Lessons learned from China – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean The US used to be a benchmark for many innovative companies and startups, but China is now leading the way, says VC William Bao Bean with a major portfolio in China, Asia in a webinar...
View ArticleHow to help startups to grow in Asia – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean VC William Bao Bean, a general partner at SOSV (the most active global venture capital firm) explains how his global fund helps startups grow in Asia, with much attention to the pros...
View ArticleScaling up without the big internet firms eating your lunch – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Scaling up your business without the big firms like Facebook, Google, Tencent, or Alibaba eating your lunch? Accelerator VC William Bao Bean explains how to survive in a very...
View ArticleOn-shore listing: a challenge for going public – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Until a few weeks ago, listing at US stock markets was a favorite way to raise capital for fast-growing Chinese companies. That venue is closed now, and VC veteran William Bao Bean...
View ArticleVC helping startups to fight the big internet – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean (left) Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean explains how his global SOSV fund helps startups to fight against the big internet, and bring innovation into the traditional VC world, at the...
View ArticleIndia is still tougher to invest in compared to China – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Some investors have been suggesting that the latest political changes in China have made India an easier place to invest. VC veteran William Bao Bean, with major experience in both...
View ArticleTravel startups dealing with the COVID-19 crisis – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Leading VC William Bao Bean explains how travel startups managed through the COVID-19 crisis at PhocusWire Pulse. In China, they survived by focusing on booming domestic travel, but...
View ArticleLeadership shuffle at Bytedance: a good sign – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Bytedance, the mothership of both Douyin and Tiktok, has reorganized its leadership and its internal organization, including founder and CEO Zhang Yiming. A good sign at a maturing...
View ArticleWhy Pakistan matters – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Leading VC William Bao Bean, general manager of SOSV, has been funding startups over the past five years from Shanghai in Pakistan and explains why Pakistan startups do matter. William...
View ArticleHow to use China’s startup experience in Africa – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Serial startup investor William Bao Bean, general partner of SOSV in Shanghai, started in 2021 to invest in his first startup ventures in Africa. In Disrupt-Africa he explains how his...
View ArticleHow Shanghai worked as a stepping stone for Pakistani startups – William Bao...
William Bao Bean Leading VC William Bao Bean, partner at SOSV and managing director of Orbit Startups explains how he started to develop startups in Pakistan, using his Shanghai experience as a...
View ArticleThe story of disruption in China – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Tech investor William Bao Bean, managing director of Orbit startups, shares the major stories he learned from the tech revolution in China, at a Pakistan conference. “The government...
View ArticleHow the Chinaccelerator exported its China strategy to other emerging...
William Bao Bean The SOSV Chinaccelerator has been a successful Shanghai-based VC in China for a decade. Managing director William Bao Bean, explains to Russel Flannery of Forbes how they re-invented...
View ArticleHow artists can make money from their music – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean Investor William Bao Bean, Managing Director of Orbit startups, explains how he helped artists make money from their music at All That Matters 2023, introducing three successful...
View ArticleHow tech transfers can curb carbon emissions in food production – William Bao...
William Bao Bean VC William Bao Bean, managing director of Orbit startups, explains how tech transfers can limit – for example – carbon emissions in food production at COMEUP 2023. His 20-year...
View ArticleWhat can Asian startups learn from China? – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean VC William Bao Bean, managing director of Orbit Startups explains how Asian companies can learn from the example from Chinese companies. Not by simply copying the China models, but by...
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