There is a Chinese saying, “When three people are travelling together, there must be a teacher for me”. This occurred when the iLEADers and I visited Nick Yang, CEO of 牾空 Monkey King Search on the 11 December 2009. Nick Yang recently started his third venture in mobile search engine, targeted towards the 155 [...]

In Beijing, people throw trash on the ground everywhere; I actually looked forward to spotting a trash bin in public! In restaurants and air-conditioned areas, people smoke too. That was something that bugged me a lot especially since I have a pretty sensitive nose.
Ironically, there was once my friends and I stepped into the hotel [...]

The 1.3 billion people country, China, has received a lot of attention from the business world in the last three decades and they certainly deserve it. China has managed an amazing track record in economical development, maintaining about 10% growth every year. In the internet business sector alone, the country has 316 millions of [...]

Although the severely cold wind greeted the shivering iLeaders, wrapped in multiple layers of clothing, early morning on December 8th Tuesday, there was a palpable excitement in the air. Google, the holy grail of entrepreneurship, had beckoned.
As the bus entered Tsinghua Science Park, we suddenly saw the logo, that every internet user bows down to, staring at [...]

Biology, Physiology, Psychology, Sociology, Zoology, logy logy logy..  So what about Youthology? It gotta be the study of Youth, and so, China Youthology = The study of Youth in China.
The whole visit to Youthology are full of surprises, from the moment we stepped in until the end of the visit. Mr. Zafka surprises us with this little [...]

It’s Day 3 of company visits in Beijing and so much has happened; we’ve been whisked from one company to another, meeting entrepreneurs and industry leaders from start-ups and established companies, and learning so much along the way!~ ^.^
On Monday, the first company we visited was Lenovo and our host was Mr. Cory Grenier, the General [...]

“Wow, a Chinese version of Google-style working environment here!” That’s the first impression I have when I stepped into Maxthon office in Beijing. The toys around tables, the colorful decorations, candy boxes everywhere and other stuff create an innovative and comfortable working place for Maxthon staffs.
 
Back to the company itself, Maxthon, was founded by Jeff [...]