Experience BeijingA tour around the startup environment

September, 2011

Tour Background• September 22-27 (6 days)• Pitched at 36Kr Beijing Open Day• 3 interviews (including final) at Innovation Wo

rks• Visit Cheku Café • Meeting with Matrix China and IDG• Lessons at both Peking and Tsinghua Unversiti

es• Meetups with PKU MBA students• Walking tour around

36Kr Beijing Open Day• www.36kr.com• Mini-Techcrunch in China• 10 startups, 5 minutes each• Hottest startup: Dolphin Browser for iPad• 36Tree: angelist in China

Innovation Works• 创新工场 (http://www.chuangxin.com/)• Y-Combinator in China• Founded by Kai-fu Lee• Capital (eg. RMB100-150K, 10% equity)• Free office, mentor, consultant, lunch…• 5 interviews

Cheku Café • 车库咖啡• Enhanced Boot at Beijing• 8:30am – 10:00pm• Investors, startups, journalists altogether• Host of Tencent events

Meeting with VC• Matrix China ( 经纬中国 ), IDG 资本…• Disruption 颠覆• Deep trust in Sina and Tencent• Content filtering concern• Hong Konger is NOT an edge• Traction is crucial

In General• Taking cab in Beijing is nightmare• Follow up email to everybody• Deep conversation recommended• Start messing with weibo !• Re-design your business card• Prepare to visit again

Peter Choi 蔡智文peter.choi@snapshock.com

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