Tag Archives: startup

Entrepreneur Hardship Series: Tough times all entrepreneurs encounter

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Carole (code name 烤肉)

Entrepreneur Hardship 101 ??? Borrowing money I quit my job 1 month ago, to finally really start 100% with my start-up. Problem is..it was not completely plan. I left my company after some disagreement with management (see post ???What qualified as mo… Continue reading →

Posted in Being an entrepreneur | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Are you more a Mark or more a Steve ?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Carole (code name 烤肉)

I think regardless which questions you are talking about, in which aspect your are looking at it,you can always divide the world into 2. And when it comes to people who want to live their passion, I can see of them: the Mark (Zuckerberg) and the S… Continue reading →

Posted in Being an entrepreneur, Tech | Tagged | 6 Comments

Advises for Demo Day Presentation

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Carole (code name 烤肉)

Reading a post from a TechStar “graduate” about his advices on Demo days, I though it was pretty good and I will relay the information adding some of my own comments. As organizer of iWeekend (one weekend to find teammate, get mentorship and pitch… Continue reading →

Posted in Being an entrepreneur, Being an event organizer | Tagged | Leave a comment

New online learning service for Japanese (and Chinese): iknow.jp

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Carole (code name 烤肉)

Yesterday at a mobile industry Panel and networking event I met Richard Robinson, a famous serial entrepreneur in Beijing, one of the founder of RenRen popular SNS.We talk briefly about language learning tool and he recommended me a new service ca… Continue reading →

Posted in Learning language, Tech | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Nine out of 10 successful entrepreneurs don???t (raise VC money)!

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Carole (code name 烤肉)

This artcile from Vivek Wadhwa also talks about the startup visa (it will be so awesome to have that in China!) and also mention the “wrong assumption that all startups raise angel or venture capital. As my team???s research has shown, nine out of 1… Continue reading →

Posted in Being an entrepreneur, Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Should you really be an entrepreneur?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Carole (code name 烤肉)

My colleague recommended my this great article form techcrunch about Mark Suster, an serial entrepreneur becomed VC. Great to understadn both side of the business. The most interesting part is when he says entrepreneur life is not for everybody, a… Continue reading →

Posted in Being an entrepreneur, Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

What are the different startups stage/categories?

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Carole (code name 烤肉)

Organizing a start-up competition, I realized that it was important to be clear on what start-up “stage” your a looking into. When organizing iWeekend, I learn that we can grade a start-up from 0 to 100.0 is the moment when the entrepreneurs have … Continue reading →

Posted in Being an entrepreneur, Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

2 Must read articles and 2 must follow blogs about Tech industry and community in Beijing 2010

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Carole (code name 烤肉)

If you are interested in tech and are curious to know what has been going on in China this year, here are some materials and comments to sum-up the current landscape:Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Beijing (Jan. 2010, Dana Oshiro, ReadWriteWeb.com)T… Continue reading →

Posted in Being an entrepreneur, Being an expat, China, Tech | Tagged , | Leave a comment