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EP 150 - Andy Tian - co-Founder and CEO of Asia Innovations Group - Make It Simple, Make It Fun, Make It Deep

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Even though we had just met, I felt like I had known Andy Tian for years.  Andy is the CEO and a co-Founder of Asia Innovations Group, which was built to become the largest global social entertainment platform. 

Some of the topics that Andy and I discussed:

  • Being born in China and raised in Queens, New York
  • Growing up in Queens reinforced Andy's multicultural views that still resonate with him today
  • How the excitement of being in a new place outweighs the difficulties of adjusting
  • Joining Google in 2005 as one of China's earlier team members
  • Running Google's mobile business in China and helping Andy Rubin bring Android to China
  • Starting one of the first social gaming companies in 2008 and then selling it to Zynga in 2010
  • Asia Innovations Group was built to bring the most innovative products to a global audience
  • Why Google really left China
  • The importance of company culture which is simply the default mode of operation
  • Being execution-oriented
  • Be CEO - Be Pirate - Be Hero
  • What is live social?
  • Are financial services an opportunity?

    • Other titles we considered:

    1. The Domain Was Available
    2. We're Doing Live Social Right Now
    3. We Are Just In the First Phase of Being Live Social
    4. As a Proper Husband, I Can Not Make a Shopping Decision Alone
    5. The Social Element Gives It Fun
      6. ...more
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