Best Daxue Consulting Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 126: Becoming a premium restaurant chain in China [The F&B industry in China] 1:17:06

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Since its founding in 2001, Element Fresh has been a beacon of fresh and healthy western food in China’s most bustling cities. The Founder and President, Scott Minoie has been in China for 22 years and has accumulated over 30 years’ experience in the food and beverage industry. He is also co-Founder and COO of Planet O, a location-based mixed virtu…

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Ep 125: Advice from a 10-year entrepreneur in China’s travel industry to new entrants 1:07:59

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We interview Yael Farjun, who is present co-leader at Travel Massive and an experienced entrepreneur, who founded 2 travel companies. Both have now been shut down due to travel restrictions. In this episode, Yael shares her 10 years of experience in the travel industry in China, talking honestly about the ups and downs, challenges and achievements.…

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Ep 124: Supporting international institutions in China’s fast-growing healthcare segments 1:29:16

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We interview Douglas Corley, who is a Beijing-based healthcare entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO at DHB Global. For ten years DHB Global has acted as a bridge between foreign private healthcare companies trying to get into the Chinese healthcare market and the Chinese healthcare regulatory institutions to facilitate successful transitions fro…

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Ep 123: Representing niche beauty brands in China 1:19:11

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We interview Jean-Philippe Benoist, Founder and CEO at GED. GED helps establish cosmetics brands on eCommerce platforms in China and helps them drive sales in the Chinese market. Their services include both distribution and marketing. So what is GED’s winning formula for brand integration on the Chinese market, which products tend to sell the faste…

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Ep 122: Angel-investing in China with a 26% compound return 1:27:57

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In this episode of China Paradigm, we interview Philip Beck. Philip Beck - 贝曦贤 is an Australian-born entrepreneur who’s been living and working in China since 2005. After 32 years across Asia-Pacific (1976-2008) as CEO and/or COO of publicly-listed international 4A’s media agencies and recruitment companies, Philip became a full-time Entrepreneur a…

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Ep 121: Advertising in China with transparency and precise targeting 1:19:09

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In this episode of China Paradigm, we interview Jie Zhang, a serial entrepreneur with a strong tech background and founder at AdChina.io a software as a service (SaaS) platform that makes advertising in China easier for foreign brands. The differences between advertising in China and the West are staggering when it comes to how the various Chinese …

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Ep 120: Paving the way for bakeries to enter and grow in China 1:01:31

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Matthieu David interviews Pierre Gilson, founder and chef at Stoneground Consulting. When it comes to the bakery & pastry industry there is definitely a paradigm in the context of the Chinese market. While westerners consume baked goods and pastries on a daily basis, Chinese consumers enjoy them on relatively special occasions. Pierre Gilson has be…

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Ep 119: Building a leading marketing automation software in WeChat’s ecosystem 59:56

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Matthieu David interviews Kai Hong, Chairman and Partner at JINGdigital. Customer Relationship Management is part of the day-to-day life of any company that needs to understand its customers better and in turn offer better services or products. JINGdigital is using its digital marketing automation platform and has been successfully serving 100+ glo…

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Ep 118: From freelancing to founding one of the largest photo studios in China 1:03:52

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Matthieu David interviews Rodney Evans, Founder & CEO of Central Studios Shanghai. The photo and video production industry has definitely shifted to a more streamlined approach due to the emergence of social media in the last decade. Central Studios Shanghai, a photo studio based in China, has been able to endure and evolve since its beginnings in …

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Ep 117: Finding your sweet spot in China’s B2B food scene 49:38

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Matthieu David interviews Founder at Maik’s Gourmet & passionate chef and F&B consultant. The Food and Beverage industry is a very competitive one in China and that’s why having a strong backend and a quality frontend are the factors that will make an F&B business succeed. Maik’s Gourmet provides F&B businesses with DIY foreign food deliverables th…

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Ep 116: Contributing to the Chinese circular economy 1:12:16

