Coming to China, Exploring and Finding Your Career, Calling and Passion with Michael Mcgillicuddy

Michael MicheliniLifestyle, Living, Podcast1 Comment

GFA174. This week is a fun one – we did a live meetup for Global From Asia just a few days before the Cross Border Summit – and I interviewed our musician, Michael McGillicuddy about his coming to China and finding his passion and what he loves. He did an amazing job singing at lunch on both days during our summit and has this to say about it :

Lessons and Tips Learned At The Pebble Founder Talk

Michael MicheliniBlog, Business, Ecommerce0 Comments

So I had the lucky opportunity to go to a fireside chat with Eric, the founder of Pebble Watch. If you don’t know what Pebble is – I guess you haven’t been following the crowdfunding scene! They are the poster child of the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, raising 80 million US dollars on their kickstarter campaign!

Business Matchmaking At The Cross Border Summit

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The Cross Border Summit here in Shenzhen, China is about a lot of things – learning and staying on top of the latest trends in e-commerce in and out of China – but also its about making relationships. Last year we noticed a lot of people making deals and talking business, so much that we doubled down and focused hard on putting together a proper “business matchmaking” session at the end of each day in this year’s summit.

The Roller Coaster Ride of Business in China To Find Your True Calling with Leon Durupt

Michael MicheliniBusiness, Ecommerce, Podcast1 Comment

GFA170. Today’s show, we have Leon, the co-founder and a talented singer and musician at the Terrace in Shekou, Shenzhen. Leon tells how he got over to China, and some ins and outs of doing business in China as a foreigner. Specifically about restaurant and local business management, it is an interesting one for sure! For full show notes, check out GlobalFromAsia.com/episode170.

Dealing with 3 languages in Hong Kong

Michael MicheliniBlog, Lifestyle, Living1 Comment

Hong Kong is such a cosmopolitan place. Just taking a walk down the street and you can catch five different languages being spoken! As a business owner here, which languages should you work towards servicing? Today we will give some pointers on all the various languages in HK and cultures in this diverse region.

Building A New Country in French Polynesia with Marc Collins

Michael MicheliniLifestyle, Living, Podcast1 Comment

GFA163. So this week, we are talking about Seasteading again. We have some updates – Jan 13 an MOU was signed with the French Polynesia government and there is movement happening with it! We have Marc Collins giving us first hand info on how this is going on – let’s tune in to this podcast on Seasteading French Polynesia! For full show notes, check out GlobalFromAsia.com/episode163.

Took 8 Years in China to “Get It Right” With Sean Weisbrot

Michael MicheliniBusiness, Case Studies, Podcast4 Comments

GFA162. In today’s topic, we will get some interesting insights from Sean Weisbrot why his experience for the last 8 years he considered a waste of time and is finally getting it right in China in the last 6 months! Sean Weisbrot hosts events, moderates WeChat groups and is a “need to know ” connector throughout China. For full show notes, check out GlobalFromAsia.com/episode162.