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Arrogance and being humble
Arrogance is the biggest strengths and biggest weakness of entrepreneurs. You have to think at some points that you are better than others to be able to do things. But arrogance can make you overlook things. Arrogance is thinking you know better w… Read more
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You can not change people..
you can only tell them how you feel and hope they care enough to do things differently next time. Truth is most people will just do exactly the same, but for the 1 out of 100 who will be willing to improve…it worth it. Read more
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The faster you run, the faster you wanna run!
And it is exactly when you have to make sure you control your speed and slow down. Otherwise you take the risk to become sloppy, make mistakes or even have an heart attack. Tony Hsieh wrote in Deliverying Happiness that when preparing for a marath… Read more
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An Evening with a Ninja!
Tonight I was at GWC event MobiTalk to listen to Fruit Ninja CEO, Shainiel Deo, shares insights on Fruit Ninja success and advices to mobile Games developers. It was a very interesting talk, Shainiel is a very good public speaker, very clear and e… Read more
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Curious about: Ticketing system
As an event organizer, I am particularly curious and interested in the different online ticketing/ registration system out there. As I also receive Startup Digest for 5 international cities (New York, Silicon Valley, Paris, Shanghai and Beijing) I… Read more
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Fun make you perform better than rewards
A cool TED video that confirm something I though already: If you work for the money, for the reward to get bought or go IPO rather than for the fun, you take the risk to shut down your creativity. What the talk doesn’t state is “why with higher re… Read more
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Where are the best developers? China and Russia!
Since I got interested in tech and entrepreneurship, I often hear than Silicon Valley companies/ entrepreneurs were moving to China because that where we find the Best developers. Well…yes.. but I was quite skeptical that the same thing is said … Read more
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Interesting night @Garage Cafe, Open Day 36 kr event
Yesterday I attended the 4th edition of a new startup event in Beijing, called Open Day (?????????) organized by the brand new tech blog 36 kr.About 36kr I discover this new blog -that have launch maybe 3-4 months ago- via tech local friend who re… Read more
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What it is to live in Wudaokou / Zhongguancun Beijing
I have been living in Beijing for 4 years: 4 months in Fulicheng (CBD area, South-East of Beijing), 4 months near Tiantan (South of Beijing), and 3 years in Chaoyang Park area (Sanlitun, Expat-Party area, East of Beijing). This year in March I mov… Read more
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Fear and reasons of procrastination
Today I started using a work-log program. I am not sure it is gonna help but I think it is better then doing nothing about it. The truth is that recently I have been having a lot of ideas, a lot of interests in very different projects. And everyda… Read more
About me
French from Reunion island, I decided to start this blog in 2010 to share my experience of event organiser in China.
Back then I was living in Beijing, a huge fan of the tech blogs from Silicon Valley and with my co-organizers we got connected to the local grassroot Tech community. It was such an amazing experience that I decided to record and share it here.
In 2012 I took a leap of faith and worked for a few months on a business idea to connect local grassroots events to sponsors online. I crashed lamentably but fortunately meet wonderful people with Airbnb and took time to travel which inspired me to take the next step. I felt it was time to leave China and Kaiser Kuo expressed similar feeling very powerfully in this podcast.
Between 2012 and 2014 I worked the Silicon Valleybut to be honest I did not love it. Ti much tech, not enough community.
Since 2014 I happily moved back to Europe in the small international artsy and lefty village of Berlin.
This is a blog about being an idealist, about entrepreneurship, start-up life, improv, expatriation and about never stopping to learn and grow.
Life is short, don’t take yourself too seriously but also don’t watch too much Netflix.
Hope you enjoy.
Carole in the "Fresh" 