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Putting the best foot forward….for august anyway

July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Talk putting the best foot forward…there has been a major effort to crack down on unsavory content on the web prior and during the olympics, for example:
1) Audits and closing down of all sites that do not have an ICP license. Basically to run any type of website in China you need some sort […]

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我们的网站上线了!过来看看!

February 20th, 2008 · No Comments

过去半年的努力终于有一点成果了! 今天网站正式上线了 http://www.ken1ken.com
简单的介绍一下:
垦一垦是一个个人化的网页分享站点,它可以然你:
-发现有趣味的网页,视频,音乐,等等。
-看跟你爱好一样的人都在看什么内容。
-消磨时间。
-分享你喜欢的网页。
-收藏你喜欢的网页。

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Tell me if you’ve already heard this…”Don’t be afraid of failing”

January 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Yeah, easy for you to say.
Today, I opened up our application to my friends and started soliciting their feedback. A part of me is relieved that we made it this to milestone, but to be honest, my mind is much more preoccupied with “what if this app sucks and no one likes it?”
Of course, […]

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Pedicab ride does wonders

January 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The topic of “do you like living in Shanghai?” inevitably surfaces in conversations with expat visitors and friends alike. I tell everyone I really like it here. It’s true. I wouldn’t rather be in any other city. Those who know me know I have a perpetual grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side syndrome, so this is no small […]

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Tags: Pics · Startup

2 months in a blink of an eye

December 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Updating the blog has been on my to-do list for a while…and finally signing on to post today did I realize that it’s been a full 2 months. Looking back to October 1st, it seems so long ago, not because 2 months is really that long, but that I’ve simply lost track of the alternating […]

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Tags: General · Startup

Massive expansion - growth from team of 1 to 2 overnight!

August 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Well, I am pleased to announce I’ve managed to convince my first person to join my startup - sucker! j/k. We’re now a team of 2 and finally can get down to some real work. I am pretty excited about it because that means someone else actually believes in my vision enough […]

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Recruiting woes - who’d thought I’d have to appease to parents…

August 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Well, as they say, good people are hard to find. Now I know that’s understatement of the century! I’ll save you the boredom of my trials and tribulations as a makeshift HR person, but one thing’s for sure, it’s been an eye opening experience.
One of my friends who I am trying to recruit […]

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Why registering a company is a pain in the ass in China

July 28th, 2007 · No Comments

I told you guys that I bit the bullet and am starting up my own thing back at the end of May. Since then, I’ve done some planning and budgeting, but mostly it’s been research and bouncing ideas off people to get their feedback.
So in short, I haven’t made a ton of tangible progress. […]

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