Investor and startup mentor Philip Beck has been in China since 2005 and has seen his share of victory and defeat. He has established joint ventures, launched new brands, and is now an active investor in early and angel stage startups through his private fund Dubeta Ventures China. His primary areas of focus are consumer technology, gaming, […]
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Does WeChat Really Help Your Business? We Asked.
Chinese social service WeChat now has over 806 million monthly active users, according to Tencent’s second quarter financial release this year. While WeChat started as a chatting app, it’s now known for a myriad of other functions. In a study conducted by research firm Nielsen Norman Group, many Chinese research participants considered the app’s payment service and WeChat official accounts more central than the […]
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China Startup Pulse Podcast: WeChat Hacks For User Growth
https://audio.simplecast.com/45658.mp3 WeChat hacks are the new cheat sheet for optimizing user and business growth. This week, recorded Live! from Chinaccelerator’s 8×8 event in Shanghai, Jenny Zhu, the co-founder of Open Language, shares tips on how to fine-tune your content strategy, avoid cheap tricks, and allow users to buy what they love, and discusses the importance […]
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China Startup Pulse Podcast: How China Is Leading The World In Mobile Payment Solutions
https://audio.simplecast.com/45229.mp3 “Mobile payments in China are at least 3 to 5 years ahead of Europe.” This week, Tobias Pfütze, consultant at Mediaman Shanghai, partner at China Fintech, and G20 delegate for the Young Entrepreneurs Summit, makes a strong case for how China is leading the world in mobile payment solutions, with fintech innovations like WeChat Wallet […]
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China Startup Pulse Podcast: How To Tell Your Company’s Story
https://audio.simplecast.com/44746.mp3 This week, we welcome two awesome storytelling film makers, SiokSiok and James Fung, recorded Live! from Chinaccelerator’s 8×8 event in Shanghai. In this episode, they give us a bite-sized guide on how to extract the ‘geek talk’ from your company narrative, and tell the story of your business model and investment deck so normal folks can understand […]
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China Startup Pulse Podcast: Reporting On Silicon Valley With The COO of TechCrunch
https://media.simplecast.com/episodes/audio/44389/CSP.ep39.NedDesmond.mixed96.mp3 TechCrunch is a leading technology media platform, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups and reviewing new internet and tech news. In this episode, we pick the brains of Ned Desmond, the COO of TechCrunch, who joined us live at TechCrunch Shanghai this year. Ned chats with us about the hottest cross-border startups, the $6 billion USD that TechCrunch […]
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China Startup Pulse Podcast: Throwing Parties For a Living
https://audio.simplecast.com/43474.mp3 Start ups aren’t all tech nerds and T-shirts – some evolve into elegant and classy enterprises, paid to throw glitzy parties from the rooftops of China’s hottest cities. This weeks guest, Stephane de Montgros, shares how he uprooted from France, moved to China, and co-founded China’s leading luxury hospitality events management company, Riviera Events, […]
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China Startup Pulse Podcast: Learn By Doing – Fail Faster, Succeed Faster
https://audio.simplecast.com/43001.mp3 Hindsight is 20/20. This week, Kevin Chen tells us the hard lessons he’s learned since ‘committing career suicide’: quitting his corporate life with Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers to build multiple startups before co-founding Italki, a language learning social network that connects students and teachers for language exchange and paid tutoring, that closed a $3 […]
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China Startup Pulse Podcast: From ‘Made In China’ To ‘Made By China’
https://audio.simplecast.com/42433.mp3 Disruptions within China’s manufacturing space are forcing a change to the old adage ‘Made in China’. This week’s guest, Jacob Rothman, the Founding Partner of Platform88, tells us exactly how technology has caused manufacturing in China to pivot. Platform88, a manufacturing network that brings ideas to life, is at the forefront of this movement. From […]
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China Startup Pulse Podcast: Blockchain Without Bitcoin
https://audio.simplecast.com/41495.mp3 Blockchain isn’t synonymous with Bitcoin. Want to know how to differentiate blockchain vs. Bitcoin in under 30 seconds? Then tune in with Remington Ong, Partner of Fenbushi, a $50 million fund headquartered in Shanghai that specifically invests in early-stage blockchain technology startups. From an MBA to Merrill Lynch, Remington – also a Chinaccelerator alumnus […]