Another day, another sharing. This is what it is about, “hitting the pavement” and making relationships. I was invited by the Amazon Global Selling team in Thailand to share about the seller community and events we are doing (Cross Border Summit + others). During the 20 minute slot, I decided to make it a bit more interactive. Asking questions, seeing …
Pitching Hamza decom marketplace at web3 ICP startup day
Starting the journey of going live on our 1+ year of building a decom (decentralized ecommerce) marketplace – called Hamza. Was invited to pitch at an offchain ICP startup event on Thursday August 15, 2024 at the Yellow Coworking space in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Gotta get yourself out there and have fun with it! Like we said in the last …
Put Yourself Out There – Early “Alpha” Of Decom Hamza Marketplace
The common question – what is the latest on our web3 ecommerce marketplace (decom) Hamza Over a year now in the making, we are pushing out an MVP (minimum viable product) – alpha – code name called “Alpha Ship” – to stop building in the dark and to build in the public. Reid Hoffman at Linkedin has the famous quote …
Passion: Meetups and Community Building, the Chiang Mai Ecommerce Sellers
Typing this up the day after the regular Chiang Mai ecommerce meetup we do. Was going to leave my vlog camera home but my smart and amazing wife Wendy said I should take it with me. And glad I did. One of our favorite meetups to date – 25ish people from all over the world, all different levels of ecommerce …
Brussels for EthCC! Path to bridging web2 + web3 ecommerce
Feels like a couple of early chapters in this book – the stage where we have been working so hard and long on a demo for our Hamza ecommerce multi-vendor marketplace on web3 – and are ready to showcase it to all the early adopters and users in the world. And realizing – either we are too early or they …
Dusseldorf! Experiencing Euro Cup Soccer (Futbol!)
Bit of a random side trip – but before Brussels, Belgium for the EthCC blockchain conference, Emily at World First was able to hook us up with some tickets to the Euro Cup match. World First is a major sponsor of the event. So Beau and I took this opportunity to attend just before taking a train to go to …
Back in Shenzhen, China – Meetups, Masterminds, Logistics Growth
This will be a longer than usual video blog. Truly insane and intense back to back to back events, business development, and growth of teams and people and skillsets. Let me run down some of the highlights of this massive breakthrough return trip to Shenzhen, China from May 27 to June 5, 2024. Arriving – straight into logistics learning and …
Flashback! Meetup with Startup Weekend China organizer OG Crew
Blast from the past! Sunday June 2, 2024 – 12+ years since we all came together to host some life changing Startup Weekends – the key organizers all got back together. Wilson was in town and I was in town – Nik and Kawai both based here in Shenzhen – and luckily all could get together for lunch to share …
Hong Kong Bitcoin Asia Hyper Networking
Back in hyper Hong Kong! 550am departure from Chiang Mai, Thailand – arriving a bit over 9am local Hong Kong time – but super smooth immigration, Airport express, and short taxi ride right into the mayhem of Bitcoin Asia. Started the trip with Forked, https://frkd.io/ a founder’s networking and VC speed dating full day event. And wow, – talk about …
Forked Event Hong Kong: VC / Startup Matchmaking
Had the pleasure of attending the Hong Kong Forked event, May 8, 2024 – right off the plane! From their site, https://frkd.io/ FORKED is designed as a combination of activities happening concurrently, focused on helping founders’ projects to grow: from industry leaders sharing insights on stage to Founders & VC networking in the matchmaking zone, facilitating the birth of new …
Bitcoin Asia Hong Kong Event Recap
Had the pleasure to attend an epic Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong May 9 – 10, 2024. A massive event with booths, and speakers from around the world – speaking all things Bitcoin. It was a bit out of the way at an old ferry terminal- yet still thousands of people in attendance. Was able to reconnect with my …
Ordinals Asia Hong Kong Event Recap
Intense Ordinals Asia Event in Hong Kong The third and final event on my first time back in Hong Kong since covid – saving the best for last here – is the Ordinals Asia event. Organized by my old friend Jan who is now CSO at Xverse wallet and some of his colleagues there – this event did not disappoint. …
From Bangkok to Hanoi: Blockchain and Innovation
On the road again, as my late Uncle Bill would say (rest in peace). And I take the camera with me, as always! This trip was a 2 city destination, first down to Bangkok for Southeast Asia Blockchain Week, and then the main event – Hanoi for the first ever “in person” Handshake hackathon. SEABlockchainweek was epic, the pre-events were …
Reviving Original Ecomm Site, Photo Shoot, and more!
Saturday afternoon and the hustle and grind never stops – we have been preparing for a photo shoot for one of our main brands on Amazon – Esatto Products – and made it a fun little event at the same time. As we keep plowing through the ecommerce “gladiator” arena on Amazon, we realize we must go to multi-channels, and …
Oman Trip To Speak on Decentralized Domains & Community
First time to Oman or anywhere in the Middle East for that matter (not counting a layover in Dubai airport!) Have to say, this was not what I was expecting! Right on the Gulf, beautiful beaches, high-end hotels, malls, and shops. Yet I can imagine not the entire country is on the beach with high-end hotels and malls, but still …