SZTeam Coworking

Date: Tuesday April 24th , 2012
Time: 7pm – about 9pm

Who: Stephen Forte

Topic: Exit Strategies for Startups

Fee: 20RMB

Location: At ChaiHuo.org hackerspace (its behind the holiday inn in nanshan district)

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About:  Stephen Forte

Stephen Forte is the Chief Strategy Officer of the venture backed company, Telerik, a leading vendor of developer and team productivity tools. Involved in several startups, he was the co-founder of Triton Works, which was acquired by UBM (London: UBM.L) in 2010 and was the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Corzen, Inc., which was acquired by Wanted Technologies (TXV: WAN) in 2007. Prior to Corzen, Stephen served as the CTO ofZagat Survey in New York City (acquired by Google in 2011) and also was co-founder of the New York-based software consulting firm The Aurora Development Group. Stephen is also a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional, PMP, and also speaks regularly at industry conferences around the world. He has written several books on application and database development. Stephen has an MBA from the City University of New York. Stephen is also a board member of the Scrum Alliance. An avid mountain climber, Stephen leads a trek in the Mt. Everest region every fall to raise money for charity. Stephen lives in Hong Kong with his wife.

Chai Huo hackerspace
#0728, Bld #5, Dong Hua Yuan (Next to Holiday Inn)
Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

MTR – Luobao Line (line 1) to the Tao Yuan stop (just past Shenzhen University) and about a 10 minute walk

Thanks guys, I have a feeling a lot of people will get lost, but you can call Mike Michelini’s china mobile at +86 15816859376 , I also have whatsapp,

Map here:

Chai Huo Co-Working Space

Walking directions to Chai Huo hackerspace Shenzhen from TaoYuan MTR stop:

Taoyuan
广东省深圳市南山区学府路
China
1. Head south toward 学府路
51 m
2. Turn left onto 学府路
140 m
3. Turn right onto 南山大道
400 m
4. Turn left onto 滨海大道
120 m
5. Continue onto 滨海大道辅路
300 m
6. Turn right onto 南光路
120 m
7. Turn left
83 m
8. Turn right
Destination will be on the left

Get in touch with Nick via:

Date: Tuesday April 3rd , 2012
Time: 7pm – about 9pm

Who: Nick Plante, Co-founder of Wefunder and Zerosum Labs

Topic:  How to find a technical cofounder?

Fee: Free

Location: At ChaiHuo.org hackerspace (its behind the holiday inn in nanshan district)

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About: Co-founder of Wefunder and Zerosum Labs. Formerly CTO of Mogoterra. Organizer of Rails Rumble (largest global weekend hack competition), Startup Workaway, created RDoc.info. Ruby / JavaScript / OSS / product hacker and wannabe designer. Experienced in the developer tooling and crowdfunding markets. Mentor at HAXLR8R in Shenzhen.

Chai Huo hackerspace
#0728, Bld #5, Dong Hua Yuan (Next to Holiday Inn)
Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

MTR – Luobao Line (line 1) to the Tao Yuan stop (just past Shenzhen University) and about a 10 minute walk

Thanks guys, I have a feeling a lot of people will get lost, but you can call Mike Michelini’s china mobile at +86 15816859376 , I also have whatsapp,

Map here:

Chai Huo Co-Working Space

Walking directions to Chai Huo hackerspace Shenzhen from TaoYuan MTR stop:

Taoyuan
广东省深圳市南山区学府路
China
1. Head south toward 学府路
51 m
2. Turn left onto 学府路
140 m
3. Turn right onto 南山大道
400 m
4. Turn left onto 滨海大道
120 m
5. Continue onto 滨海大道辅路
300 m
6. Turn right onto 南光路
120 m
7. Turn left
83 m
8. Turn right
Destination will be on the left

Get in touch with Nick via:

Date: Tuesday March 27th, 2012
Time: 7pm – about 9pm
Topic:  Huck Liang, CEO and founder of foblc.com

How to register Hong Kong or Shenzhen companies

Fee: Free

Location: At ChaiHuo.org hackerspace (its behind the holiday inn in nanshan district)

Click for Map

Chai Huo hackerspace
#0728, Bld #5, Dong Hua Yuan (Next to Holiday Inn)
Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

MTR – Luobao Line (line 1) to the Tao Yuan stop (just past Shenzhen University) and about a 10 minute walk

Thanks guys, I have a feeling a lot of people will get lost, but you can call Mike Michelini’s china mobile at +86 15816859376 , I also have whatsapp,

Map here:

Chai Huo Co-Working Space

Walking directions to Chai Huo hackerspace Shenzhen from TaoYuan MTR stop:

Taoyuan
广东省深圳市南山区学府路
China
1. Head south toward 学府路
51 m
2. Turn left onto 学府路
140 m
3. Turn right onto 南山大道
400 m
4. Turn left onto 滨海大道
120 m
5. Continue onto 滨海大道辅路
300 m
6. Turn right onto 南光路
120 m
7. Turn left
83 m
8. Turn right
Destination will be on the left

Date: Tuesday March 20th, 2012
Time: 7pm – about 9pm
Topic:This Tuesday come join us for an open topic and networking session!

