As I Move Out of Hong Kong - I Reflect on the Last 6 Months
Wow, time flies, hard to believe I had moved to Hong Kong, really REALLY small place…but hey, its the opportunity to try life in the fast lane, in the “NYC of Asia” (my opinion from what I’ve seen). And now the 6 month lease is up, and seems like life is so much different then it was that day writing the blog of moving in.
Reflection is really how I learn and grow. I had given a chance to do business in China again, taking that opportunity and choosing that over life in Philippines or USA (those who remember, I almost stayed in New York City, but took the flight back to Hong Kong).
No one said it would be easy, no one could predict the life we live. But I am a bit surprised how the last 6 months went down…
- Hyper networking, connecting everyone I could find to everyone else I could find, programmers to domainers, Hong Kong group buying to Shenzhen group buying. Options to get consulting jobs in Beijing.
- Extreme travel (or as Marshall reminds me, Commuting!) between Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Dongguan. So exhausting!
- Recruiting and training a marketing team in Dongguan which was a lot harder than I initially thought.
- Getting involved in the Hong Kong startup community, really loving boot hk coworking. Trying to get an Aberdeen coworking office cooperation setup.
- Building up ecommerce fulfillment in China and getting clients setup, even on weekends
- Speaking in China internet expos and getting on Chinese CCTV!
The most important part is making friends and connections, exploring the world, and most importantly…..learning about myself! It is the core I try to tell all my friends and staff….we have to learn what we love to do, we have to learn what we hate to do….and then we have to make sure we’re doing what we are passionate about.
The rest will follow.
So now. passing the 6 month mark in the year 2011, I am going to continue to stay on ecommerce, but focus in Shenzhen in ecommerce community development – coworking, startup events, ecommerce meetups. Hopefully make a intern program after seeing the cool guys at tropical MBA. Networking with coworking in Shanghai, a group forming in Thailand, and of course my buddies in Hong Kong at boot hk and the new HK commons.
Ok, back to packing, 3:30am here already!
Comments
Dan - 07/12/2011 Looking forward to it Mike!
Michael Michelini - 07/12/2011 thanks man, next stage of life!
JIM - 07/13/2011 hope packing goes fast
nice picture of place
six more to 2012
Michael Michelini - 07/17/2011 thanks dad,
yea halfway through the year 2011. This has been another strange year for me….but think I’m making progress and not giving up!