ELLIOTT ZAAGMAN | Understanding China's Tech Environment
Elliott Zaagman has built a professional life as a writer, podcaster, investor in, & consultant to the leaders of some of China’s most famous (& infamous) tech companies. He appears in print & on-air internationally speaking truth about that environment. Ell co-hosts the China tech Investor podcast w/James Hull and has been on my other shows several times too, so we started from a place of comfort and dove deep from there.
Cross-posted from my new show, ”If I Knew You Better”. Enjoy!
Elliott Zaagman LINKS:
on Twitter: @elliottzaagman
on “How China Works”:http://howchinaworks.libsyn.com/025-investing-yingying-li-brendan-davis
on “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom”:http://bigfishmiddlekingdom.libsyn.com/066-tech-writing-leadership-in-china-elliott-zaagman/http://bigfishmiddlekingdom.libsyn.com/078-elliott-zaagman-on-podcasting-tech-ponzi-schemes-more-big-fish-side-dish
SEARCH “If I Knew You Better” in all podcatchers OR listen / learn more here - APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-i-knew-you-better/id1457785319 / WEB PLAYER: http://ifiknewyoubetter.libsyn.com/website/ LINKS https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/knew-resources
JAMES GOODNIGHT | Photography, China Car Culture, & Expat Life Hacks
James Goodnight is an Arts Center graduate who adventured around the US after school, but that was just the start. He moved to Beijing 10 years ago and built a career as a commercial photographer, specializing in car ads. He’s also a big fan of indoor watersports, and tells us all about that. James’ story involves a lot of synchronicities and I just had one of those days myself yesterday, so I share my own weirdly funny tale in the intro.
JAMES GOODNIGHT links:
Web: http://james-goodnight.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flywave_official/
Flywave WeChat: flywave_china
LISTEN -
“If I Knew You Better”: LISTEN - APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-i-knew-you-better/id1457785319 / WEB PLAYER: http://ifiknewyoubetter.libsyn.com/website/ LINKS https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/knew-resources
“How China Works”: LISTEN - APPLE: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-iTunes / ANDROID: http://howchinaworks.libsyn.com / SOUNDCLOUD: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-Soundcloud / STITCHER: https://tinyurl.com/hcw-stitcher / WEB PLAYER: https://www.howchinaworkspodcast.com
“Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom”: APPLE: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/big-fish-in-the-middle-kingdom/id1237037187?mt=2 / SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/brendan-davis-2 / STITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brendan-davis/big-fish-in-the-middle-kingdom / WEB PLAYER: http://bigfishmiddlekingdom.libsyn.com
ELLIOTT ZAAGMAN on Podcasting, Tech Ponzi Schemes, & more! | “Big Fish Side Dish"
Returning champion Elliott Zaagman is back, and this week he lights it UP! He gives us the quick info about HIS new show with James Hull that’s powered by TechNode, the “China Tech Investor Podcast”, we discuss MY new show with Yingying Li called “How China Works”, he fills me in on the legend of the GeekPark Mafia, AND as a palate cleanser from all the love up to that point, he goes HARD at Bytedance. Dude! Don’t miss this one.
SEARCH the “China Tech Investor Podcast” anywhere you get YOUR podcasts, or follow this link to TechNode and find the first episode there:
https://technode.com/2018/10/30/china-tech-investor-01/
Elliott Zaagman’s full “BFMK” interview:
https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/ez
FIND the “How China Works” podcast with Yingying Li & Brendan Davis at:
APPLE / iTUNES: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-iTunes
SOUNDCLOUD: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-Soundcloud
ANDROID & EVERYWHERE: http://howchinaworks.libsyn.com
WEBSITE: https://www.howchinaworkspodcast.com
RAVI PRASAD, GREG STEC, JAMES LALONDE | Voices of the Belt and Road Podcast
#054 - Voices of the Belt and Road Podcast | Ravi Prasad, Greg Stec, James LaLonde
This week we have a very special episode of the show, featuring 3 great guests. I’m proud to be a media partner helping to announce the upcoming Voices of the Belt and Road Podcast, which is part of the Belt and Road Advisory. Ravi, Greg, and their other partner Max have been joined by James LaLonde to help bring voices to the unfolding story of the Belt and Road Initiative (the BRI). Much more to come, to be sure. Enjoy!
Ravi Prasad
Greg Stec
Max Rümer
James LaLonde
Please SUBSCRIBE to “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom” and leave a REVIEW at Apple Podcasts / iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/big-fish-in-the-middle-kingdom/id1237037187?mt=2 or search and subscribe wherever YOU get your podcasts!
SPONSOR:
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GUESTS:
Web: beltandroadadvisory.com - https://beltandroad.ventures/
Twitter: beltandroadblog
FB: https://www.facebook.com/beltandroadadvisory/?ref=br_rs
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/belt-and-road-advisory/
Greg Stec LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grzegorzstec/
James LaLonde LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslalonde/
Max Rümer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilian-r%C3%B6mer-b33b256b/
Ravi Prasad LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raviprasad2/
“BFMK" HOST / SHOW:
“Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom” on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigFishMiddleKingdom/
Brendan Davis on WeChat: BrendanDavis
Brendan Davis on Twitter: @VeritasInLux
Other links to LISTEN: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/podcast-links/
JAMES LALONDE: The Language of Entrepreneurship
#048 - The Language of Entrepreneurship | James LaLonde
James LaLonde is a 6th generation Texan with a French-sounding name, but he’s been a student of Asia for decades. He grew up on a ranch in South Austin but his interest in and passion for languages and cultures led him on a very unexpected journey. He was an intern for IBM and later a key team member of Microsoft’s early efforts in Japan, but he always had his eye on China. He met his current partner and founded Yodo1, which has become the most successful private company in China's online gaming space. The story of Yodo1 is a podcast in itself, but there is a lot more to discuss - including James and partners’ new venture Yoli, which is the leading on-demand language learning app on WeChat. We also talk about his efforts mentoring young entrepreneurs for Chinaccellerator, his upcoming book The Tao of Startups (which he’s writing natively in English, Chinese, and Japanese for the different editions), the potential impact of China’s Belt and Road initiative and the new Free Trade Zone on Hainan Island, and much more.
I’ve previously met James at two of the EO events that I released as bonus episodes, so if you’d like to hear him presenting to a live audience, be sure to check those out, too. Links to everything discussed are in the show notes, so be sure to check out James’ website and writings to to hear his thoughts on a wide range of issues from his highly accomplished, unique perspective. Enjoy!
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Other links to LISTEN: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/podcast-links/
SPONSOR:
Stackry “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom” sign-up link: http://bit.ly/BigFish2018 or (if bit.ly doesn’t work for you) https://www.stackry.com/?utm_source=Big_Fish&utm_medium=Campaign&utm_term=10%25
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GUEST:
James Lalonde links and QR codes -
Yodo1:
http://www.yodo1.cn/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodo1
Chinaccelerator bio:
https://chinaccelerator.com/mentors/james-lalonde/
LinkedIn:
https://linkedin.com/in/jameslalonde
Yoli:
http://yolichat.com/
Articles:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hainan-legend-making-james-lalonde/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/imitation-sincerest-form-flattery-james-lalonde/
The Tao of Startups (book page):
https://www.startuptaobook.com
HOST / SHOW:
“Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom” on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigFishMiddleKingdom/
Brendan Davis on WeChat: BrendanDavis
Brendan Davis on Twitter: @VeritasInLux