Same time , same place- bring a beer , see you there.

Fee: Free

Location: At ChaiHuo.org hackerspace (its behind the holiday inn in nanshan district)

Click for Map

Chai Huo hackerspace
#0728, Bld #5, Dong Hua Yuan (Next to Holiday Inn)
Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

MTR – Luobao Line (line 1) to the Tao Yuan stop (just past Shenzhen University) and about a 10 minute walk

Thanks guys, I have a feeling a lot of people will get lost, but you can call Mike Michelini’s china mobile at +86 15816859376 , I also have whatsapp,

Map here:

Chai Huo Co-Working Space

Walking directions to Chai Huo hackerspace Shenzhen from TaoYuan MTR stop:

Taoyuan
广东省深圳市南山区学府路
China
1. Head south toward 学府路
51 m
2. Turn left onto 学府路
140 m
3. Turn right onto 南山大道
400 m
4. Turn left onto 滨海大道
120 m
5. Continue onto 滨海大道辅路
300 m
6. Turn right onto 南光路
120 m
7. Turn left
83 m
8. Turn right
Destination will be on the left

Date: Tuesday March 13th, 2012
Time: 7pm – about 9pm
Topic: Dealing with creative product design inside China

Fee: Free

Location: At ChaiHuo.org hackerspace (its behind the holiday inn in nanshan district)

Click for Map

David aka Digitalboy is the lead product designer for the famous Chinese brand GeekCook – a brand that represents individuality and creativity in China.  David has experience in managing a team o dynamic and creative Chinese employees in Dongguan, China and we are excited to hear him share his experiences!

Chai Huo hackerspace
#0728, Bld #5, Dong Hua Yuan (Next to Holiday Inn)
Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

MTR – Luobao Line (line 1) to the Tao Yuan stop (just past Shenzhen University) and about a 10 minute walk

Thanks guys, I have a feeling a lot of people will get lost, but you can call Mike Michelini’s china mobile at +86 15816859376 , I also have whatsapp,

Map here:

Chai Huo Co-Working Space

Walking directions to Chai Huo hackerspace Shenzhen from TaoYuan MTR stop:

Taoyuan
广东省深圳市南山区学府路
China
1. Head south toward 学府路
51 m
2. Turn left onto 学府路
140 m
3. Turn right onto 南山大道
400 m
4. Turn left onto 滨海大道
120 m
5. Continue onto 滨海大道辅路
300 m
6. Turn right onto 南光路
120 m
7. Turn left
83 m
8. Turn right
Destination will be on the left

Twitter: @digitalboy

Flickr: digitalboy100

Website: http://GeekCook.net

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GeekCookNet

Date: Tuesday March 6th, 2012
Time: 7pm – about 9pm
Topic: We have  Nick and Tim,  two young American entreprenuers who moved to China after graduation from University, to discuss the importance of networking abroad. Currently, they are involved in several venture in a variety of fields, such as importing, e-commerce and sourcing.

Fee: Free

Location: At ChaiHuo.org hackerspace (its behind the holiday inn in nanshan district)

Click for Map

Chai Huo hackerspace
#0728, Bld #5, Dong Hua Yuan (Next to Holiday Inn)
Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

MTR – Luobao Line (line 1) to the Tao Yuan stop (just past Shenzhen University) and about a 10 minute walk

Thanks guys, I have a feeling a lot of people will get lost, but you can call Mike Michelini’s china mobile at +86 15816859376 , I also have whatsapp,

Map here:

Chai Huo Co-Working Space

Walking directions to Chai Huo hackerspace Shenzhen from TaoYuan MTR stop:

Taoyuan
广东省深圳市南山区学府路
China
1. Head south toward 学府路
51 m
2. Turn left onto 学府路
140 m
3. Turn right onto 南山大道
400 m
4. Turn left onto 滨海大道
120 m
5. Continue onto 滨海大道辅路
300 m
6. Turn right onto 南光路
120 m
7. Turn left
83 m
8. Turn right
Destination will be on the left

