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MAY 15 Incubator brainstorming + sharing session by Nik

In Events by Michael Michelini

[box] Topic:   Incubator brainstorming + sharing session by Nik  [/box] [box] When: 7 PM, TUESDAY, MAY 15th 2012 [/box] [box] Where: Chai Huo Hackerspace, Nanshan, Shenzhen [/box] [box] Cost: 20RMB [/box] [box] About: This is an open discussion on what support is needed for Shenzhen startup entrepreneurs and what will they expect from an Business incubator . [/box]

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Airplane Rides Are Motivational Sessions

In travel by Michael Michelini3 Comments

Seriously, I don’t even bother trying to think I’ll sleep on these 14 hour flights. I am so excited and my mind is going a mile a minute. And I’ll be jet lagged anyway. So I use the flight to do a “brain dump” (thanks for that keyword Dustin!), cleaning up my notebook, writing blogs, reading books I’ve been meaning …

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MAY 8th, Huck Liang CEO and founder of foblc.com

In Events by Michael Michelini

[box] Who: Huck Liang, CEO and founder of foblc.com [box] When: 7 PM, TUESDAY, MAY 8th 2012 [box] Where: Chai Huo Hackerspace, Nanshan, Shenzhen [box] Cost: 20RMB [box] Topic:  How to be a B2B trader? [box] About: By popular request, Huck Liand is returning to give his second talk at Startup Tuesdays! As CEO of Huck Liang has 11 years in the import and export industry. He started his company …

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Qualifying…Verifying, Focusing People in my Network. Job of Being a Connector?

In business by Michael Michelini1 Comment

I love networking, marketing, connecting. But lately, with this hyper-active networking throughout China and the world…I have been connecting some people who don’t click in the network. Some have kind of stretched the truth about who they are, their background. Others, maybe in financial distress, have refused to pay others I have connected. This happened also a few years ago, …

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Fallen in Love with Social Media!

In social media by Michael Michelini6 Comments

Seriously…anyone that knows me knows I’m a social media addict. When I started this blog in March 2007 the concept of Social Media as an industry and lifestyle didn’t really exist. While it wasn’t blogging, I first put this website online in April, 2000 – being ridiculed by my college fraternity brothers for having my own name as a website…. …

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April 24th Stephen Forte on “Exiting Tactics for a Startup”

In Events by Michael Michelini

[box] Who: Stephen Forte, Chief Strategy Officer of Telerik [/box] [box] When: 7 PM, TUESDAY, April 24th  [/box] [box] Where: Chai Huo Hackerspace, Nanshan, Shenzhen [/box] [box] Cost: RMB20 [/box] [box] Topic:  “Exiting tactics for a startup”  [/box] [box] About: Stephen Forte is the Chief Strategy Officer of the venture backed company, Telerik, a leading vendor of developer and team productivity tools. Involved in several startups, he was the co-founder of Triton Works, which was …

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Canton Fair meetup #2 – Wednesday April 25th

In china business by Michael Michelini2 Comments

Hanging out with Rue this rainy Thursday afternoon. He is really excited about his business promoting local music via Shenzhen Local Music – going through some wordpress training and backup FTP techie jargon. He and I want to work to bring together foreigners + Chinese in South China, he’s more focused on the music and artist industry, while I’m more …