Asia Tech Podcast

NSH 215: In The Making of Shaun Rein – From failing as a first time entrepreneur in 2003 to authoring world famous best sellers on the rise of China innovation


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Podcast highlights:

00:58 – Back story of Shaun turning into a writer
From writing a weekly column for CNBC and Forbes



05:54 – How do you handle disagreement or criticism


08:19 – Mistakes foreign companies make when they enter China and how is Silicon valley viewing China’s rise in innovation


15:52 – From Shaun’s mistakes running his own entrepreneur venture way back in 2000-2003 which he says was a total failure. Learn why

1. Positioning
2. Real Estate
3. Regulatory


19:53 – China’s government in the last 6 months especially is very evident – trying to create 5-10 national champions in the tech space. If you don’t work within those ecosystems, if you can’t negotiate in Chinese in those ecosystems you’re going to have a lot of problems

1. Partner within the government supported tech ecosystem
2. Language representation
3. Right kind of venture capital money


20:53 – Rise of China Innovation – Rise of nationalism, local brands and local innovation


26:37 – What makes China 3 years ahead of the west


45:54 – Rise of the blue collar male as an important and critical new consumer segment


46:56 – What’s your typical workday like. Who is Shaun?


51:42 – Shaun owes his journey to many of his mentors. Hear who he’s here to thank!
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Asia Tech PodcastBy Graham Brown