Linkedin clones in China still fail to gain solid popularity. Many formal reasons are: need more time to develop; C level executives in China are not digital savvy; business connections often reply on nepotism or “word of mouth” introduction. All well stated, nevertheless I would like to offer a “grass-root” Chinese perspective that my personal […]
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Tianji to Benefit from Viadeo’s Acquisition of Contact Management Provider, Soocial
In China, guanxi (relationships) means everything, especially for climbing your way up the social career ladder. That’s why any service that gives you the extra edge will be super valuable. Back in June, we interviewed Derek Ling, CEO and Founder of one of the leading online professional social networking services in China, Tianji.com. The Chinese […]
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LinkedIn Founder, Reid Hoffman Looking for a Bigger Slice of China – Can He Really Succeed?
A professional social network like LinkedIn is clearly valuable. Its market cap is an impressive US$9 Billion and last traded at US$92. Yesterday, news broke out that LinkedIn Founder, Reid Hoffman met with major internet companies in China to discuss plans to enter China in a more measured way. More specifically Hoffman met with search […]
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CHINICT Conference Bringing the World’s Tech Rising Stars and Leaders, 24-25 May [Discount Code Available]
Carrying on the vision of showing the world, ‘China is becoming bigger than Silicon Valley, both as a hotbed for innovations of global impact & as a magnet for entrepreneurs’, the 8thAnnual CHINICT conference will be held in Beijing over May 24th and 25th 2012. We are indeed gearing up for this year’s tech conference […]
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This Is It! TechNode’s ChinaBang Conference Speakers Confirmed: Tencent, 360, Rovio, PopCap, DeNA, Zynga
I feel a bit tired but also excited. We only had about one month to prepare for this, but we are getting there. All speakers have been confirmed. It’s early to say that it is going to be a successful one, but I am proud that it will be different from any other internet industry […]
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Why We Created ChinaBang – To Encourage True Innovation in China
A few days before Chinese New Year, when ChinaBang Awards was still in the online voting stage, I visited a very popular tech media’s office. I told them I would do a two day conference together with an awards ceremony right after the holiday. My friend was surprised and looked worried. “Have you got enough […]
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Tianji, the 6 Million-Users Professional Social Network In China – Part I
Founded in 2005, Beijing based Tianji is one of the first to do Linkedin type professional SNS in China. Currently, it has 6 million members in the country and is adding 200,000 more a month. Tianji’s founder and CEO Derek Ling was a former VP in Sina when it had just 20 person in the U.S. He […]
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Tianji CEO Says It Is the Best Professional Social Network in China – Interview Part II
In the last part of our interview with Derek Ling, CEO of Tianji, he said professional SNS grows slowly in China because the Linkedin model does not fit China’s environment. In Linkedin, people frequently get requests like ‘I need this and this,” or “I need to hire such and such”. However, in China, it will be […]
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Ushi – the making Chinese Linkedin
Recently, I talked to Dominic Penaloza, CEO of Ushi, whom my partner, Technode’s Lu Gang, interviewed in February. Within three months, Ushi has progressed quite a lot. It doubled its number of members, to 200,000. These includes 12,000 CEO and 5,000 CTO. 75% of VC active in China are also in Ushi’s network. (Entrepreneurs looking for funding probably […]
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How 5 Professional Social Networks in China Compare
We’ve now covered all the main professional social networks in China. This space in China is gaining a lot of attention due to Linkedin’s recent IPO and valuation of US$4.25bn. Here are some of the challenges we’ve learnt about building professional SNSs: Finding users As Sherman just posted, China only opened up to economic reform […]
