Singapore
March 15, 2012
I am finally on my way to my dream Island of Bali and I am slowly stripping my clothes the closer I am (Singapore is my connector). Sweater, jacket and shoes moved to the plastic bag with a bottle of Chivas purchased at Duty Free shop for 30$ (Over a 100$ in Bali) and replaced by a pair of flip flops, T-shirt and shorts. Back to Basics. Back to my lifestyle, and back to work. Today I just quickly wanted to mention How I get my Videos done and where I find resources for different projects for my business.
First of all I would like you to watch Egoistic Presentation video that has been done for me:
March 8, 2012
Guangzhou, China
It’s been 4 years for me in China and I met enormous amount of really interesting people and heard some really crazy success stories. The other day I met some really cool guys from “The Elevator Life“. Nik and Tim moved to China 2 years ago right after college graduation and after makings some expensive mistakes they are back with fresh new ideas and now became biggest importers of Portland and Washington wines to China and they bring Western Brands to Southern China backed by Western and Chinese VCs. We had a blast a couple of days ago and I was overwhelmed with enthusiasm and energy these 2 guys have. Make sure you read their blog. They could be your great inspiration and fantastic source of information if you decide to come to China in search of opportunities. (more…)
February 27, 2012
Shenzhen, China
Here I am in China again. Most of stuff is done in Hong Kong and 2 busy weeks ahead in Shenzhen and Beijing to meet people, pack and sell some things and back to Paradise Island of Bali. It’s really cold in Shenzhen. Rain and +9 degrees Celsius damages my productivity and stresses my warm weather spoiled body. It has been 2 months since I left Shekou neighbouhood here in Shenzhen, but so many variables had changed. Especially The ones I could see by looking at High buildings that grew 20-30 stories high taking place of some street food restaurants and DVD sellers. Around 20% of retail vendors on my street changed. New clothes shop instead of Italian restaurant, new International food stores and new Chinese businesses that took place of hair salons and pet stores. It happens really quickly. Sometimes I think people that open retail businesses here are trying to copy more successful model next door and open a less attractive copy and hope to make a sale. I really doubt that they had any business plan at all. No budget written on napkin, no research, no nothing. “Let’s copy this store and make money.” Everyday model of Asia. “VP”
January 18,
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
I will give you just a couple of my thoughts on SOPA and PIPA. Well, first of all these 2 abbreviations put a smile on my face because they sound really funny in Russian. Пипа as Pipi (like kids genitals) and ЖОПА as “ASS”. Let me tell ya. I was born In Soviet Union, lived in China and always devastated about censorship, and lack of freedom in these countries. Since I was a kid, US was my dream. Real democracy. (more…)
… Just in a couple of hours after writing my post “Why you should CARE to have a GOOD business and why GROUPON SUCKS!!!!” about care-less customer service from Groupon HK I actually received a letter from them. I am wondering if they actually read it or it’s a coincidence? I believe it’s the first, because my ticket status is still at “solved or deleted” stage:
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