touring” the various coworking spaces and hackerspaces I’ve been craving to visit for years while down in South China! So Tuesday was my fully dedicated day to cram as much of it in as I could! First started at Xin Dan Wei shanghai coworking space, the founder / CEO, Liu Yan has been always supportive …
Landed in Shanghai! Just attended Mobile Monday!
Just landed in Shanghai, China about 6 hours ago, and what a whirlwind its already been. My good friend Huck Liang happens to also be here on business from Shenzhen (he has 2 offices for his logistics business) and we spent the afternoon together. He heard about the www.amiando.com/RROOJRP.html Mobile Monday Shanghai pitch night from me and also wanted to …
My First Podcast interview – All Roads Lead to China!
I was honored when Terry Lin contacted me about being interviewed for his 3rd podcast episode! He is based in Taiwan, so timezone differences were no issue now that I’m in Shenzhen. Many have asked me that I should expand from writing this blog and go all the way to making my own podcast or even video series. Its something …