1. A lots of Chinese made money from property. More specifically, made money from the property boom (around 2002). 2. A early success of foreign investments, more money continue to flow into China. While 10M fund is huge in 2000, 100M is considered very small by 2006. 3. (1) & (2) lead to lots of […]
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Notes from Beijing Day 4
1. The CCTV, particular CCTV 9 (English channel), is broadcasting non-stop on the Tibet’s riot, showing videos of how the monks are part-taking in riots, the attacks on civilians and interviews of causalities. 2. There is freaking a lot of regulations on investments in China, with many ways to structure the deal. If not done […]
Notes from Beijing Day 3
1. Plan your meetings so you don’t zip-zap across the city. If I have just swap one meeting, I would save so much time. 2. Hipihi is preparing for their launch. Good luck! 3. 官联 pervasive and important in Beijing. 4. The restructuring of China telecommunication market is well-underway. By the end of the year, […]
Notes from Beijing Day 2
1. “What is allowed does not mean it can be done. What is not allowed does not mean it cannot be done.” 2. Foreigners aren’t allowed to trade A-shares, but you can if you really want. See (1). 3. Doing a local fund is really really tough. Even one of the most establish fund in […]
Notes from Beijing Day 1
Was thinking of spending Day 1 just to walk around the city and to mingle with the locals. But a coffee session with George Guo in the afternoon leads to series of very interesting meetings. (Thanks George!) I am going to scribble some notes for my own record. 1. Spend more time with CEO 9588.com […]
In Beijing
Have been very busy setting up Thymos Capital last couple of months so wasn’t able to travel much so feeling a bit out of touch. So after postponing this trip a couple of months, I am finally arrived in Beijing last night. This is mostly a study trip for me, to catch up with old […]
Home Sweet Home (with iPhones)
30 hours and finally back home in Singapore. It has being a good trip and I have a lot of fun! :-) Now unlocking the iPhones I bought back. Who wants one? Update: Okay, I was joking when I say “Who wants one?”. These are for friends who asked me to bring it back for […]
People I met
People I met in Bay Area: Bruce Schena – Founder of Immersion. Cool guy to hang out when I am in Bay Area again. David Hornik (August Capital) – One of my favorite VC blogger. Finally got to meet him and I hope to invite to Singapore to talk to the startups here. Dewayne Hendricks […]
My Cab Driver in Bay Area
Meng Weng reminded me to share this story on my blog. I arrived in SFO on Sunday and took a cab to downtown San Francisco. I have a very jovial cab driver and we have a wonderful conversation. Started innocently with “hows your day”, we slowly move to weather and what do I do for […]
San Francisco to Palo Alto
Had a wonderful lunch with Phil Wolff and David Beckemeyer at the Silk. I haven’t have so much fun having conversation talking about voip for a while. The industry landscape has changed a lot bu certainly lots of moving. But one take away from lunch is no one has found the “killer” in VoIP yet. […]