Archive for 'Business'

Alibaba CEO Jack Ma’s Speech in the US (2009)

Posted on 04. May, 2009 by Chris.

In the talk, Jack highlighted the power of fit for enterprise growth, while pursuing after top-notch MBA won't really work for Chinese enterprise. Current year has seen lots of job losses or graduates failed to locate proper opportunity. It seems the market is playing a joke but on the other hand it poses lots of opportunity. If you are a piece of gold mine, you will shine in any organization then.

IQ – The Smart Browser

Posted on 26. Apr, 2009 by Chris.

We had been sticking to Internet Explorer along the way before FireFox emerged and took over 40% of the market share. FireFox is great because it is Open Source and there are many tailor-made functions for particular purposes and that sparked mass collaboration, which I also discussed in another blog post earlier. I have been a huge fan of FireFox but recently, I spotted a start-up problem when many applications are loading in one time - the start-up speed was too slow.

The Art of the Start

The Art of the Start

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by Chris.

(Steal the title of Guy’s book) For these days I have been recollecting thoughts and hard-learned lessons. I try to make up with something that ticks, something that could virus across the border and be influential. But I haven’t yet. The market is volatile, a brand with good book value could be out of market overnight without [...]

Thoughts from Twitter Search

Posted on 03. Apr, 2009 by Chris.

The blog has been deserted for a while due to my busy timetable recently. But the rumour that Google is soon to acquire Twitter really brought me back on board with quite a few thoughts awaiting to share. Twitter is a universally famous mini-blog with user based comparable to FaceBook, MySpace from my understanding, but it [...]

Email Etiquette – Ten Checks Before Sending Out Your Next Email

Email Etiquette – Ten Checks Before Sending Out Your Next Email

Posted on 02. Apr, 2009 by Chris.

Conducting an email takes time, but it is better than making a live phone call most of the time. Simply, in an email, people will state things in a more logical way. We would prefer to get 50 emails per day than to receive 50 phone calls. Good business is predicated on clear and effective communication [...]

From Zero to IPO to Exit Round-up

From Zero to IPO to Exit Round-up

Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by Chris.

This post is a stream of the Career101 topics, for which understanding I believe is essential to some. So the illustrated example here floats, In the start of a product life cycle, there would be a prototype of model being tested and incubated in the campus of Stanford near the famous Sands Hill Rd, where most [...]

Ubiquity for Firefox – A Good Pitch

Ubiquity for Firefox – A Good Pitch

Posted on 25. Jan, 2009 by Chris.

FireFox’s high performing capability is no secret to us. Its open-source platform has enabled the company to surpass IE and its other competitor by at least two folds. There is more to expected in the future. Below is a good pitch for the new interface and ubiquity for Firefox. I like the first few mins [...]