Over the last 2 to 3 decades of my career, I have had the great fortune to witness technology disruption and the new opportunities it brings about. I started my career as a software engineer back when the Internet was in its infancy. My career brought me across the globe…

Back on April 8, Douyin’s President of E-Commerce, Kang Zeyu ( 康泽宇), announced Douyin’s new focus on “Interest-based E-Commerce” at their inaugural e-commerce ecosystem conference. What is Interest-based E-Commerce? This new concept has aroused the interest of many people. Can budding entrepreneurs start a business focusing on Interest-based E-commerce? What is Interest-based E-commerce? …

and what the meeting with regulators means — Recently, the media has been abuzz with how Jack MA's Ant Financial (ANT) has been summoned by the Chinese regulators just before the unicorn's record-breaking IPO of raising more than US$34B. A lot of commentaries has focused on how it derailed Jack MA’s plans for the IPO and even 'cost…

COVID-19的蔓延对中国制造商产生了重大影响，并且由于许多中国公司在其他公司的供应链中发挥着核心作用，因此在世界范围内都感受到了这种影响。这种破坏在电子和汽车工业中尤为严重，但也影响到药品，金属以及各种消费和工业产品，包括手术衣和口罩。 我们如何最终导致供应链中如此复杂的相互依存关系？一旦我们克服了这种困难，管理人员应考虑什么？ 在过去的三十年中，供应链变得越来越全球化。这种变化是由可交易的商品和服务数量急剧增加所推动的。可交易性取决于可以从打算消费它们的市场远程生产商品的程度。可交易性的主要因素是运输成本和产品易腐烂性。因此，对于相对于其尺寸和运输成本而言具有高价值的货物，通常有必要在低成本地区制造并运输。这些成本的持续下降（加上国际运输效率的提高）促使许多公司转向全球采购模式，从而使他们能够利用较低的人工和材料，土地及其他因素的成本。 全球供应链增长的另一个因素是转包的使用增加。由于许多原因，分包变得越来越普遍，包括组件的复杂性提高，需要专家的制造过程以及生产商方面希望拥有可以根据需求打开和关闭的更灵活功能的能力。结果是供应链层次更深，供应商可以利用他们的供应商，而供应商又可以在多级生产网络中利用自己的供应商网络。实际上，拥有四层或更多层供应商并不罕见。这种复杂的“散布”意味着公司很难了解所有供应商的真实身份。这是发生重大中断时我们继续感到惊讶的原因之一。

Traction is one of the ways investors used to assess the startup’s momentum? However, startups' traction metrics will differ based on your business model, the industries and the stage that you are in. A startup’s traction will be the key, especially during Board meetings and fundraising. …

至2017年，‘中国制造’和‘中国品牌销’已经成为中国企业出海的主旋律。但，若想在海外市场业真正立足，企业必须加强自身的品牌建设和获得海外买家的认可。 在Interbrand 最佳中国品牌2018，只有四家科技公司在海外受瞩目。他们分别是腾讯，阿里，华为和联想。

Fortune China recently released the “Fortune” China Top 500 list. 30 companies within the list failed to achieve a profit with a staggering total loss of CNY 177.1 billion.

In February 2019, news of 爱屋吉屋 (iwujiwu) bankruptcy hits the wire. 爱屋吉屋 (iwujiwu), was once regarded as the fastest growing unicorn in China. It prides itself as the online platform that will disrupt brick-and-mortar real estate companies in China. A market that is strongly held by 链家 (LianJia) and 中原地产(Zhongyuan)。