#82 - Alibaba-Employee No. 52 Brian Wong: The Beginnings and Current State of E-Commerce in China

06/14/23 • 51 min

What could be more exciting than being part of the team of Chinese E-Commerce pioneers. Brian Wong was employee no. 52 of the original Alibaba team.
During his sixteen year tenure with the Alibaba Group, Brian led the company's early globalization efforts and served as the Executive Director of the Alibaba Global Leadership Academy (AGLA), and headed Alibaba.com's global sales, marketing, and business development operations in Asia, Europe and the US.
Brian is an author, entrepreneur and investor with over 20 years of management experience in e-commerce and digital media in Greater China, Asia, the US and Europe.
So what made him leave Silicon Valley and join a company that hardly anyone knew at that time? How was Start-up life in Early Hangzhou? And what can the world learn from China’s e-commerce insights.
We hope you enjoy the talk as much as I did. Listen and learn!
Production: Thomas Derksen und Damian Maib
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwong/
Workshop:
If YOU are interested in taking your e-commerce and social media business to another level in China, check out https://www.chinaworkshop.de and get in touch via the contact form.
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undefined - #81 - Stetiger Wettbewerb, offene Türen und rosa Eingänge: Wer kauft Garagentore in Shanghai? Mario Bock, Plant Director Hörmann Changshu

#81 - Stetiger Wettbewerb, offene Türen und rosa Eingänge: Wer kauft Garagentore in Shanghai? Mario Bock, Plant Director Hörmann Changshu

Mario Bock ist Plant Director bei Hörmann in Changshu. Hörmann weckt bei mir, Thomas, Kindheitserinnerungen, weil beide Garagentore in meinem Elternhaus das orange-blaue Logo trugen und immer noch tragen.
Doch in China, zumindest in Shanghai, gibt es wenige Einfamilienhäuser. Wer kauft hier überhaupt Tore und Türen von Hörmann und wie schafft der deutsche Mittelständler es, innovativ und stark am Markt zu bleiben?
So viel kann ich verraten: Mario hat auf jeden Fall einen großen Anteil daran. Er ist ein wahrer Weltbürger: in Berlin geboren, in Changshu zu Hause und mit einer Filipina verheiratet. Die standesamtliche Beglaubigung der Hochzeit fand übrigens in Dänemark statt. Na, wenn das kein vielversprechender Gesprächspartner ist, dann weiß ich auch nicht!
Redaktion und Produktion: Thomas Derksen und Damian Maib
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Schaut auch bei unserem heutigen Gast vorbei:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-bock-22a84613/
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#83 - Israeli Fighter Jet Pilot and China Venture Capital Investor Amir Gal-Or: adventurous and responsible

I am so excited about this weeks episode! It's not just the first time that we recorded it in another country besides China and Germany, in Israel, it is also a guest that has such an interesting background and so many interesting and amazing stories to tell!
Amir is the father of my good friend Russ who also produces videos in China. He lives in Beijing and that's where we met. He served as a combat pilot in the Israeli Airforce for 24 years and is now a private entrepreneur and venture capital investor with his main investments in China.
His company manages 23 founds with more than 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in assets. So this time when I came to Israel, to Tel Aviv, I had to meet him and talk to him and let him share his stories and insights.
Today we will talk about why Israel is such a great country for start-ups, what recommendations Amir has for young people just starting out their career and what his view on Germany is. Also a very interesting point of view, don't miss it!
Production: Thomas Derksen und Damian Maib
Social Media:
Follow "Made in China Podcast" on LinkedIn, Instagram & Co. You'll get all the updates and behind-the-scenes insights there. You can find our private accounts at:
Damian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianmaib/
Thomas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afuthomas/
Also check out our guest today:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-gal-or-9a99355/
Workshop:
If YOU are interested in taking your e-commerce and social media business to another level in China, check out https://www.chinaworkshop.de and get in touch via the contact form.
Participation:
You know someone who would like to contribute his/her China expertise and experience to our podcast? Write to us on LinkedIn, we look forward to hearing from you!