China Paradigms

Nicolas Jouvenceau, founder and CEO of PINK Diamonds Boutique, speaks with Matthieu David-Experton about the Chinese market for gemstones. In this episode, Nicolas tells us about the founding and focus of the company, the expense and demand of colored diamonds in China, and the differentiation between PINK and other big jewelry companies.

Highlights of this episode include:

2:15 The story behind Nicolas’ coming to China

7:11 Expense of colored diamonds compared to colorless diamonds

9:49 PINK Diamonds Boutique’s activities

10:35 Customizing jewelry with PINK Diamonds Boutique’s diamonds and gems

13:22 How clients discover and interact with PINK Diamonds Boutique in China.

15:41 Defining the Chinese market for diamonds

21:25 How PINK Diamonds Boutique differentiates from big companies

25:48 Process of producing jewelry

27:42 The market in China for buying diamonds as investments

30:44 Nicolas’ experience with EO (entrepreneur’s organization)

34:03 How to scale networking

36:34 Why marketing is not mentioned as a source of acquiring clients and more networking for

PINK Diamonds Boutique

More about PINK Diamonds Boutique: https://pinkdiamondsboutique.com/

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Matthieu David-Experton interviews Matt Conger, CEO of Cadence Translate, a company that serves both companies and linguists (which includes translators, interpreters, and transcriptionists) by connecting competent and intellectually curious linguists to businesses. Cadence Translate fulfils over 1000 translation jobs a month globally and has 2,500 linguists at the company. The company prides itself on prioritizing due diligence and ensuring linguists understand the concepts behind the content they are interpreting.

Highlights of this episode include:

6:00 How they integrate technology into their business practices

7:15 How the company does matchmaking between client and linguist

9:00 How the benefits of raising investment go beyond cash

10:30 The innovative pricing model of the business

13:00 Quality assurance on a global scale

14:50 How to increase the domain knowledge of financial markets among interpreters and translators

21:00 Managing multiple locations and creating a unified company culture

25:05 Principles of company culture and the value of finding employees who are intellectually curious

31:45 The benefit of managing small businesses using methodologies from large businesses

33:45 Two China-specific difficulties

38:35 How Matt stays updated on China's financial markets

More on Cadence Translate: https://www.cadencetranslate.com/about

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This podcast is sponsored by daxue consulting, a strategic research firm that answers complex business questions on the Chinese market with traditional and tech tools. Since 2012, daxue has served more than 250 clients and completed more than 300 projects.

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Daxue Consulting is a market research and management consulting firm focusing on the Chinese market. We are leveraging a multiple-methodology approach in order to support clients’ needs, auctioning traditional methodologies as well as technology-driven tools.

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Carlo Dragonetti, Head of Digital & Communications at the Italian Trade Agency, speaks with Matthieu David-Experton about communicating online, supporting Italian companies in China, and insights on how to be an Ambassador for Italy on T-Mall.

Highlights of this episode include:

4:16 Origins of Carlo’s speech that went viral through Weibo

9:27 What you have to do as a KOL after going viral

10:11 Opportunity from gaining fame/going viral in China

13:45 Support of Italian companies at the Italian Trade Agency

18:05 Italian Trade Agency’s online campaigning

23:55 Tools that work best for the Italian Trade Agency

28:04 Leveraging interaction offline to online

31:43 Handling the identity of a nation during promotions

More about the Italian Trade Agency: https://www.ice.it/en/

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Michael Simonet is a China eCommerce specialist and entrepreneur. In this interview conducted by Matthieu David, we learn in-depth about his eCommerce experience with cheese during his time at the company Swissmooh, a dairy company that has experienced success in China, climbing to the top of Tmall's cheese sales.

Michael's current company, Qingdao Alea E-Commerce Co. Ltd consults international businesses on China e-commerce strategy. Michael has a wealth of knowledge on Tmall, JD, and Xiaohongshu.

Highlights of this episode include:

3:30 Why start a business in Qingdao?

10:00 The success story of Swissmooh on Tmall

12:45 What did Swissmooh do to adapt to the Chinese market?

18:15 What happens when a company sells more than they have in stock?

21:00 What makes a Tmall shop successful on Tmall?

25:00 How to earn money on e-commerce

27:40 When is the best time to sell online, and all important shopping holidays to know

38:00 "Growth hacking" what to do and what to avoid, and how to appear credible to shoppers

44:45 Average Tmall and JD conversion rates

More on Swissmooh: http://www.swissmooh.ch/

More on Swisscloud Consulting: https://swisscloudconsulting.com/

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Daxue Consulting is a market research and management consulting firm focusing on the Chinese market. We are leveraging a multiple-methodology approach in order to support clients’ needs, auctioning traditional methodologies as well as technology-driven tools.