Who are Nick and Tim ? pls see below:

Twitter: @theelevatorlife

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theelevatorlife

Blog: www.theelevatorlife.com

Worked over the past couple days to queue up speakers and topics to keep the Startup Tuesdays rocking after an awesome Boyd Jones talk last tuesday, Rachel + Henry from comfortworks home decoraustralian ecommerce startups, they have some experience in the Australian startup weekends and event management – taking a huge load off my shoulders updating the Shenzhen Marketing website, and designing a cool logo for it (in this blog post). Finally getting some good teams setup for the Startup Weekend and the Startup Tuesdays….and work is getting done much faster and more “on its own two feet”

So this evening I finalized the next 3 weeks….an been blasting it out on the internet to the various groups, blogs, and email blasts….so excited to say we have 3 cool Startup Tuesdays lined up for the next 3 weeks:

(1) this Tuesday, March 6, 7pm at chaihuo
2 American’s doing business in Guangzhou, their experiences in GZ + the startup scene there

http://www.shenzhenmarketing.com/march-6-nick-ramil-and-tim-nybo-from-f2e-venturestel/

Currently based in Guangzhou, Nick and Tim are two young American entreprenuers who moved to China after graduation from University. Currently, they are involved in several venture in a variety of fields, such as importing, e-commerce and sourcing.

 

 

 

(2) next Tuesday March 13, 7pm at Chaihuo
David Zhang from Geekcook talks about dealing with creative product design inside China
(3) Tuesday March 20, 7pm at Chaihuo
Lei Gao working on a new design startup, will speak on working with remote / virtual teams in a startup, the tools he uses.
he works in Chaihuo daily, while managing workers around the globe from his laptop. how does he do it, what tools does he use…he will go through it at this Startup Tuesday meeting

 

 

 

Event planning is an exhausting thing to do…and sometimes thankless because people get used to it happening, and being free. But finally, I feel Shenzhen startup community has reached critical mass and a “tipping point”, and see teams and support networking forming to let me get some breathing room.

Please, let me know if you want to be a speaker in Shenzhen!

Short post today. Short and Sweet.

Which of the 2 logos for Shenzhen marketing do you like?

Yup, just back from Manila earlier this week, digging out of emails, getting some SEO training started, planning 2 events in March, and ended today with an AWESOME Shenzhen startup Tuesday! I’ve been trying to get Boyd Jones to speak at a meetup for months now, and finally our request was fulfilled! Also, a really awesome boost is Rachel & Henry from comfort works have stepped up and gotten involved helping organize events, and also redesigned shenzhen marketing website to better organize and promote these meetups!

Since Chinese New Years ended, we have re-organized the meetups to be in the Chai Huo hackerspace and moved the SZteam coworking in a special room in the back of the huge facility. People have overall given a positive feedback on the new cooperation, we are really excited to better combine the “foreign / sales / marketing” community with the Chinese hacker / programmer community. Eric Pan from Chai Huo thinks this will create huge value in the community.

At 7pm, there were only about 8 people in the room…I have to be honest, I was a bit worried…we tried marketing this out to our email list, were getting some phone calls on my mobile from lost people, maybe it was just a bit too early. by 7:30pm we had about 40 people in attendance!, one of our biggest and most successful meetups to date! It was a healthy mix of VC / Angels in the Chinese community, e-commerce startups, foreigners, Chinese programmers.

Going around the room, with Amy Gu doing a great job writing English names on the whiteboard we had each person do name, where they worked / what they were doing, and their favorite color (just to change it up a bit from week to week)

By about 7:30pm Boyd got up to speak, he let us share his powerpoint and I have uploaded it to slideshare for those who want to see it with images. Below I have take the text transcript and you can read the outline.

Startup financing options in China, by boyd jones

02.28.12 v.1.0 – ms ppt — Presentation Transcript

1. Startup Financing – Options from a Chinese Perspective
创业融资 – 从中国的角度看有哪些选择 从中国的角度看有哪些选择
Presented by Boyd R. Jones iTech Holdings Limited / Co-Power Ventures

2. True Early-stage VC in China
NONE . Well, not “none”, but not much. Spotty. No Silicon Valley-like infrastructure / ecosystem to support startups.

3. You Already Know What to Do Bootstrap!

4. But Be Careful…

5. Bootstrapping
defined: to promote or develop by initiative and effort with little or no assistance. Do you have skin in the game? How much have you invested? Time Money Resources Have you mortgaged your car and home?

