It's been about nine months since I left a job in Toyota's Strategic Finance Group for an opportunity to return to China to work for Originate China. At Originate, we create innovative web and mobile apps for clients and also based on our own … [Continue reading]
Lean Startup vs Lean Thinking at Toyota — reflections from someone on the inside
May 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Monetizing apps in China – The Freemium model
April 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There are many challenges facing web and mobile startups in China, including an incredibly dynamic market, keeping your staff from leaving you for one of your competitors and taking your Intellectual Property with them, and copycats that will appear … [Continue reading]
Requiring Weibo users to register their accounts
March 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
According to new Chinese regulations going into affect on March 16th, all weibo (microblog) users in China will be required to register their real identities to continue posting weibo messages. With the pace of new user signups already slowing, there … [Continue reading]
Innovation, and imitation, in China
February 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
Whenever I am talking with anyone about entrepreneurship in China, we end up discussing innovation. And I am nearly always asked whether I see real innovation in China, or if the ``innovation'' is really just imitation. While this a very nuanced … [Continue reading]