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Come on Asia…Take More Risks!
[Translate] This post was contributed by Mikaal Abdulla, CEO of 8Securities, an innovative and social online trading portal based in Hong Kong. I love risk. Not so much the bungy jumping off a bridge or telling a triad I don’t like his tattoo kind of risk, but taking real risks in business. Perhaps it is...
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[TechNode 2011’ Year in Review] China Tech in Five Words – Entrepreneurship
[Translate] It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope,...
Start-ups Should Ditch the Strategy Guy
[Translate] At a recent Start-up Leadership class, we discussed what start-ups need to have to be lean and move quickly. One serial entrepreneur who is from a more technical product background said “A start-up at the start only needs two types of people: product and sales.” You need a Product person because that’s what you...
AwesomeShip Conquers Hong Kong Startup Weekend
[Translate] After running a couple of weekend startup incubators under the BootUP! name, we hooked up with the global Startup Weekend organization to do another event. The first two being held in BootHK limited the available size to around 20, but we were able to score a great venue at the M-Lab facilities in Kowloon...
Makerspace Event at Yuanfen~Flow, For Lovers of Opensource Creation – Nov 26th
[Translate] Incubator, Yuanfen~Flow and Beijing Makerspace are teaming up to host an event this Saturday at Yuenfen~Flow’s unique venue at 798 Art District for the creative industries community. They are inviting hackers, entrepreneurs and open source designers to come together, share project ideas and listen to some of the biggest names in Beijing’s open source...
Quirky.com, Turning Your Ideas into Products That Sell!
[Translate] Quirky doesn’t have much to do with China but I think it’s such an interesting and brilliant online business model that I had to write about it. Have you come up with a brilliant idea to solve a real life problem that you feel others experience too? You start to think, “I wish there...
Foreign Entrepreneurs in China Should Be Aware – Part 2
[Translate] Following on from my previous post, “Foreign Entrepreneurs in China Should Be Aware – Part 1” I will expand upon more of Bowei’s presentation. I got in touch with Bowei who kindly updated his slides. In the last post, I wrote about the allure of China’s size and opportunity that shines so brightly it...
What Foreign Entrepreneurs in China Should Be Aware Of – Part 1
[Translate] Just as a pre-cursor to this piece, you may have realized I haven’t posted something for a while. That’s because I’ve been away in Australia. I know I missed out on TehCrunch Disrupt! I recently came across this presentation on Slide Share today titled, “The China Startup Report” by Bowei Gai, a Chinese born...
Interview With Pony Ma of Tencent: Startup, Geek and Entrepreneurship
[Translate] Pony Ma, started as a developer and now is the founder and the CEO of Tencent, the No.1 Chinese Internet company. At TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing, we got the chance to chat with Pony at the backstage right after his talk with Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch. Instead of talking about Tencent which we may hear...
Updates on Startup Leadership Program Beijing:Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk
[Translate] We first wrote about Startup Leadership Program’s China presence couple months ago announcing they’re bringing their popular techspace incubating program into China with the kickstart of its SLP Beijing program. After making hard decisions in choosing from lots of applicants, they’ve now had several sessions centered around how to make a successful startup in...
Founder Story: “Never Give Up.” Says Si Shen, Papaya Mobile
[Translate] At Transmit China last week, experienced and prominent business people gave keynote speeches. Si Shen, founder of Papaya Mobile was one of them. She told of her ups and downs. Her key message was to “never give up,” an underlying factor of all successful entrepreneurs. Si Shen grew up in Beijing and entered the...
Entrepreneurs Organization, A Family For Entrepreneurs
[Translate] Being an entrepreneur is sometimes lonely since it is not a very normal thing to do. Unless your friends are also entrepreneurs, it is difficult to simply talk about issues or get advice about what you’re going through. That’s why communities that foster support and advice for entrepreneurs are greatly needed. Right now, I...
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