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Being an entrepreneur is often defined not by one’s success, but by the way one deals with failure. This week’s three guests have all used their past experiences, both positive and negative, to find success in their current endeavors.

From a past career as a skateboarder to the challenge of overcoming a midlife crisis, this week’s speakers have experienced a unique set of highs and lows which have enhanced their focus, creativity, and self-awareness, among other things. Make sure you don’t miss this episode!

Show Notes
2:20 Ilya’s talk
9:54 Tim’s talk
17:42 Curt’s talk

Feel free to leave a comment and start a conversation with us! If you have an ideal guest whom you would like to listen to, please let us know and we’ll do our best to realize it!

Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, speakers Ilya Cheremnikh, Tim Colghan, and Curt Shi, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website at chinaccelerator.com!

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This episode’s guest is a pioneer and innovator in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency: Emurgo senior advisor and Chinaccelerator alumnus Darren Camas! He talks about his career and experiences in crypto, an industry for which he has been at the forefront since the beginning. He stresses the importance of having responsible business practices, the inability to plan for luck, and other lessons learned. Also interesting is his discussion of Cardano, the revolutionary generation 3 blockchain technology, which pushes improved scalability, interoperability, and sustainability. This podcast is sure to be thought-provoking and informational to both blockchain enthusiasts and those less accustomed with the industry.

Show Notes:
01:50 Darren Camas’ background
02:48 Discussion of Darren’s career in crypto
04:57 An overview of Darren’s role of senior adviser at Emurgo
14:21 Lessons learned and advice
27:43 Predictions for the future
30:07 Recommendations on the market
32:33 Darren’s contact information

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Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, guest Darren Camas, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website at chinaccelerator.com!

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In this episode, we have invited Florian Bohnert, head of global partnerships for Mobike. As an entrepreneur, Florian developed an interest for Asian culture and the East very early on and has been leading Mobike’s global expansion journey, especially in China. He stresses the importance of being in the country where you want to expand your business and letting passion drive you. He also touches upon the positive impact mobike has on people’s health other than the obvious convenience it has brought to people’s lives.

Show Notes:
1:35 Florian intro
3:09 what is mobike
6:20 how mobike expands globally
8:09 Florian’s entrepreneurial journey
12:00 Asian pop culture and East
15:19 French tech movement
17:00 challenges and Chinese colleagues
20:40 Let passion drive you
22:00 be in the country you want to expand your business in
23:40 Learning chinese is important
24:57 How mobike has built success globally
30:25 Mobike’s model
35:20 positive impact mobike health
43:52 opportunity in China
47:22 lightning round of questions
51:30 how to connect with Florian

Feel free to leave a comment and start a conversation with us! If you have an ideal guest whom you would like to listen to, please let us know and we’ll do our best to realize it!

Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, guest Florian Bohnert, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website at chinaccelerator.com!

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Running a business is an exciting and rewarding process, but at times, can also be very stressful and fraught with many pitfalls. In this episode, Mike Burns, Founding Partner of Asia Growth Solutions, talks about his experiences as an executive coach, business coach, and strategy consultant in China. He highlights the challenges his clients often encounter and gives crucial advice to leaders of all levels. This includes the importance of having a good support network, the need for strong personal values compatible with business, and the 4 key issues most leaders face! With prior leadership experience at Walmart and General Electric, Mike’s advice is invaluable to all those trying to navigate the difficult task of starting a successful business in China.

Show Notes:
1:53 Introduction of Mike Burns
3:33 What does Mike do
4:12 Adapting to China
5:32 Importance of having a strong network
9:01 Experiences in executive coaching and development
13:14 4 key issues leaders most often face in China
28:05 What Mike is working on right now
29:35 Important advice to startups
33:59 Mike’s contact information

Feel free to leave a comment and start a conversation with us. If you have an ideal guest whom you would like to listen to, please let us know and we’ll do our best to realize it.

Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, guest Mike Burns, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator
and sponsor People Squared. Make sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com

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Running a business is an exciting and rewarding process, but at times, can also be very stressful and fraught with many pitfalls. In this episode, Mike Burns, Founding Partner of Asia Growth Solutions, talks about his experiences as an executive coach, business coach, and strategy consultant in China. He highlights the challenges his clients often encounter and gives crucial advice to leaders of all levels. This includes the importance of having a good support network, the need for strong personal values compatible with business, and the 4 key issues most leaders face! With prior leadership experience at Walmart and General Electric, Mike’s advice is invaluable to all those trying to navigate the difficult task of starting a successful business in China.

