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Long work hours do not work in China anymore – Shaun Rein
Shaun Rein Tech companies in China became big by asking their workers to make long hours, 996 in jargon. But those days are over says business analyst Shaun Rein to CBS. Not only is it illegal to let...
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How China moved from imitation to creation – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean (right) in Shenzhen Innovation expert William Bao Bean acts as a city guide in hardware capital Shenzhen for NBC’s Richard Engel to show how it changed from a fishing village into a...
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How to compete in China – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean in Minsk In China, the internet is the economy. SOSV managing director William Bao Bean explains how international firms can enter the China market. With magic information on how...
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Taiwan: excellent launch path for pan-Asian ventures – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Shanghai-based MOX (Mobile Only Accelerator) works from different places in the world, including Taipei. Taiwan offers an excellent launching platform for ventures who look for...
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How SOSV became Asia’s no. 1 accelerator – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean at MOX in Taipei VC William Bao Bean explains at MOX in Taipei how his firm SOSV became the no.1 accelerator in Asia, globally investing in 150 startups every year in multiple...
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Why multinationals eye incubators for a competitive edge – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean (right) in Shenzhen China’s competitive landscape is changing fast, and the blooming incubators for startups offer multinational a much-needed edge in local competition, says William...
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Strategy experts at the China Speakers Bureau (updated)
Ian Johnson Making sense out of China has always been challenging, although the questions companies and people have to ask themselves change permanently. From a rather uregulated booming economy, now...
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Fintech experts at the China Speakers Bureau (updated)
William Bao Bean From a cash country, where transactions were done by moving plastic bags with money between bank branches, China has turned into a leading force in fintech or financial technology....
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Local VC’s got hit by another China winter – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean China’s economic slowdown has mainly hit local VC’s, says William Bao Bean, managing director of the Chinaccelerator, at OZY.com. A government crackdown on risky investments and the...
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Experts on the corona crisis (updated)
Shaun Rein The coronavirus or Covid-19 has kept the world in its grip since the beginning of 2020, first as a China problem, but then fast expanding to the rest of the world. At the China Speakers...
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Travel industry: in need of a post-corona rethink – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Many industries have to rethink the way their business and business models are organized when they resume action as the coronavirus crisis subsides. The travel industry is one of them,...
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Fintech will go through the roof when the recession is over – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean from Shanghai Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean looks at the world after the COVID-19 recession will be gone. Fintech will go through the roof, like all things digital, home delivery,...
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The global fight between food delivery giants – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Already before COVID-19, American and Chinese internet giants fought for dominance in the booming market for food and grocery delivery, and the coronavirus crisis has caused another...
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How to deal with the economic apocalypse – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean from Shanghai The crisis caused by COVID-19 is going to change many familiar habits by consumers and companies, says Shanghai-based VC and SOSV General Partner William Bao Bean to...
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Why Bytedance might sell Tiktok to Microsoft despite opposition – William Bao...
William Bao Bean Chinese internet users have been voicing loud opposition against the possible deal by Bytedance to sell Tiktok to Microsoft, as the company might be hit by a ban by US President Donald...
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Learning how to fail in China – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean explains that entering a new market means leaving behind the experience to collected in the past, leave behind your cultural baggage, and learn from...
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China tech firms face more than geopolitical tensions in global expansion –...
William Bao Bean Privacy concerns, marketing and local regulations on data security are just a few of the barriers China’s tech companies face when they want to go global, says seasoned VC William Bao...
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New trends for IT startups – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Seasoned Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean, general partner at SOSV and managing director of Chinaccelerator and MOX, sits down with Asian Pioneers to discuss his background,...
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Why Chinese tech companies still list in the US – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Despite the trade tensions between China and the US, many tech companies from China still turn to American stock markets for their need for capital. Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean...
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How digital consumption will translate into 2021 – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Shanghai-based VC-veteran William Bao Bean prepares for a dynamic surge of digital consumption in 2021 after a booming 2020, he tells at the 10-year celebration of the...
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