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 from beginning to multi-million. This is what it’s all about.
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Yet, it is hard to measure the “ROI” as it is a free meetup. Sure we could try to charge a small entrance fee, etc etc – but we just like to do it.
Will, our current co-organizer is awesome and was as amazed as I was on the great turnout. We have been doing it at Atelier coworking/coliving space – https://events.globalfromasia.com/atelier which is a little bit hidden in the lush green jungle, but you can find eventually.
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The thing about Chiang Mai, it is such a nomadic place. People come, people go. Burning season comes, and a lot of people leave. And then a new batch of people come.
A bit of an adjustment from Shenzhen, China – but we have been adapting. Going with the flow. That is what life is about – and we keep it free flowing and a bit of introductions to start it off, then a round table discussion on topics, and then break into smaller groups based on the various topics and requests people have.
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We also have been growing the community list at our event pages on https://events.globalfromasia.com where people can register and then keep up to date.
The big lead up is our conference Cross Border Summit – Nov 3-5, 2024 at https://2024.crossbordersummit.com where the established sellers and business owners can come to learn and network and give back to the efforts on these free meetups.
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And the big, big play is the Loadpipe ecommerce ecosystem with the first marketplace Hamza being launched in a few months.
In life, you cannot predict the future, you need to do your best to build it as it comes at you.