Consulting with Mike

Do to a large demand from emails from this blog, Michael Michelini is now accepting consulting clients about China business, cross border ecommerce, and corporate setup through his Hong Kong consulting company, Shadstone Limited.

Who is this service for?

Mike offers to consult with you on the topic of doing cross border ecommerce, mainly betweeen China + USA. This service is aimed at businessmen and entrepreneurs who are currently are, or planning to, buy products from China for ecommerce, relocate, open an office in China, register a company, or have or plan to have full time staff working in China.

About Mike

As you can see in this blog, Mike came to China first in 2007. What was supposed to be a 1 month business trip turned out to be Mike relocating to China and going head on into China business experiences. Being amazed by the business opportunities in China, he has spent years traveling throughout Chinese business cities. Mike is currently located in Shenzhen, China working on connecting a Chinese ecommerce association, heromeetshero.com to the Western world.

What is the offer?

Consulting with Mike includes:

• A 1 hour call via Skype.
• 2 follow up emails
• Mike’s book “The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Doing Business in China.” You will receive this book before the actual consultation, so you will be completely prepared.

More about ”The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Doing Business in China”

This book covers the following topics

• How to hire staff (both full-time and freelancers)
• China culture 101
• Living and working in China
• Health and safety in China
• The Chinese Labor Code
• Setting Up A Business In China
• Location Guide (Where to open an office or rent a condo in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen?, More information on smaller towns where you could set up shop)
• The Top Ten China Business Mistakes

… and much, much more. Consulting fee is $197. Mike is a busy entrepreneur. He loves to talk about business, China and ecommerce, and all proceeds go into the development of this blog to make it an even better, free ressource for entrepreneurs like you.

What will be discussed?

Anything related to ecommerce and China can be discussed. Possible topics may include:

• How / where to hire talent
• Incorporating in China
• Visa issues
• Advice on setting up an office
• Advice on finding an apartment
• Social life in China
• Networking opportunities

Keep in mind that topics that can not be discussed in public (e.g. taxes, certain truths about that China) due to legal reasons and/or reasons of political correctness will be discussed on the call. As much as I want to blog openly about all of my China business experience…I sadly have to hold back, genuinely begged by my Chinese staff and business associates. If you decide on a consulting call, you will learn about many things about China that no one is writing about. You will get a straight forward, no BS rundown of what’s going on. This unique insight into Chinese culture alone is worth the consulting fee if you are heading to China.

And if you have any questions or feedback on this, feel free to Contact Mike and his team.