Live from Beijing!

If you’re really interested, you can read my detailed bio.  In short, I live in Beijing, am reasonably fluent in Mandarin, and have been involved in China off and on since 1981.  I grew up as a software geek, and later in life got hooked by Silicon Valley startups, participating in five “interactive media” companies between 1992 and 2003.  In 2004, my wife and I moved our family to China so our kids could learn Chinese (read about that here).  After a year-long sabbatical, I co-founded my sixth Internet media company, focused on the information needs of middle-class Chinese consumers.  As planned, we sold the company two years later.  I now work for the acquirer (Global Sources) as a senior executive responsible for our online strategy in China.