Man….its hard to shop in America after spending four years in China! Everything I look at I try to calculate the manufacturer’s price and landed cost!
One of the things some of my friends and business colleagues in China asked me to do was to go to...
One of the main reasons I am in Los Angeles is to visit various logistics and ecommerce warehouses I have been working with while in China.
Logistics, sourcing, supply chain, warehousing, inventory control = OPERATIONS that I am weak in. I believe we all need...
Again, its one of the benefits of “living on the internet” – blogging, tweeting, weibo-ing, facebook status updates….and trying to be as open as possible…..is that people know where you are, where you are going, and contact me to make...
My friend David Zhang (@digitalboy I’ve known a few years in China, going back to a punch party events we both spoke at punch party event in 2009, he is a very bold and charismatic Chinese businessman, influential in social media, and uses community building...
Today had lunch at Marie’s house, saw her baby Carlos, met her auntie Malou (he first time to China, normally I meet her in Manila!) and also had Amy join us (Amy is my Chinese assistant). So it would be a time to see Carlos again, now at day 9, before seeing...
Still physically and emotionally drained from an intense weekend mentoring and witnessing 5 startups form and finally pitch to a panel of judges. I really thank Bruce Levin who helped all weekend, as well as Patrick Wong, Paul Jones, Donald Han, Jun Li….and...
Blogged last night on startupscn.com about the first night progress of BootUP! weekend Shenzhen edition – and I will keep the majority of posts and updates I blog about on that domain – so check there (startupscn.com for more frequent updates on the...
No, I am not paid to post this, though I should ask for free phones from some mobile companies next time I need to get a phone ,as I blogged a few times about my electronics purchases mac air, viewsonic tablet, stolen samsung galaxy S, but I enjoy sharing my purchases...
Man, what a week last week was, and NO, its not my baby (so many people get confused there!)! My “main girl” for the newyorkbarstore and ecommerce business is Marie, and those reading my blog and tweets see her mentioned every once in a while, especially...
Life is crazy….it is unpredictable. And we have to be prepared for anything. I am way behind on my blog posts, I have about 8 new blog topics half written, photos ready, and ready to crank out…but I feel this post today will summarize and lead into...
Man, event after event, massive conference call with startup weekend guys in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai. Weibo threads (Twitter in China) going on about startup meetings, networking, business…..building relationships. All while doing my ecommerce stuff…..
Yes,...
Startup Tuesdays, Ecommerce Saturdays, Shenzhen Coworking space, internet marketing consulting in South China….all roads are leading to:
an idea lab – incubator – startup breeding grounds.
But more immediately (and more monetizable) a business...
I first heard about a Shenzhen hackerspace from my buddy Jon at boot hk hong kong coworking, but it was too early a few months ago, as I called and they said it wasn’t yet ready. It has just opened last month!!!
I already got some people on twitter and foursquare...
Thats a tongue twister! Startup Tuesday on how to start a startup. Say that 5 times over. I am a bit confused if I should post these on both my personal blog here as well as szteam.com, and now we are developing startupscn.com – but hey…the more people...
Like my buddy @tropicalmba (Dan Andrews) says, blogging may be a waste of time if you use it to MOTIVATE YOUSELF, and publicly make promises to push yourself…then this post is going to be one of those.
Whats a podcast?
I know some of you guys reading this...