6. FFF Approach
FFF before outside investors:
F riends
F amily
F ools

7. Post-FFF Resources
Angel Investors Accelerators Innovation Works / 创新工场 Chinaccelerator Incubators Public Private

8. Post-FFF Resources (cont)
Events / Competitions 深圳创新创业大赛 Startup Weekend Startup Labs

9. Chinese VC
Demonstrate traction Towards becoming dominant Tencent / Alibaba / Baidu strategy?

10. Go Abroad
Headquarter your firm in: Silicon Valley
Accelerators Angels Incubators VCs

Singapore Ibid. Tap abundant resources abroad

11. Conclusion
There is no short cut Build and invest in your own business Work very hard over time You can not create and fund a startup part-time. Therefore, don’t do it unless you enjoy it!

12. Contact Details
Boyd Jones
Weibo.com/BoydJones
t.qq.cn/BoydJones [email]

 

 

There were plenty of questions, as everyone wants MONEY for their idea and their startup. But we were all excited that this Shenzhen startup community is forming, and hopefully we can get more organized and build up a platform, a support network, to allow more people, both Chinese and foreigners, to successfully build and launch their ideas into a reality.

Another common question was HOW TO FIND PROGRAMMERS IN SHENZHEN there is an obvious shortage of them in the city. From the audience, we found 2 websites to go and checkout, szlug – shenzhen linux user groupand lamper.cn for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) groups to network and find some good programmers.

This is what its all about, sharing, and helping. Thanks again to Boyd Jones for taking the time to speak to the group!

We will start to host the Startup Tuesday every 2 weeks, for a total of 2 times per month, to ensure that we have always a great speaker and a great topic!

TUESDAY, Feb 28, we will start having Startup Tuesdays in Chai Huo! SZteam is cooperating with Chai Huo hackerspace,

Date: Tuesday Feb 28th, 2012
Time: 7pm – about 9pm
Topic: We have Boyd Jones, a Venture Capitalist from copowerpe.com located here in Shenzhen, and also a key force behind the newly launched Startup Labs in Taipai, Taiwan. He will discuss attracting investors for your startup!
Location: At ChaiHuo.org hackerspace (its behind the holiday inn in nanshan district)

Chai Huo hackerspace
#0728, Bld #5, Dong Hua Yuan (Next to Holiday Inn)
Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

MTR – Luobao Line (line 1) to the Tao Yuan stop (just past Shenzhen University) and about a 10 minute walk

Thanks guys, I have a feeling a lot of people will get lost, but you can call Mike Michelini’s china mobile at +86 15816859376 , I also have whatsapp,
View Larger Map

Walking directions to Chai Huo hackerspace Shenzhen from TaoYuan MTR stop:

Taoyuan
广东省深圳市南山区学府路
China
1. Head south toward 学府路
51 m
2. Turn left onto 学府路
140 m
3. Turn right onto 南山大道
400 m
4. Turn left onto 滨海大道
120 m
5. Continue onto 滨海大道辅路
300 m
6. Turn right onto 南光路
120 m
7. Turn left
83 m
8. Turn right
Destination will be on the left

Hope everyone had a good Chinese New Year, and is excited for the “Year of the Dragon”

SZteam is cooperating with Chai Huo hackerspace, and the next Startup Tuesday will be at the Chai Huo hackerspace

THIS TUESDAY, Feb 7, we will start having Startup Tuesdays in Chai Huo!

Date: Tuesday Feb 7th, 2012
Time: 7pm – about 9pm
Topic: We have a visitor from Silicon Valley, USA speaking, in english, about his startup platform, www.lifecraft.com his name is Haegwan Kim
Location: At ChaiHuo.org hackerspace (its behind the holiday inn in nanshan district)

Chai Huo hackerspace
#0728, Bld #5, Dong Hua Yuan (Next to Holiday Inn)
Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

MTR – Luobao Line (line 1) to the Tao Yuan stop (just past Shenzhen University) and about a 10 minute walk

Thanks guys, I have a feeling a lot of people will get lost, but you can call Mike Michelini’s china mobile at +86 15816859376 , I also have whatsapp,

View Larger Map

Walking directions to Chai Huo hackerspace Shenzhen from TaoYuan MTR stop:

Taoyuan
广东省深圳市南山区学府路
China
1. Head south toward 学府路
51 m
2. Turn left onto 学府路
140 m
3. Turn right onto 南山大道
400 m
4. Turn left onto 滨海大道
120 m
5. Continue onto 滨海大道辅路
300 m
6. Turn right onto 南光路
120 m
7. Turn left
83 m
8. Turn right
Destination will be on the left