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World Economic Forum in Dalian

Next week I’m off to Beijing for my first board meeting with P1 which shall be really exciting and then I’m straight off to the Annual Meeting of the Champions 2009 also called  ”Summer Davos” in Dalian, China. If you’re going to be at the event and  want to meet up please ping me.

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Joined the Board of Chinese P1.cn

I’m very happy to announce that I joined the Board of Directors of P1.cn. P1.cn is a private (by invitation only) social network for young affluent Chinese, a target group that is expected to grow from 20 million to 80 million over the next decade.  I’ve been impressed by the different approach they have taken [...]

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Talking at Tencent Mind 2009 Forum

I’m in Guangzhou, China getting ready to talk at Tencent Mind 2009 Forum . Tencent’s conference for its biggest advertisers in China. It’s a great honor to be talking with QZone’s General Manager Peter Zheng about social networks trends in China and in the world at large. Of biggest interest to the 500 advertising executives invited to [...]

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Great slides on Online China

Handbook of Online China View SlideShare presentation (tags: web trend trends powerpoint olympics)

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Silicon Dragon: How China Is Winning the Tech Race

A year ago I was interviewed by Rebecca Fannin, international editor of the Hong Kong weekly Asian Venture Capital Journal and former International News Editor at Red Herring for her upcoming book: Silicon Dragon: How China Is Winning the Tech Race“. The books message is that we shouldn’t be surprised if the next Steve Jobs or [...]

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Hong Kong Web Startup Meet Up

Last year when I was visiting Hong Kong and met with the Simon Lee & the guys at Bullpoo, they complained that there where not enough web entrepreneurs in Hong Kong....  Today Simon tells me over Skype that the initiative I started have just resulted in the fourth Hong Kong Web Start up Meet up, and they were 400!

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Are Virtual Goods the Next Big Business Model?

Kevin said that if he who is a pretty boring non-cool person with pictures of his kids on his profile got gifts that people have paid $ for - then imagine what people (read attractive girls) who are cool & in receives!...  Min Kim from Nexon, added that Facebooks introduction of virtual goods is paving the way for a general acceptance of virtual goods outside of China, and in particular in the US. Tim Steven from Doppelganger, answered on the question why on earth are people paying for virtual goods by saying that virtual goods are not weird - its a real expression of affection, identity and emotion.

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Piclens A Really Cool Way of Browsing Pictures

I have been following the guys from Cooliris for a bit more than a year now and today they came to see me and demonstrated their new product: Piclens.... By downloading a browser plugin, you can search and browser images from Google, Flickr, Yahoo, Friendster and more in full-screen theater like mode.

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Ideas for the Next Le Web 3

Here are some additional thoughts I have for the next Le Web 3.

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At the Virtual Goods Summit 2007

Virtual worlds and good are really getting hot and here are some amazing facts: Tencent with the QQ IM brand in China has more than 254 unique million users & 28MM simultaneous users Neopets: 40 MM registered users and 750, 000 daily transactions Nexon: 3.5 MM registered users, virtual goods cost between $0.60-$1.00.  People by functional & decorative items like a rainbow colored balloon to use in a game rather than that standard balloon because people don't want to be like all the others.

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