I have been chatting on twitter about the ipad 2 mania. Seriously, even apple is amazed as sales are a million sold in the first weekend. I’m sure iphone factories in Shenzhen are busier then ever, putting extra pressure and overtime work on factory workers. Lets just hope we don’t hear news about factory suicides soon, though I am sure …
Stuck on the Idea of Starting That We Never Actually Start?
I hesitate blogging on this topic, because I believe I am one of the extremes in this case….I have fallen in love with starting and making new ideas and new projects. This is a great article – Are You Afraid of Good Ideas? which spawned the idea for this blog. He titles the article towards people who are AFRAID TO …
Putting it up on the block, for real this time, newyorkbarstore
Kinda have played with the idea in the past, blogging if people wanted to buy / partner with newyorkbarstore, mentioning it to a few close friends or business colleagues in the bar products industry. I have listed it on a domain selling website flippa – 6 Year Old Bar Products, Supplies Ecommerce Site Page rank 5 domain, decent google rankings. …
Wrapup from BootUp 2 Weekend – More Exciting Startup Energy
more #bootup writeup, I just am so happy to finally have connected with like minded people…..and the idea that you can RAPIDLY create something from nothing…. RAPID DEVELOPMENT. I had been to a Startup pitch event in New York but still, I want to be in ASIA! This is where the action is, this is where the MONEY IS. Yes, …
Reflecting on My Experiences at my first Tech Startup – Kozmo
Taking a #bootup break (I’m at boot hk startup camp weekend) to reflect on my personal experience with kozmo.com. It was a summer intern during the dot com bubble – the year 2000 – what a great year. Magical – my freshman summer at Stevens Institute of Technology, studying computer engineering, living at my newly joined fraternity chapter house – …
Do I Need Money To Be Successful?
Is Money Really Everything? Its kind of a second post in a series, yesterday I talked about do I need to be a programmer to be successful in a startup, today do we need money to be successful in a startup? Maybe its because am I a middle man in this whole process? Is my role not as valuable as …
Do I Need To Be A Programmer To Be Successful?
This has to be something we all think about when considering a startup, especially as technology and the internet continue to be the center of most startups. Over and over again, I get people coming to me asking for development companies to make their idea….and I have to kind of worry. Outsourcing scares me…its putting your money into the hands …
More Americans Wanting to Move to China!
It seems at least one per day now, either email, facebook message, twitter DM, or random add on skype and a chat. Phone calls and I don’t know where they got my number. MORE AND MORE AMERICANS WHO WANT TO RE-LOCATE TO CHINA. Some want to teach english, others want to start a business, some who want a fresh start …
Go Big or Go Home (The Journey Onwards)
These blue Chinese moving trucks always bring back memories of my hardships and travels doing business in China. They represent the times I had to box up my belongings, my office equipment, and various Chinese staff at the time, to move from one location to another. Sometimes it was due to positive business developments, other times it was to “shelter …
Looking Back to When I was 2 years old….now ending up in China
Inside the Chinese warehouse office, the past couple days there has been new road construction right outside….with trucks paving and construction workers taking breaks right outside the gates. I took a walk to get some fresh air from being in the office….in this blog you’ll see a quick snapshot I took with my mobile. Taking that walk, getting that air….and …
In the Center of China / USA Talks
Chinese president Hu Jintao is in America these days, and it seems like everything connects….China seems to be “opening up” more to American demands by agreeing to the following this week: * Buying more American goods – planes from Boeing, cars, and other services. But its not saying specifically if it will help American companies that are in China. * …
What Will Happen When The World Is Flat?
I am a believer in the idea that “the world is flat” where as the global economy will continue to advance and costs of goods and labor will be the same everywhere……and I have this feeling that it is happen at a much more rapid pace than anyone expected… Maybe its also because I am surrounded and entrenched in the …
USA Immigration, We Can’t Save The World By Importing People
Watched this youtube video Can mass immigration into USA help world poverty? Its really a struggle in my mind…. https://www.youtube.com/v/LPjzfGChGlE?fs=1&hl=en_US Below he outlines the report from the world bank, giving the amount of people who earn less than $2 a day. Africa 650 million ppl India – 890 million China – 480 million Rest of Asia 810 million Latin America …
Reflection & Update on My Business Life
Wait, do I have anything else but a BUSINESS LIFE? So what the heck do I do for a living? What am I upto now? Where in the world am I now? Jeez, I guess even though I’m pretty active blogging, and open about most of my personal and business life, have done business updates before, its about time I …
Klout Coach Optimization – Social Media Score
Social media is on FIRE these days….or maybe being outside the GFW of China where I can freely surf the web I’m just exposed to more…but really, seems like every day a new thing popping out. One big thing is Klout. While I have heard of it before, it really clicked after reading businessgrow.com ‘s get ready for social scoring. …