Limitless Laowai — Expat Life, Business Strategy, Personal Development Cultural Adjustment in China | Learn Chinese

Rose moved to Shenzhen, China from New York City in 2009. She teaches Business English at Shenzhen Polytechnic College and runs Love, Shenzhen, a company that makes maps and runs tours and events in Shenzhen, along with a really cool website. In this episode, she shares with us how organically businesses can grow in China and how to succeed in your own niche market.

Tom is currently the Vice President, Emerging Channels, for Owens & Minor, a Fortune 300 multinational company specializing in healthcare logistics. The company is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He and his wife Jamie have been married for more than 20 years, and have two teenage boys, Jackson and Buck. They were in Shanghai for almost three years and repatriated in June of 2014, which was about 6 months ago at the time of this recording. Today Tom is going to share with us his experience closing out his expatriate assignment and how he and his family are adjusting back home in the US.

Damon was born in Silicon Valley California, and graduated from California State University, Chico in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Shortly after that he ended up working in Japan for 6 years and to add another country to his repertoire, he later moved to Australia to manage a rainforest and beach tour company. He met his wife there and returned to Japan where he earned his MBA at one of Japan's top ten national universities, Tsukuba University.  While at Tsukuba he discovered that the school did not have any real official alumni group and actually did not assist MBA graduates in their job search process. This was his catalyst to launch his business catalyst4mbas.com, which connects organizations to top-level, experienced talent and acts as a platform for MBAs to exchange opportunities and ideas in order to promote life-long-learning. Tune in to hear how Damon has brought catalyst4mbas.com to China.

Senior wine consultant, Lionel Le Gal, was born in Paris and first arrived in Shanghai in 2001 as a student at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, learning Chinese, trade, sales and marketing. Armed with this new knowledge, he quickly joined the French Wine Paradox team as a part-time wine promoter. Since then he has spent most of his career dealing with the On Trade wine business for key importers such as Torres China and ASC Fine Wines, working primarily in China and Vietnam. Most recently he teamed up with Italian sommelier Michele (Mikele) Muraro under a new venture called The Wine Guy. Lionel is married and has been in Shanghai for the last 7 years. Today Lionel is on a mission: to share some insights on the Chinese wine trade and also debunk some popular myths!

Originally from France, Fred's career began first in retail management and then key account management for an multinational company. He and his wife landed in Shanghai in 2006 and for a number of years, Fred worked for a Chinese company and dramatically impacted their international business development. It was through that success that he created his own consulting company, Aim Result, in 2012. Additionally, two years later, he co-founded www.shanghaicontactme.com where people can inquire their needs like real estate, office space, company incorporation...etc, and then Fred and his team guides them to the best price and the best value service providers.

Long-time China executive, Bhasker Jaiswal works as Managing Partner of OMD China, a leading advertising media agency in Shanghai. His career spans over 16 years, and included 4 years in Malaysia before coming to China. He has been in China for past 8 years and worked in Guangzhou and Shanghai. He likes to play tennis and badminton and is always looking for a game. He currently lives in Shanghai with his wife and 4-year-old daughter.

This week Ally shares how she by chance both broke and fixed up the audio files on LimitlessLaowai.com, how she finally got some zzzzz's using a seemingly silly bag of seeds, and how she got motivated to peel herself from the office chair and get into workout clothes for the first time in, well, too long.

Dagmara is a young professional from Poland, where she studied the Italian Language & Culture and, later on, Journalism and Social Communications. She is currently the Senior Community Manager for First Person Shooter Games in a gaming company, Cmune, up in Beijing. Before landing in Beijing 3 years ago, she worked 4 years in the industry as Business Development Manager and Web Games Manager back home in Poland. From the start she has been very active in Beijing Gaming Networking scene where she loves sharing her knowledge and having a blast with friends. And of course, she never misses out big gaming event like China Joy, Game Developers Conference in Shanghai or Gaming Mobile International Conference in Beijing. She believes that the best marketing tool nowadays is to build a healthy community that can sustain itself.

Let's be honest, no one wants to be caught in the middle of a medical emergency...well, EVER, let alone in one without a plan! Are you prepared? In this episode, International SOS Clinic Manager, Sandra Fuld, shares the five steps to developing your comprehensive medical emergency plan while abroad. Complete with a downloadable form, this podcast will empower you to better keep you and your loved ones safe while living abroad.