4y ago1:12:16

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Matthieu David interviews Vincent Djen, Director of Cheng Kung Garments and CEO of REMAKEHUB. The textile industry has consistently been a labor-intensive industry. In this episode, we explore what the future hold for the garment industry and how a circular economy fits into that. Are Chinese consumers already requesting fashion products made from …

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Ep 115: Learn how this hardware start-up partnered with Foxconn to create a product-lead vision 1:04:38

4y ago1:04:38

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Matthieu David interviews Nathan Siy Founder and CEO at Evoke Motorcycles. The company aims to be a market leader in the transition from gas to electric propulsion motorcycles. There is no doubt that going electric is the future and Evoke’s electric motorcycles seem to be the right type of products for this emerging market in China. Making a strong…

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Ep 114: Bridging Chinese suppliers, brands and consumers to make sustainability core product feature 1:02:41

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Matthieu David interviews Hong Zheng Founder of Adventi Communication and GREENEXT. Founded in 2004 Adventi Communication was engaged in communications for luxury fashion brands, helping international labels develop marketing strategies in China. Throughout the company’s years of activity, the theme of sustainable fashion has become a center of foc…

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Ep 113: Understanding business practices and technology maturity in China through a SaaS case 1:12:03

4y ago1:12:03

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Matthieu David interviews Michael Chiao, a Founding Partner at MEGI and Axel Standard. Finance and accounting management are important for companies as they weigh heavily in decision-making. That’s why MEGI, cloud-based accounting software has seen a great subscriber count since it’s creation. But is there a local market for such software? Are Chin…

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Ep 112: Opening 8 Shanghai restaurants & clubs in 4 years based on data and tactful branding 1:11:20

4y ago1:11:20

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Matthieu David interviews Gennadii Bochkar and Chen Feng (Fiona) partners and Co-founders at BIBIMI Group with 10 venues in Shanghai. Situated between the fast-casual and casual dining experiences, the BIBIMI group manages 10 venues successfully and planning to open new spots and even night clubs. But how do they manage such a managerial workload, …

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Ep 111: Using analytics to make data relevant In China 56:02

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Matthieu David interviews Carole Gabay, Analytics Manager & Market analytics consultant. Insightful market analysis is really important in order to accurately determine consumer behavior and make solid market strategies. Carole Gabay has been doing market analysis for 25 years and her skills in this field have been honed and perfected based on a st…

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Ep 110: How to score a 1.5 million RMB sales day through live-streaming twice 1:32:39

4y ago1:32:39

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Matthieu David interviews Josh Gardner, CEO at Kung Fu Data. The e-commerce sector has never been more relevant and richer in China than the present and Kung Fu Data is a big reason why businesses succeed in this field. Gathering the right data combined with having the right business relationships and taking advantage of present opportunities has m…

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Ep 109: building a SaaS in the Wechat, Weibo & Douyin ecosystems 1:06:15

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Matthieu David interviews Alex Duncan, Co-founder and Product Lead, and Alex Li, VP at KAWO Head of Brand and Agency Partnerships. If you are a big brand trying to establish yourself on the Chinese market you’re going to need a strong social media presence. Thus, we decided to arrange this interview to get the answers directly from experts and expl…

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Ep 108: Meet the founder of the fist internet cloud company in China 57:10

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Matthieu David interviews Steve Mushero, CTO of China MSP YunChang. The cloud internet service is fairly new to China and Steve Mushero’s company has been one of the pioneers on the Chinese market. In 2015 he managed to raise 9 million USD to fund his business, but how embracing is the Chinese market for this type of service? How easy is it to reac…

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Ep 107: All you need to know about the spa business in China 1:16:00

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Matthieu David interviews Johnny Chang Founder at Spa Solutions Training and Management Consultancy Ltd., Shanghai. How big is the spa industry in China and how much more of a quality service does it offer compared to the West? What training does Spa Solutions offer emerging spa businesses and in what way is the spa industry segmented in China? Fin…

