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E-commerce experts at the China Speakers Bureau (updated)
Shaun Rein at a brick-and-mortar place If at any place the switch from brick-and-mortar is going fast, it is China. Permanent online consumers comment, exchange information, and buy 24/7. When you sit...
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The end of the cable – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Light can transport data in higher volumes and speed than the current cable systems, shows an experimental setup at Shanghai´s Fudan University in the documentary “Smart China” at...
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Advertising is dead, Google, Facebook and Whatsapp in trouble – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean The walled gardens of Whatsapp, Facebook and Google have lost great opportunities, and now they have to face Chinese competition as Tencent and others prepare expand into the next four...
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Trust sells better than ads – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Ads suck, says China veteran William Bao Bean. In Asia companies first build up trust, and then might sell now and then. “We are in the post-advertising market,” he tells at the...
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How Shopal gets retailers digital – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Interacting on social media is not enough for retailers to get customers. Last year the ChinaAccelerator supported Shopal, a digital tool helping retails to trace and follow customers...
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Preparing for the online world war from China – William Bao Bean
The internet in China has been dominated by four huge players, Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and Sina Weibo. After crushing their domestic competitors, they are now ready for the online world war, says VC...
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Internet experts at the China Speakers Bureau (updated)
William Bao Bean Twenty-five years ago Chinese academics sent their first online message and since then the internet has changed China beyond recognition. Despite efforts by the government to keep...
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BitMex helps Chinese investors to go global – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Former Citi-group banker Arthur Hayes started BitMex, a bitcoin exchange. Bound to be a success, says VC and fintech expert William Bao Bean to Bloomberg, as Chinese are looking for...
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Social commerce works better than ads – William Bao Bean
An interview with William Bao Bean Chinese internet companies took the lead in selling through social commerce, rather than poorly working ads. China entrepreneur William Bao Bean explains how China is...
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Why I won´t invest in Europe or the US – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean China has a booming and innovative startup scene, looking for global expansion. But leading VC William Bao Bean of the Shanghai based Chinaccelerator is not going to put his money in...
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Outbound China investment experts at the China Speakers Bureau (updated)
Andy Mok 2016 is going to be the year where outbound investments from China are going to be a major story. Not only generate IPO´s from Alibaba and JD, much capital that used to be locked up in China,...
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Age: no barrier for Chinese tech investors – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean The story of the Briton Ross Walker, 73, three years looking for investments in his tech company, hit the media as he got capital from Chinese investors. Tech guru William Bao Bean...
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E-commerce experts at the China Speakers Bureau (updated)
Shaun Rein at a brick-and-mortar place If at any place the switch from brick-and-mortar is going fast, it is China. Permanent online consumers comment, exchange information, and buy 24/7. When you sit...
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Risk management experts at the China Speakers Bureau (updated)
Paul Gillis Foreign companies fear an increasing risk in China, now the government is tightening legal supervision, fighting corruption, tightening visas and banning business practices that were...
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Why we prefer Shanghai over Beijing – William Bao Bean
The ChinaAccelerator, a tech-focused US$200m fund, picked Shanghai over Beijing, although typically most IT firms started off in Beijing. Shanghai is more international, says managing director William...
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Cross border e-commerce of the future – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean China´s consumers have been eager purchasers of foreign products, but getting them at the right price proved to be troublesome. New startups are going to make that choice easier,...
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Marketing needs more platforms than only WeChat – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean WeChat has been for long the golden grail for marketing to China´s consumers. But those days are over, says innovation expert William Bao Bean, director of the Shanghai-based...
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William Bao Bean: the man behind one of the successful accelerator programmes...
William Bao Bean Often innovator William Bao Bean prefers to give the stage to his China-related innovative startups, but ahead of the MOX – the Mobile Only Accelerator in both Taipei and Singapore in...
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Fintech, mobile and social commerce in 2017 – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean China is becoming fast one of the most innovative markets, explains Shanghai-based managing director William Bao Bean of the Chinaccelerator. Fintech and mobile will leave their marks...
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Why most startups should avoid China – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean It sounds odd to hear from the managing director if the Chinaccelator in Shanghai, but William Bao Bean sees it as a success when startups decide to avoid the China market and explore...
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