Startups Shenzhen + SZteam are doing another first for Shenzhen here at Shenzhen Team. For three days, 20 eager entrepreneurs will both learn and work on their own startups. If you are a student, designer, developer, or just enthusiastic about starting your own company, this is something to not miss. We are aiming for September 2nd to the 4th….we know that is one and a half weeks away….but so many people at Startup Tuesdays want it, we are gonna see how many applicants we can get, we have a good amount of support from mentors and judges and sponsors. Here […]
Thanks again to Bruce Levin for coming tonight and speaking on business model generation. We had a solid 35 to 40 people showing up, again a good mix, actually a better quality mix, of Chinese and foreigner, technical and business, entrepreneur and investor. It keeps getting better and better. He is willing to share his slides, you can download them – Introduction to Business Model Generation I took some notes, and as usual past them below. Business model generation NOT a business plan. What is a business model? Describes rationale how a business creates, delivers, and captures value. think things […]
Our first weekly speaker will start at our 3rd startup Tuesday in Shenzhen. Bruce Levin will discuss business model generation, covering-v what is a Business Model? A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value. It can be described using nine basic building blocks that show the logic of how a company intends to make money. The nine blocks cover the four main areas of a business: • Customers • Offer • Infrastructure • Financial viability The business model is a blueprint for a strategy to be implemented through organizational structures, processes, and systems. […]
Our 2nd “startup tuesday” here in Shenzhen was based on the “basics” (from the prior week’s audience feedback and level) as we felt people needed to start from ground level to make sure we don’t leavev anyone behind. The slides are here Basically, we went over “what is a startup”, how to “form a startup” (explain a startup doesnt really need to be a formal company at the beginning, how to deal with partners, payment methods, project planning) This time, people really wanted to remember who came! So as we went around the room, I typed this list. Sorry if […]
After a great turnout from the Fist Startup Tuesday in Shenzhen, we listened to people and feel there is a great desire for a support community and hub for startups….but there were quite a few people who just need some basic understanding of what is a startup, how to get involved in one, and other basics. So we will start a series in the next few meetings going through various phases of a startup and get ideas and input from the community. Also at this meetup, we will discuss about a startup WEEKEND and discuss when / if there is […]
Shenzhen Team, or SZteam (we picked a shorter english name for a bunch of reasons: The internet is all about short URLs – the full name of Shenzhen is too long, SZ is commonly known to both foreigners and Chinese to represent Shenzhen. Twitter and Weibo – online, there are limits more and more to the length of a URL, especially microblogging, so only 6 characters Easier for Chinese to remember – sure, many other English websites in Shenzhen are spelled out like shenzhen-standard.com , shenzhenstuff.com , shenzhenparty.com – but those sites are doing 2 things, targetting SEO for the […]
Been talking to more and more people that want to network with other startups in Shenzhen….there are many around, well lets DO IT! We will use the SZteam.com office for the place, and pick Tuesday night 7pm to get people together. What: Startups Shenzhen Meetup For Who: People that are in startups or curious When: Tuesday, Aug 9, 7pm to around 9pm Where: SZteam.com coworking office, (see below) Cost: Free Dress: Casual Agenda: This is the first one, I think lets just have an open round table for those who attend to see how many people are interested, what kind […]
Thank you for those who attended the launch party. We have some signups now, and want to see —- Dear SZteam launch party attendee, Thanks so much for attending the Thursday July 21 szteam.com launch party. We had a great time and believe everyone else there did too! We didn’t get time to have a formal speech, but please take a minute to fill out the below survey, even if you’re not interested in becoming a member, ideas and feedback is greatly helpful in our development. Take our survey! Regards, SZteam office crew —– Please take the time to give […]
The first Shenzhen coworking office, SZteam is now open! We will debute this coworking space with a launch party (open house) on Thursday, July 21 from 7pm to 10pm. We will provide complimentary wine and tea and snacks! The purpose of this event is to introduce the first coworking space in Shenzhen to the community, allow some business networking, and discuss future events and groups that can form inside this new SOHO community! Where is it? South part of Nanshan High Tech Park. Take the Shenzhen Metro to stop Ke Yuan on the Shekou line – address is Nanjing Univ […]
Whose idea was it to open a coworking space in Shenzhen? I know it’s absurd to call a metropolis like Shenzhen a “second-tier city”, but people do talk about it that way, and as far as I can find, this means you’d be opening the first coworking space in China outside the first-tier cities. Is that true? What makes you think the idea will work in Shenzhen? Why Shenzhen and not Guangzhou? We both came about the same idea in different ways, and fortunately got put in touch over the internet at about the right time. I’ll start with Mike […]