Gary: Why did Enterproid start an office in Hong Kong? David: We, at Enterproid, have offices in London, New York, and Hong Kong. Hong Kong was actually our first office to start hiring people. It is also our biggest office by headcount. We hire a lot of local Hong Kongese, which works out well for [...]
What’s the easiest way to break into China? With such a question we talked with Frank Lavin, CEO of Export Now, once US ambassador to Singapore and undersecretary of US Department of Commerce. Frank and Export Now were featured by the recent Businessweek as a Rainmaker for the Small Fry. The answer turned out to [...]
George Koo came to the U.S. as a child from China, grew up in Seattle and educated at MIT, Stevens Institute and Santa Clara Univ. Dr. Koo has recently retired from a world leading advisory services firm where he advised clients on their China strategies and business operations. He is founder and former managing director [...]
Steve Mushero is an executive and senior technologist with an exceptionally broad and deep background in both business and technology, spanning from early-stage to multi-national companies and the United Nations. Also a serial entrepreneur at over a dozen startups, focused on building technology, products, and companies. Also an author of “Off-Shoring the Middle-Class” about Globalization. [...]
Marc van der Chijs is a Dutch entrepreneur in Shanghai who has lived and worked over 12 years in China. Co-founder of among others Tudou.com and unitedstyles.com, advisor to Spil Games for which he set up and led the Asian operation (2006-2011), and angel investor in Chinese Internet and tech start-ups. Gary: You are well [...]
Book’s website: www.ChinaSupertrends.com Print edition: http://amzn.to/ces-print Kindle edition: http://amzn.to/ces-kindle Gary: What inspired you to write your first book, Supertrends of Future China? Why did you designate China to be your main focus? Jason: My China business mentor, Dr. James K. Yuann, and I met at Honeywell Specialty Materials in Shanghai where he was the [...]
Sheldon I. Dorenfest, C.P.A., M.B.A., President of the Dorenfest Group, is one of the world’s foremost experts in health care systems improvement. Mr. Dorenfest has consulted with the governments of the USA, France, England, Australia, Canada and China on health care issues. As President and CEO of Sheldon I. Dorenfest & Associates, Ltd. from 1976 [...]
Dr. Gang Lu is the Founder & Chief-Editor of TechNode.com (formerly known as MOBINODE.com), independent Asia/China Internet business observer and adviser, known speaker, Open concept/technology Evangelist, co-founder of OpenWeb.Asia Workgroup and co-founder of kuukie.com. Gary: Could you talk a little about TechNode? What inspired to start TechNode? Gang: I started a blog at the end of 2006 and it was called [...]
David Foley, Vice President and Managing Director of Harley-Davidson Asia Pacific, shares the experience of Harley-Davidson riding into mainland China. With over sixteen years at Harley-Davidson, David is responsible for sales, marketing and business development in the region and oversees all functions and staff within direct markets, subsidiaries and representative offices. From 2004 to 2007, [...]