Back in Thailand, Family Reunited! That was quite a long two week China trip. Seriously – when you become a parent – days feel like weeks. The kids grow up too fast, so want to try to spend as much time with them as possible. But they have a good life. A great mother. Good environment, decent school, and now …
Government Meeting At ZhengZhou, China – Ecommerce Expansion here?
Learning About Zhengzhou Government Incentives to Relocate Ecommerce Businesses My first time to Zhengzhou, China and here for an event to learn about the government incentives and opportunities for businesses, specifically cross-border ecommerce, to relocate here. Where is this place, you say? A couple hours flight from Guangzhou, it is in inner China. Opportunities I’m Discussing Alpha Rock Capital could …
My Chinese Friends Are Asking to Hire Americans!
My Chinese Friends Are Asking to Hire Americans! One thing that has been coming up over the years is Chinese ask me for a lot of stuff. A bit overwhelming at times, but there is opportunity in this as well. One of the requests is to help find a USA based sales rep / distributor partner who can help them …
Grandpa is Back in Thailand!
My kids’s Grandpa is back in Thailand My Father in Law Is back in Thailand! He arrived while I was on this China trip and is helping out for a few months while Wendy and I are buried with work and overload for the upcoming Cross border Summit. We will both be heading there to Guangzhou, China while grandpa helps …
Guangzhou Hustle and Grind
Guangzhou Hustle and Grind Greetings from Guangzhou, China, mid September 2019. Here for some business development meetings for Alpha Rock Capital – and of course – for the upcoming fourth annual Cross Border Summit happening Oct 22-23, 2019. Last minute craziness as usual with the planning of an event, especially one with so many speakers and the invitation letters coming …
Getting a Thai Massage in Shenzhen, China (Right In Coastal City!)
My Sister-In-Law Opened a Thai Massage in China (did we influence her?) Back on the hustle and travel in Shenzhen, China and my wife sent me a Wechat – go visit Nancy’s spa – she just opened it, do some video and visit her. It was also my mother in law’s birthday, so double checkbox for brownie points from the …
Meeting Friends & “Big Chinese Sellers” in Guangzhou, China
Meeting Friends & “Big Chinese Sellers” in Guangzhou, China Further down my travels from Hong Kong to Shenzhen and now to Guangzhou, China – meeting lots of amazing people. From the decade+ of my grinding and hustling in China – its great to know I still have such amazing friends. One of those is Wilson Blues. He uses “Blues” as …
Wrapping Up Another Training Workshop in Shenzhen!
Wrapping Up Another Training Workshop in Shenzhen! Always enjoy doing this workshop for David from Asia B Consulting. He comes to China a couple times a year with a group from South America – Colombia, Ecuador, and other countries to show them China business and the overall lifestyle. We have had the great opportunity to host a workshop for them …
My Son Is Deep into Meditation
My Son Diving Into The World of Buddhism While on the road in China, my wife keeps me up to date on what the kids are up to in Wechat. Photos, videos, reports of their teacher’s status reports, the whole nine. Over the weekend I saw a ton of photos in the “Family Wechat group” with mainly the Chinese side …
Bumping Into Old China Contacts
Catching Up With Old China Connections Back in my “hood” even to the exact set of city blocks where I lived and setup my office over a decade ago in Shenzhen. Writing that sounds crazy – over a decade ago. My buddy Dave took me with him to meet the real estate agent he’s using to sell his office there, …
hey, did you know about my Cross Border Summit Event?
Hey – Did You Know About My Fourth Annual Cross border Summit? Connecting Personal blog more to my business. Some of the readers on Mike’s blog are not clear what I actually do for a living. I forget that many do not know all the other websites and businesses that I am running – with our main event of the …
Meeting My Trusted Barber in Shenzhen
Meeting My Trusted Barber in Shenzhen Back to China, and back getting a haircut at my old barbershop! He always takes a photo with me when I come back – and chats to me about Donald Trump, American life, and my Chinese wife and kids living in Thailand. It has been a while since he cut my hair – so …
Preparing For a Business Speed Dating Event
Preparing For a Business Speed Dating Event This Saturday – Sept 21, 2019 in Shenzhen, China my blog Global From Asia will be partnering up with Trustrade and hosting a speed dating round table event in Terrace Bar of Seaworld district of Shenzhen, China. Steve Walker is the founder and operator of Trustrade and we are excited for this first …
We Bought a Shoelace Amazon Business
We Just Bought a Shoelace Business (example of what I’m doing lately) To give people on the personal blog a bit of an example, at Alpha Rock Capital we just purchased a business selling elastic shoelaces on Amazon. They previous owner had been building it up for a couple years and it is a top ranking product in the re-usable …
Success: Crossed into China + Processed a China Visa
Made it into China! Was a bit stressful, for two or three reasons. First, I was hanging out in Hong Kong longer than expected. The China visa application for Marc got delayed – it was supposed to be picked up last Friday – but the embassy rejected the Shadstone invitation letter – saying the chop (stamp) wasn’t clear enough and …