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Ep 106: The design agency behind the rebranding of iconic Chinese cosmetic brands 1:10:21

4y ago1:10:21

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Matthieu David interviews Matthieu Rochette-Schneider, Greater China General Manager at centdegrés. Building a brand in China might look like a very different process than the way brands are built in the West. But there are many businesses in China that were very fortunate to have the veteran brand builders from centdegrés on their side. They've be…

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Ep 105: Teaching Royal etiquette to affluent Chinese 58:32

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Matthieu David interviews Guillaume Rué de Bernadac, Founder & CEO at Académie de Bernadac. Etiquette is a tool that any person should possess whether they use it in professional interactions or social ones. In China, royal etiquette is a subject of interest and more and more people are enrolling for courses. How does Académie de Bernadac service t…

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Ep 104: Running an oral care business in China after selling a 400-person food delivery firm 58:24

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Matthieu David interviews Lucas Englehardt, founder & CEO at xixilab. Hard work pays off. At least this was the case for Lucas’s first business which was food delivery. Using flyer marketing he’s managed to grow it into a sizable business and then eventually sell it to a German company for a great deal. Now Lucas Englehardt is focusing on the denta…

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Ep 103: Creating 5 iconic restaurants in 3 different Asian cities 1:04:46

4y ago1:04:46

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Matthieu David interviews Philippe Ricard, Founder of La Creperie in Asia. The restaurant business in Asia and all around the world took a big hit with the coronavirus outbreak. But there are some places that can survive anything. La Creperie is a well-established brand in China, Vietnam, and Hong Kong because of its longevity on the market and its…

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Ep 102: Learn from a B2B sales expert in China 51:45

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Matthieu David interviews Yoann DELWARDE, CEO & co-founder at Infinity Growth. If your company is struggling with Sales, do not fire your sales team. It’s probably way more efficient to hire a Sales coach. Infinity Growth can be helpful when it comes to teaching Sales tactics and knowledge to Chinese B2B businesses. But just how good are they? And …

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Ep 101: Leveraging data to surf China’s e-commerce wave 1:11:41

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Matthieu David interviews Renata Thiébaut, Head of Research & Business Intelligence at Web2Asia. The most important foreign online selling brands in China are so successful probably because they had Web2Asia as their ally when they were first starting out on the Chinese market. It takes a lot of strategizing, data accumulation and re-strategizing t…

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Ep 100: Building a B2B sales network all over China 1:00:49

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Matthieu David interviews Liang Sun, CEO at Generate and Board Member at Benelux Chamber in Shanghai. Selling anything on the Chinese market as a foreigner isn’t an easy endeavor since the language and cultural barriers make it difficult to understand how your product fits on that market. Luckily for European companies, the solution to this problem…

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Ep 99: Meet the founder of the iconic 17 year old restaurant in Shanghai’s ex - French concession 1:02:34

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Matthieu David interviews Cotton Ding, Owner at Cottons restaurant and bar. The restaurant business is a tough business. That’s especially true in China and more so if we are talking about the last few months when people were under strict restrictions to socialize due to the coronavirus outbreak. How has Cotton Ding managed to stay in the industry …

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Ep 98: Tapping into China’s natural ingredients niche in F&B 56:39

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Matthieu David interviews Gordon Dumoulin, founder and CEO at Dumoco Natural Ingredients. When it comes to eating healthy everyone knows that “natural” is the way to go. But where does Gordon’s company fit on the Chinese F&B market? Is there a need for an intermediary between a customer and Chinese farmers, processing companies, etc.? Find out the …

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Ep 97: Distributing Food Products In China 1:02:57

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Matthieu David interviews David Beutin, Sales Manager – HORECA Food Service at Lactalis International. HORECA was and is one of the most impacted business industries by the Coronavirus outbreak. How does a food service company manage to recover from such a crisis in China and how different is the business model of such a company compared to the Wes…

