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• A taxi business in Shanghai, China?

  One of the best VCs in the world is Gary Rieschel. He started Softbank and now is EMD at Qiming Venture Partners. When I visited him in China, he took me into a taxi where he showed me one of the businesses he was investing in. Cool conversation about... Posted Nov 24 2008, 05:45 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: VC, Technology, China, entrepreneur, shanghai, TouchMedia

• Disruptive Factories

  Just a few minutes ago I was standing in the middle of a sea of cardboard boxes. They include power supplies for your XXXXXXX. Or new laptops made by XXXXXXXX. Or other consumer electronics goodies from brands you know and love. Sorry, the owner of the... Posted Nov 12 2008, 10:54 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Technology, supply chain, China, shenzhen, manufacturing, PCH

• Things I’ve learned in China so far

  Just some quick impressions. 1. If you want to compete with your web service and keep copying from happening, do two things: 1. let users upload streaming, live, video. That drives the censors here nuts. 2. Make your system totally open so your users... Posted Nov 10 2008, 09:50 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Technology, China, china 2.0

• Not blogging from China. Heheh.

  Well, at most of the places I’ve been the past few days my blog (and all blogs on the wordpress.com domain) is blocked so I haven’t been able to post, or even read my blog. But I’ve been posting a ton over on Twitter and on FriendFeed... Posted Nov 10 2008, 09:21 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Technology, firewall, China, shenzhen, shanghai

• FastCompanyTV moves to China (for a visit)

  No, we’re not outsourcing, next Wednesday we’ll be going to China for a sizeable trip to hear from entrepreneurs and venture capitalists there and get some tours around factories. I’m telling you this so we can arrange some fun dinners... Posted Oct 31 2008, 05:05 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Business, Technology, China, economy, factories

• Chinese shut down Web sites “in memorial”

  Fuzheado, Andrew Lih in Beijing, just told me over on Twitter that Chinese Web sites have been ordered to shut down in memory of the quake victims. He then Tweeted a link to the official edict. This is why I’ll fight to the death to protect our... Posted May 18 2008, 01:33 PM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Media, Technology, China

• Quake in China

  BBC: Twitter and the China earthquake. I reported the major quake to my followers on Twitter before the USGS Website had a report up and about an hour before CNN or major press started talking about it. Now there’s lots of info over on Google News... Posted May 12 2008, 03:22 AM by Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger Filed under: Twitter, Technology, BBC, China, earthquake, Chengdu