It’s incredibly rewarding to witness the enduring impact of the efforts we poured into building the startup community in China over a decade ago. This past weekend, June 27–29, 2025, Hangzhou, China, hosted the inaugural Startup Forest event, a testament to the legacy of those early initiatives. I learned about the event when Joey, a participant from a Startup Weekend …
Rekt Survivor: A Journey Through Web2 and Web3 Epic Fails
Fortune favors the bold—or perhaps those who get “rekt” and keep pushing forward. My name is Mike Michelini, and I’m thrilled to share my experiences as part of the “Rekt Survivor” group, founded by Mark Koh in Bangkok. This community brings together individuals who’ve endured the wild ups and downs of crypto and traditional business, yet remain standing. Today, I’m …
Uniswap Visiting Chiang Mai
Bridging some of the connections I’ve made over the years doing all these web3 events across Asia it was a pleasure to help out my friend James, APAC CM lead at Uniswap, to get the first Uniswap meetup here in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He flew up for a couple days and hit the ground running – Wednesday, May 28, 2025, …
Hyper Networking in Hanoi, Vietnam – ICANN, GFA, Making Deals
The last leg of a recent 3 country Asia trip Singapore, Guangzhou China, and now Hanoi, Vietnam) where it was about attending my first ICANN (Domain) conference and also keeping things fresh with the ecommerce community hosting an ecommerce meetup. Arriving fresh off the plane from China, Monday night I attended the opening networking ceremony to kick off the ICANN …
10 Year Anniversary of FBA4U Amazon Seller Meetups in Canton Fair
My good friends Chris and Cindy have been putting together amazing meetups for the seller community at the Canton Fair since 2015! I have definitely been part of some of the earlier ones and many over the years. It was a pleasure to be there for the ten year anniversary and I took my new camera and asked people about …
Tariff Talks & Cantonese Cuisine with Wen Canton Gal
A week in Guangzhou, China for Canton Fair and business development and arranged a dinner meeting with content creator and local expert Wen (Canton Gal). It was an exciting evening of fire cooked food, and talks about cross border trade. Working on some new business deals with Wen Canton Gal – stay tuned! Fun time and learning – enjoy the …
Canton fair Spring 2025: USA Tariffs & Reactions
Back in Canton Fair, lost count of how many I had been. But laugh at the photograph that is still on my badge – was taken on a pixelated webcam in 2008 and is still used to this day. On this trip, I of course met some of my current suppliers, talked business, and discussed how to adapt to the …
Singapore Business Development Trip April 2025
Typing this up towards the end of this epic and intense Singapore trip. Story starts with one of my best friends from college, Ty, came to town from DC to speak at a legal / IP / lawyer conference and for months has been preparing me to come and hang out with him (as we haven’t seen each other in …
Turning 44 Years Old, Decom Night Birthday Party Bangkok
The idea for this birthday party came when I was attending Hong Kong consensus and people were discussing the next round of crypto events – and Southeast Asia blockchain week was brought up. Looking at the dates, it fell right in the middle of my birthday – April 2. So in that moment at the side event afterparty on a …
Bangkok Birthday Party & Decom Night
Pushing the limits – as we prepare for the upcoming Southeast Asia blockchain week in Bangkok, it falls right in the middle of my birthday, Wednesday, April 2. Why not make it a side event and have some fun! If you’re in Bangkok and interested in a special celebration for my birthday – please apply for our side event It …
EthMeetup on Future of Commerce
Hi all! I’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at the EthMeetup on the Future of Commerce. This event will delve into the present and future of blockchain technology. Join us on January 31, 2025, at the 4seas Nimman Community Center in Chiang Mai, from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Registration is mandatory due to limited seating. Register here …
Unboxing – Sticky Wallet for your travels
Don’t want to carry a wallet anymore? Just some cash and cards? Then the sticky wallet is a product for you. I just got my second one and am going to show you how I replace my current one – live. Place on the back of your phone – make sure the back is clean and you cover the glue …
Recap of the last few months (Roadshow, Canton Fair, Cross border Summit, Mastermind)
What a wild few months – and I definitely tested the relationship with my wife, kids, business partners, and many in my network. I consciously decided to push the limits and try to pull this off: And not even mentioning where I type this now – in Devcon With another trip – Ninja Retreat in Philippines with our amazing Shadstone …
Cross Border Mastermind 2024 (Phuket)
Thursday, Nov 7 Friday, Nov 8 Saturday, Nov 9
We Did It – Amazing Cross Border Summit 2024 (Sixth Annual)
Amazing we are able to level up each and every year – our sixth annual Cross Border Summit was epic – and even while the event was happening was able to record this vlog – from leaving Canton Fair in China to the after party, enjoy!