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Ep 96: Creating opportunities through connections (关系） 1:02:26

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Matthieu David interviews Guillaume Sergent, founder and CEO at Ailion Golf, a company that offers fashion solutions to golf enthusiasts in China. How did Guillaume get his company off the ground and what are Ailion’s marketing and brand strategies? Find out the answers to these questions and others in this new China Paradigm podcast.0:10 Guest int…

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Ep 95: Navigating the Travel Industry in the time of the Coronavirus 1:02:25

4+ y ago1:02:25

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Matthieu David interviews Sophie Sun, a founder at TravelRight. If you're a traveler and flying to your destinations is your choice of transportation then you've definitely dealt with flight delays before. For people flying from China the answer to their flight delay related issues seems to be TravelRight, which is not an insurance company but it i…

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Ep 94: Why China is a new innovation paradigm 49:36

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Matthieu David interviews Yuan Yingzi, Executive Director at Europe China Foundation and Strategic Innovation Lab Strategic Analyst at Ubisoft. China’s business ecosystem is attracting interesting resources which fuel Chinese innovation. European start-ups are starting to look to Chinese investors and VCs for partnerships and funding. How does the …

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Ep 93: Building an event-native agency in China's digital world 1:00:55

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Matthieu David interviews Augustin Missoffe, a managing director of Greater China, Korea & ASEAN at HOPSCOTCH Groupe. How is event marketing progressing in China’s digital world? Is e-commerce marketing strictly digital now? And how different is running event-based marketing campaigns in China opposed to the West? Find out the answers to these ques…

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Ep 92: Riding The Wave Of China's Sharing Economy 50:33

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China Paradigms interviews Hammer Guan founder and CEO of Youbangxin an online platform and a powerful tool for freelancers to showcase their skills. What is the sharing economy and why is Youbangxin functioning in this type of economic sector? How important is transparency for Youbangxin and what makes this platform different from any other platfo…

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Ep 91: Is the Golden Age for Psychotherapy In China yet to Come 1:13:24

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Matthieu David interviews David Ammerschlaeger, a psychotherapist and executive & corporate coach at Excellence for Professionals and PsiCare blog author. Practicing psychotherapy in China is truly a paradigm. The economical layout, the way healthcare is provided there and may other factors come into play when trying to develop a proper framework f…

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Ep 90: Fast Forward To The Future Of XR, AR, VR, AV And Their China Challenge 52:48

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Matthieu David interviews Eloi Gerard, CEO & Co-Founder at CrowsNest. Virtual Reality has become a phenomenon in the past decade. But is China a proper ecosystem for this type of entertainment? How far has virtual reality come and what are it’s limitations in China vs the West? What is CrowsNest’s experience in the XR market and what are the differ…

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89: It Is Time To Get Mature With Video Marketing In China 57:56

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Matthieu David interviews Carlotta Godio, General Manager at FLATMIND Video Productions. How has video marketing grown in China in the past few years? What future trends in video marketing can we expect to see in China? Is censorship an issue when it comes to shooting thematic videos? These questions and more in this new China Paradigm podcast!Skip…

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88: Covering Chinese Tech Scene For The West 56:35

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Matthieu David interviews TechNode.com’s editor in chief John Artman. In this China paradigm’s podcast, we get an insight into the Chinese tech scene as we discuss what makes great tech news and what makes TechNode the best resource for staying up to date with the Chinese tech market.How is the tech scene different in China compared to the West? Wh…

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87: Learning Business Innovation In China Through Cooking 57:48

4+ y ago57:48

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Matthieu David interviews Sandrine Delabrière, Innovation & Strategic marketing consultant, Food expert - certified Chef, instructor & author. Is innovation something that can be taught? In this episode, we learn about teaching innovation through cooking and how Sandrine has managed to build her company by helping other companies think strategicall…

