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 …
Staying Strong When The World Feels Like Its Falling Down On Top Of You!
Life is crazy….it is unpredictable. And we have to be prepared for anything. I am way behind on my blog posts, I have about 8 new blog topics half written, photos ready, and ready to crank out…but I feel this post today will summarize and lead into all of them. I always do too much, get into more then I …
Pushing It – Aiming For a Quick BootUP! Weekend, Build a startup in 54 hours!
Man, event after event, massive conference call with startup weekend guys in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai. Weibo threads (Twitter in China) going on about startup meetings, networking, business…..building relationships. All while doing my ecommerce stuff….. Yes, I am passionate about this startup community building in Shenzhen. Its past due, as my buddy @i4harold says its past due and needed in …
Building up to a Business Training Center in Shenzhen!
Startup Tuesdays, Ecommerce Saturdays, Shenzhen Coworking space, internet marketing consulting in South China….all roads are leading to: an idea lab – incubator – startup breeding grounds. But more immediately (and more monetizable) a business training center! A majority of the speakers have been open to getting paid (duh!) for a longer, more detailed and comprehensive training class in their expertise …
Visit to the First Shenzhen Hackerspace!
I first heard about a Shenzhen hackerspace from my buddy Jon at boot hk hong kong coworking, but it was too early a few months ago, as I called and they said it wasn’t yet ready. It has just opened last month!!! I already got some people on twitter and foursquare confusing hackerspace with computer hackers! So what is a …
Presenting at Shenzhen’s 2nd Startup Tuesday, how to start a startup
Thats a tongue twister! Startup Tuesday on how to start a startup. Say that 5 times over. I am a bit confused if I should post these on both my personal blog here as well as szteam.com, and now we are developing startupscn.com – but hey…the more people who see this the better….and I know some people don’t see / …
Gonna Do It – Finally – Make a PODCAST!
Like my buddy @tropicalmba (Dan Andrews) says, blogging may be a waste of time if you use it to MOTIVATE YOUSELF, and publicly make promises to push yourself…then this post is going to be one of those. Whats a podcast? I know some of you guys reading this (hi Mom and Dad!) may not understand what a podcast is, do …
Preparing For Startup Tuesday #2, Feeling Like a Business Teacher
My mom always said I would make a great teacher. But to be honest, a few reasons I didn’t feel up for it…..the risk/reward wasn’t convincing enough…maybe when I “retire” (well I don’t see myself ever retiring, because I don’t even feel like I’m working now! I love the game) I will be a teacher. But also, I don’t have …
Solid Group of People At Ecommerce Meetup #6 – IP Law in China
I really got cool off on all these events…getting exhausted and probably will burn out! But its basically the rapid development of SZteam, with demand for weekly startup meetings, combined with the original ecommerce monthly meetings that have been organized each month. This month’s meetup was themed around law, specifically Chinese IP protection for small businesses and ecommerce. We had …
Shenzhen is Begging for it – Wildly Successful First Shenzhen Startup Tuesday
I truly believe marketing is listening to what people want, and giving them that. If you missed the event, here are the slides from tonight – Shenzhen Team Hosts First Shenzhen Startups Tuesday, and I’m outlining it here. Shenzhen’s 1st “Startups Tuesday” Bringing Together Shenzhen’s Startup Community!   Today’s Agenda People kept asking me what is this first meetings …