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In this episode, Matthieu David interviews Vivian Chang, founder, and CEO at Crush Collection.

Created in 2009, the brand is specialized in cashmere garments. Through the story of Crush Collection, Vivian Chang tells us how she managed to start an apparel brand from the sourcing of factories, the relationships with retailers and product understanding.

Together, we try to figure out what are the mistakes to avoid when it comes to creating a brand. In this episode, you will learn how to become a successful and promising apparel brand creator from the choice of the business model (very linked to the branding strategy) to the choice of the right distribution channel and the interaction with suppliers.

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The fourth episode recorded of China Paradigm, Matthieu David interviews Stephan Grand, Founder & CEO at S.J Grand financial and tax advisory (sjgrand.cn) since 2002. From Taipei, where he is opening a new office, our guest tells us how he started his business in a very regulated industry and what can be done to help clients to manage their accounting. Thanks to Stephan Grand you will discover what are the common mistakes when it comes to do accounting in China and what can be learned from the history of S.J Grand.

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In this episode, Matthieu David interviews Thomas Morisset, CEO of madeforgoods. Through the story of madeforgoods, we are exploring how to build and run SaaS product in China. Thomas Morisset explain to us how he found his co-founders, his business model and how to enter the WeChat ecosystem.

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XNode is a Global Platform for Innovation in China. Matthieu David interviewed Matthieu Bodin and Adriana Verde Rios, the international growth director and program director respectively. Learn about what programs are available for entrepreneurs in China, highlights of the episode include:

8:00 What XNode offers for innovation programs

10:30 Business model of XNode

17:30 The mission to find how innovation is done in China

21:30 How they deal with tough competition in China, and their positive view on it

25:00 Experience with Chinese government support

30:00 A corporate innovation project example

35:00 The 360 view XNode provides for clients

40:45 What are the entrepreneur residence and startup weekend programs

48:00 Difference in operation in Hong Kong, Macau and China

49:15 A bit on renewable energy in China

More on XNode: http://www.thexnode.com/

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Daxue Consulting is a market research and management consulting firm focusing on the Chinese market. We are leveraging a multiple-methodology approach in order to support clients’ needs, auctioning traditional methodologies as well as technology-driven tools.

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In the second episode of China Paradigm, Matthieu David interviews J.X. Paulin, Founding partner & Managing director at DBX International.

In China since 1994, and specialized in real estate business, he explains to us what means being a foreigner and doing business in the country. During the interview, you will learn how DBX reached 6 million USD sales in 4 years after starting with no initial investment.

Through the story of his journey in the country and abroad, we are exploring together how to build a successful partnership with a Chinese partner when you have no equity on the table. Finally, JX Paulin tells us what can be learned from China to do international business and how this founder, from the African diaspora is leveraging his knowledge and experience gained in China and gain traction in Africa.

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This podcast is sponsored by daxue consulting, a strategic research firm that answers complex business questions on the Chinese market with traditional and tech tools. Since 2012, daxue has served more than 250 clients and completed more than 300 projects.

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Daxue Consulting is a market research and management consulting firm focusing on the Chinese market. We are leveraging a multiple-methodology approach in order to support clients’ needs, auctioning traditional methodologies as well as technology-driven tools.

Read more on : http://daxueconsulting.com/blog/

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Matthieu David interviews Claudia Masueger, who started the friendly, casual and fun franchise CHEERS Wine in Beijing. With new stores opening up all over China, we learn the strategy behind the startup, how does Claudia experience so much success in a market that is not known to be welcoming to wine?

Highlights of this episode include:

2:00 Size of CHEERS

6:20 Challenges faced in China, moving stores to shopping malls

11:00 How CHEERS keeps the prices in wine so affordable in China

13:20 How Claudia first analyzed the wine market in 2008, what she learned and how she applied it

17:00 How Claudia rebounded after having a factory burn down and how it was a fresh start to get youngsters in China interested in wine

19:00 How the first store achieved positive cash flow in only three weeks

21:30 Staying cash flow positive while opening up many more stores

24:40 What contracts are involved in franchises

29:15 Why some wine players in China fail

31:40 Training employees in China

40:00 How to integrate all of China's delivery systems into one process

43:00 Misconceptions about the consumption of wine in China, and how to understand the market

More about CHEERS Wine: https://www.cheers-wines.com/cheers-explained/?lang=en

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This podcast is sponsored by daxue consulting, a strategic research firm that answers complex business questions on the Chinese market with traditional and tech tools. Since 2012, daxue has served more than 250 clients and completed more than 300 projects.

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Daxue Consulting is a market research and management consulting firm focusing on the Chinese market. We are leveraging a multiple-methodology approach in order to support clients’ needs, auctioning traditional methodologies as well as technology-driven tools.

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