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86: Bringing Chinese Gaming Innovation To The Middle East 1:05:36

4+ y ago1:05:36

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Matthieu David interviews Vincent Ghossoub, co-founder & CEO of Falafel Games. Building a company that handles game development and game publishing in China can definitely be a challenge. But how big does this challenge become if your main goal is to develop games for an Arabic market? In this new China Paradigm podcast interview, we learn about Vi…

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85: Why The 21st Century Karl Marx Would Build A Brand To Communicate Ideology 44:13

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Matthieu David interviews Fashionable Futures’ Kate Padget-Koh, a Founder & Consultant, Industry Expert in Fashion, and Kanch Porta Panjabi, a Founder & Entrepreneur. Their company specializes in helping clients build sustainable fashion brands in China. What Fashionable Futures’ definition of sustainability is and what their superpower is when it …

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84: The Soft Skills Needed To Build A Business In China 49:21

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Matthieu David interviews Greg Nance, CEO of Dyad.com. In this China business podcast, we learn about his company, how Dyad.com has been lucrative on a very powerful niche offering mentorship to students who want to study abroad and need to navigate the vast mechanisms of admissions that ivy league colleges have in place. Knowledge is power and tha…

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83: Building a hardware company on one of China’s niche segments 59:02

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Matthieu David interviews Laurent Le Pen, Founder, and CEO of Omate. In this China business podcast, we learn about his company, how he managed to earn a million dollars on his Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first “truly smart” watch, and why his company made the switch to wearable as a service. “Less means more” is the philosophy that Omate …

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82: Going from digital agency to SaaS business in China with Daphne Tuijn 57:28

4+ y ago57:28

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In this China business podcast we learn about Daphne Tuiijn's entrepreneurial story starting WebshopinChina.com - a full-service China e-commerce agency with offices in Shanghai and Amsterdam; Chaoly -- a cloud-based data platform, based on the latest technologies that integrate your data together with big data sources from major Chinese platforms.…

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81: Making sourcing in China social and reliable with Milad Nouri 51:10

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Matthieu David interviews Milad Nouri, Co-founder and CEO of YOOSourcing. In this China business podcast, we learn about his company, a collaborative and decentralised solution for global sourcing. It combines the power of trusted social networks with audited and verified transactional data to bring a comprehensive global sourcing solution in the p…

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80: Building Wikifactory to Take on the Internet of Production in China 1:03:23

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Matthieu David interviews Nicolai Peitersen, Co-founder and Chairman of Wikifactory. In this China business podcast, we learn about his company, a collaborative social platform where creative individuals use digital tools such 3D printers and CNC machines to design and fabricate products themselves and then share them online through the platform to…

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79: Starting a ticket sales platform in China with Greig Charlton 52:01

5y ago52:01

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Greig Charlton, CEO at 247tickets, speaks with Matthieu David about the event ticket selling business in China. He talks about the business model of 247tickets how does 247tickets uses AI on WeChat. In this China business podcast, we also learn how he organizes his team, creates the community and more.Highlights of this episode: 1:28 The size of th…

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78: Bootstrapping a software in China to manage in-bound sales serving 900+ clients 1:04:46

5y ago1:04:46

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Thomas Knoop, the GM & Co-Founder of Livecom China, speaks with Matthieu David about the leading CustServ AI solution that supports Wechat, Weibo, Insta in China. In this China business podcast, we talk about the business model of Livecom and the story behind it. Knoop also mentions his unique view of AI and more. Highlights of this episode: 00:36 …

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77: How to introduce a premium brand to China with Mike Hofmann 52:38

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Mike Hofmann, Managing Director at Melchers (Beijing) Ltd., speaks with Matthieu David-Experton about supporting the exportation and operations of companies in China. Highlights of this episode include: 1:02 About Melchers 3:48 Net sales5:27 Melchers’ case studies that are most illustrative of China8:09 Competing with other companies10:06 Elements …

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