Show Notes:
1:53 Introduction of Mike Burns
3:33 What does Mike do
4:12 Adapting to China
5:32 Importance of having a strong network
9:01 Experiences in executive coaching and development
13:14 4 key issues leaders most often face in China
28:05 What Mike is working on right now
29:35 Important advice to startups
33:59 Mike’s contact information

Feel free to leave a comment and start a conversation with us. If you have an ideal guest whom you would like to listen to, please let us know and we’ll do our best to realize it.

Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, guest Mike Burns, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator
and sponsor People Squared. Make sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com

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1:35 Florian intro
3:09 what is mobike
6:20 how mobike expands globally
8:09 Florian’s entrepreneurial journey
12:00 Asian pop culture and East
15:19 French tech movement
17:00 challenges and chinese colleagues
20:40 Let passion drive you
22:00 be in the country you want to expand your business in
23:40 Learning chinese is important
24:57 How mobike has built success globally
30:25 Mobike’s model
35:20 positive impact mobike health
43:52 opportunity in China
47:22 lightening round of questions
51:30 how to connect with Florian

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1:35 Florian intro
3:09 what is mobike
6:20 how mobike expands globally
8:09 Florian’s entrepreneurial journey
12:00 Asian pop culture and East
15:19 French tech movement
17:00 challenges and chinese colleagues
20:40 Let passion drive you
22:00 be in the country you want to expand your business in
23:40 Learning chinese is important
24:57 How mobike has built success globally
30:25 Mobike’s model
35:20 positive impact mobike health
43:52 opportunity in China
47:22 lightening round of questions
51:30 how to connect with Florian

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Blockchain is hot. However, what we do not know is whether ICO is a viable way for entrepreneurs under the dual effects of legal regulations and market booms. Robin8, a data-driven influencer marketing platform utilizing AI and Big data, raised 3.6 million USD and also closed ICO in 6 weeks. Miranda Tan, CEO and Founder of Robin8 joined us to introduce how she developed Robin8 in China, raised money after meeting over 100 investors, and met blockchain in the end.

She shared many factors she considered for the fundraising and ICO. For example, how consistent product and repeated pitch practices helped her to raise ICO in a short time. Not stopping at talking about the positive sides of ICO, she also noticed the drawbacks. Can’t wait to share this episode with you! Click to listen to it!

Show Notes:
01:32 Introduce Miranda Tan and Robin8
02:53 Connection with Chinaccelerator and China
05:53 Develop Robin8 to an influencer search engine in China
08:50 Chinese investors move faster than the western but they invest in certain type of company
11:20 Learn from mistakes while fundraising for your company
14:10 Get values from meetings with investors
14:20 What was the Catalyst to do ICO
21:51 Blockchain is regulated, especially in China.
23:24 Biggest takeaways from doing an ICO in 6 weeks
26:07 How to leverage blockchain when they heavily relied on big data and AI technology
31:30 ICO: positive or negative?
37:00 Work as a female CEO

Feel free to leave a comment and start a conversation with us! If you have an ideal guest whom you would like to listen to, please let us know and we’ll do our best to realize it!

Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, guest Miranda Tan, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator and sponsor People Squared.

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In this episode, we have invited Casey Lau, Co-host for the largest tech conference in Asia – RISE.
Unlike traditional conferences, RISE has helped break down social barriers not only by its highly intellectual talks, but also by a lot of workshops, drinking, networking events. Casey talked about how RISE has developed as the world class conference in Asia. More interestingly, he analysed the trends he has observed in Silicon Valley versus China and compared their different approaches to innovation. “China is gonna innovate faster due to necessity and the West takes a while to have that traction” Casey mentioned.

0:38: Casey Lau intro
9:55: Growing community and maintain quality
18:30: Trends in innovation

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Aiming to build diverse culture and mindset in the whole ecosystem, Jan manages Startup Grind China & APAC as the Community Director. Startup Grind is the world’s largest entrepreneurship community connecting more than 1 Million entrepreneurs in over 365 cities, among which over 80 cities are in China. In this episode, Jan shares how Startup Grind China grew up to a successful program, his focus in managing community and most importantly, his perspective on opportunities for startups and investments in China. Can’t wait to listen to it! Cheers!

Show notes:
02:42 Introducing Jan
03:54 What brought Jan to China
08:47 What’s Jan’s first experience with Startup Grind and How he became the Community Director
11:20 How was the community when Jan joined
15:10 Jan’s focus of managing the community
18:04 In terms of having people help you in the community, what’s the difference between what Startup Grind does in Silicon Valley and that in China?
23:48 What’s the next step of Startup Grind?
25:32 Which city will Jan stay? Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen…
26:26 The opportunities in China are better?
27:50 How to contact Jan

Feel free to leave a comment and start a conversation with us! If you have an ideal guest whom you would like to listen to, please let us know and we’ll do our best to realize it!

Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, guest Jan Smejkal, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator and sponsor People Squared.

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