Feel the Startup Revolution! From the Heart of it all in San Francisco

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 17 2012 | Comments (2)
Maybe I just feel this global movement is happening in the startup world because I’m so closely entrenched in it. But I have to say, from what others say, as well as the new crowd funding legislation in America that will allow smaller investors to invest...

Getting Sweet Techie Gear in San Fran!

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 16 2012 | Comments (2)
Jamming in as many meetings as I can during this short stopover in San Francisco, I was able to meet Kat from Modern Twist who came across my blog last week about how to import into China she emailed me while I was in Los Angeles. Going back and forth in emails,...

Arriving in San Francisco – Quick 2 days to maximize!

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 15 2012 | Comments (1)
Exciting time in USA! I’m typing this Monday morning (Cali time) in a San Francisco hotel. Attila, reading my news of coming to USA, met me in LA to spend the trip w/ me together all the way from LA to Seattle. I was supposed to fly from LA to Seattle...

Bridging China + USA E-commerce in Los Angeles, First meetup event (test)

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 13 2012 | Comments (0)
Yesterday afternoon we had a lot of fun and met a lot of new people at a last minute planned “China business workshop” in Los Angeles. I had thought it would be a good idea to get people together in LA to talk China business while I was in town –...

First Day in Los Angeles! On Live Radio talking China business!

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 11 2012 | Comments (1)
Exhausting first day in LA! Not even here 24 hours and on a live radio broadcast in Hollywood! My friend R. Victoria who’ve I been talking to on twitter and also dialed into their show via phone in the past invited me to today’s radio show. The show...

Airplane Rides Are Motivational Sessions

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 10 2012 | Comments (3)
Seriously, I don’t even bother trying to think I’ll sleep on these 14 hour flights. I am so excited and my mind is going a mile a minute. And I’ll be jet lagged anyway. So I use the flight to do a “brain dump” (thanks for that keyword...

Final Meetings in China before USA trip – Representing Chinese in America!

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 08 2012 | Comments (6)
Feel like a torch bearer….grabbing as many notes, ideas, connections as I can in my mind to pass along between USA and China. Love it, and its become what I do for a lifestyle. Two full days this week in Shenzhen, China before heading to USA on Wednesday...

Signed The Papers, Transferred my First Business Over

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 06 2012 | Comments (0)
Will be a quick post, but monumental for me. I’ve been blogging (i.e. complaining) about the the difficulties of winding down my first business, as a couple weeks ago, based on all the circumstances (“checkmate in USA operations”) as well as...

Qualifying…Verifying, Focusing People in my Network. Job of Being a Connector?

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 05 2012 | Comments (1)
I love networking, marketing, connecting. But lately, with this hyper-active networking throughout China and the world…I have been connecting some people who don’t click in the network. Some have kind of stretched the truth about who they are, their...

Fallen in Love with Social Media!

Posted by Michael Michelini | May 02 2012 | Comments (6)
Seriously…anyone that knows me knows I’m a social media addict. When I started this blog in March 2007 the concept of Social Media as an industry and lifestyle didn’t really exist. While it wasn’t blogging, I first put this website online...

Everyone Pushing me to Sell USA Real Estate to Rich Chinese

Posted by Michael Michelini | Apr 29 2012 | Comments (6)
As I continue to build up networks and host events, I am constantly pushed by companies to advertise to these members. Maybe this is a way I can “monetize” all this free work I have been doing. But its also somewhat of a distraction. Maybe its something...

China Business Meetup in Los Angeles, USA – Saturday May 12

Posted by Michael Michelini | Apr 27 2012 | Comments (2)
Life is too short, since I’ll be in USA for Seattle Startupweekend, I may as well make some events out of it. I’m a bit nervous about this, as I haven’t hosted an event in USA since…man. 2006? But I have some good friends in Los Angeles,...

Going Through Important Transition, Hard to Wind Down my first Business

Posted by Michael Michelini | Apr 26 2012 | Comments (3)
I hope these open blog posts help others get the courage to face themselves. I think it is one of the hardest things I have done, is to learn about who I truly am – accepting my weaknesses. Photo in today’s blog is my rather lower emotional photo….taken...

Excited for Startup Tuesday, April 24 – Steve Forte talks about Exit Strategies for Startups!

Posted by Michael Michelini | Apr 22 2012 | Comments (0)
I am really excited for this week’s startup Tuesday in Shenzhen, China! I even had to delay my trip to Canton Fair in Guangzhou for a meetup in order to see this speech! As posted on our Shenzhen marketing website we have Steve Forte from Hong Kong coming...

Canton Fair meetup #2 – Wednesday April 25th

Posted by Michael Michelini | Apr 19 2012 | Comments (2)
Hanging out with Rue this rainy Thursday afternoon. He is really excited about his business promoting local music via Shenzhen Local Music – going through some wordpress training and backup FTP techie jargon. He and I want to work to bring together foreigners...

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