Victor Jiang's musings on the Web
Victor Jiang's musings on the Web - my ramblings about entrepreneurialism, philosophy (incl. of business), findings on the Chinese, Silicon Valley, and Australian markets. Many blog posts are in Chinese.
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Most Recent Posts from Victor Jiang's musings on the Web
On “Replicating Silicon Valley”
Saw a great article recently on “replicating Silicon Valley” by a VC, reproducing it below: (the original article can be found at: on.fb.me/YgCuz5) ____________________________________________ A lot of cities and countries want innovation. So they try to borrow or copy elements of … Continue reading →Posted on 28 March 2013 | 4:28 am
The M.dot story: from prototype to 8-figure acquisition in 10 months
Faithfully reproducing what is a great narrative for startup founders anywhere (but especially the foreigners in SV!) _____________________________________________ Dominic Balogh (Cofounder and CEO of M.dot): (original article at: http://bit.ly/VsUy7j) I came to Silicon Valley with my co-founder just 10 months ago … Continue reading →Posted on 21 February 2013 | 8:06 am
Congratulations on M.dot!!
Can’t believe I was singing karaoke and playing basketball together with these guys just 4 months ago at Blackbox mansion! They just closed a seed round of $700k then. All the more phenomenal their achievement today with this announcement!! Also … Continue reading →Posted on 12 February 2013 | 9:52 am
Alibaba – From RMB 100 billion to 1 trillion in 4 years and in the process becoming the largest eCommerce site in the world
Alibaba just in the past week reached over 1 trillion RMB in annual transaction volume, having grown from 1 billion RMB barely 4 years ago (that is US$15.7bn to US$157bn within 4 years)… And in the process it is now … Continue reading →Posted on 11 December 2012 | 9:54 am
The Culture on Failure at Silicon Valley / 硅谷的”失败”文化
Reflecting on the lecture by Fadi Bishara at Blackbox.vc yesterday on Entrepreneurialism in Silicon Valley vs. Europe (but really rest of the world), my biggest take-away is that: Silicon Valley is not a system, nor (merely) a location, it’s a … Continue reading →Posted on 22 October 2012 | 10:33 pm
