This past Saturday’s startups HK saturday inspired me even more…meeting more innovators, more investors, more mentors. TO SUCCEED To not lose sight in what I love to do….international business, cross border connecting. Enabling people. This Startup Tuesday in SZteam we’ll have Cyril Ebersweiler Venture Partner @ SOSventures Int. and Founder of China accelerator speak on incubators and seed stage investments. …
Recap of Startup Saturday Hong Kong 2011 #sus2011
A very impressive turnout, the guys at startups hk have done an awesome job building out the startup and entrepreneur community in Hong Kong! I would say over 200 people came to today’s event. Doing my best as a blogger, for those who wished they could go and missed it, I took notes from the keynote speaker, Dave McClure from …
Startup Tuesday Discussing USA coworking + Startup communities
Had been back in Shenzhen only a few days, but needed to come up with a presentation for Startup Tuesday. What better than to review the USA coworking and startup groups I met while on my travels! (slides here) Trip To America! USA coworking spots Startups Shenzhen …. Bringing Together Shenzhen’s Startup Community! Today’s Agenda Intro – Round the room, …
Back in Shenzhen, Hanging at the newly upgraded SZteam coworking space
Back in Shenzhen, China and ready to ROCK now more then ever. It 100%. I am back, and I am here to stay. Monday morning I woke up at 7am, still a bit jet lagged, and rode my folding bike to the shenzhen team coworking space ….ready to start the week off and crank out a full day (its 12 …
Reflections + Summary of 3 Weeks in USA
Traveling to a different American city every 2-3 days over a 3 week span is extremely exhausting…but it was again eye opening and ever expanding in my “life calling and purpose”. I now more then ever feel I belong in China. I want to bridge Chinese and American internet and ecommerce…its such a challenge…and I love challenges! Here are some …
My twitter friend Zee, self published author, airport book signing!
Another blog I’m typing up on my 15 hour flight from San Francisco to Beijing, I just finished reading Zee Gorman’s book “Snowdrops and the Night Warriors” book two of the Altethlon Chronicles. I met Zee on twitter maybe a year or so ago, and we chatted about my being in China, and her being a Chinese now living in …
Walking Through a Shopping Mall …Market Research For Chinese Factories
Man….its hard to shop in America after spending four years in China! Everything I look at I try to calculate the manufacturer’s price and landed cost! One of the things some of my friends and business colleagues in China asked me to do was to go to a shopping mall in America, snap photos of products along with price tags, …
Visit to Los Angeles Ecommerce fulfillment center
One of the main reasons I am in Los Angeles is to visit various logistics and ecommerce warehouses I have been working with while in China. Logistics, sourcing, supply chain, warehousing, inventory control = OPERATIONS that I am weak in. I believe we all need to be open and honest as to what our strong points are and what our …
Jamming In As Many Meetings In China Before my USA trip
Again, its one of the benefits of “living on the internet” – blogging, tweeting, weibo-ing, facebook status updates….and trying to be as open as possible…..is that people know where you are, where you are going, and contact me to make plans and business opportunities / ideas . The last few days my google calendar has been jam packed with lunch …
Continued Emergence of the Chinese Brand Internationally – Geekcook
My friend David Zhang (@digitalboy I’ve known a few years in China, going back to a punch party events we both spoke at punch party event in 2009, he is a very bold and charismatic Chinese businessman, influential in social media, and uses community building to build his business….selling his own brand of “geek products” in the Chinese market, using …
Mixing Together Chinese + Filipino Staff, Cultural Differences Highlighted
Today had lunch at Marie’s house, saw her baby Carlos, met her auntie Malou (he first time to China, normally I meet her in Manila!) and also had Amy join us (Amy is my Chinese assistant). So it would be a time to see Carlos again, now at day 9, before seeing her at “day 0” and day 1 of …
Lessons from Organizing Shenzhen China’s First BootUP! Weekend
Still physically and emotionally drained from an intense weekend mentoring and witnessing 5 startups form and finally pitch to a panel of judges. I really thank Bruce Levin who helped all weekend, as well as Patrick Wong, Paul Jones, Donald Han, Jun Li….and many many more. As well as those who dedicated their time to be there all weekend – …
Sharing Passion For Startups, Entrepreneurship, Good Start to SZ BootUP!
Blogged last night on startupscn .com about the first night progress of BootUP! weekend Shenzhen edition – and I will keep the majority of posts and updates I blog about on that domain – so check there (startupscn .com for more frequent updates on the Shenzhen Startups group. Very exciting first Friday night here at the first StartupsCN Bootup! weekend …
My New Huawei 3G tablet, The emergence of the chinese brand
No, I am not paid to post this, though I should ask for free phones from some mobile companies next time I need to get a phone ,as I blogged a few times about my electronics purchases mac air, viewsonic tablet, stolen samsung galaxy S, but I enjoy sharing my purchases and getting feedback…its good blog content! So this weekend …
Marie, Experience Having a Baby in Shenzhen China!
Man, what a week last week was, and NO, its not my baby (so many people get confused there!)! My “main girl” for the newyorkbarstore and ecommerce business is Marie, and those reading my blog and tweets see her mentioned every once in a while, especially when she was helping me explore opening a company in the Philippines and build …