The story of Cheung Yan (left), founder of Nine Dragons Paper, is just one sea turtle story "Borderless Economics" tells. (Photo: World Economic Forum/Adam Dean)
Date and Time: Thursday February 23, 2012; 12pm-13:30pm
Mass migration is changing the way we live, learn and do business. A century ago, migrants crossed an ocean and never saw their homelands again. Today, they call or Skype home the moment their flight has landed. Thanks to cheap travel and easy communication, immigrants stay in contact with their native countries, creating powerful cross-border networks, uncovering and creating business and job opportunities that would never have existed had they not traversed global boundaries. Read More »
The Chinese Innovators: From Shanzhai Copycats to Global Brands event brought together three leaders from top-tier Chinese companies to discuss factors driving them globally and entering the US market. The event was held in the heart of San Francisco’s financial district on December 8th, 2010.
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Holidays are upon us and we caught up with Myles at his favorite place, Sausalito. We interviewed him as he reflected back on his career. Interesting background to say the least. Read More »
The biggest web-tech contest in Japan landed in Silicon Valley. The 7th Mashup Awards (MA7) Ninja Challenge, was held in Palo Alto on October 19, 2011 at DOCOMO Innovations, Inc.
At the event, 10 US startups interested in the Japanese market presented in front of leading Japanese industry experts in the market to get their professional advice and wisdom. Read More »
You hear similar stories all the time especially here in San Francisco. A problem turns into an idea. An idea turns into a product which then turns into a business. This is really how the next hot twitter productivity tool – BufferApp came to be. After getting introduced to Buffer by our Japan and Asia-Pacific connections, we caught up with founders Leo Widrich and Joel Gascoigne after only a week in the SF tech area from the UK to have a quick chat about their goals and dreams for Buffer. Read More »
In light of the Japan’s worst disaster, web tech startups are giving the nation of Japan some hope for normalcy and economic recovery with their efforts to go global. In fact, the entry point for web tech globalization seems to be San Francisco. In a local SF article, San Francisco was named as the second-fastest growing city in high-tech employment, with 65 percent growth over a five-year period. Our whole region which includes San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco supports over $48 Billion in payroll.
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This month we focus on an entrepreneur in the intercultural realm – Rochelle Kopp, leader of Japan Intercultural Consulting. Her consulting firm bridges business culture between Japan and the US. Rochelle’s energy for making Japanese companies globally successful is inspiring. Read More »
Every month, we will highlight a chat with a local tech entrepreneur. This month, Brandon sat down with Kun Gao of Crunchyroll at their SF Headquarters to chat about Cruchyroll and their direction. Those who are unfamiliar with Crunchyroll, they are an online video website for people worldwide to view Asian entertainment.
Brandon: Tell us a little about Crunchyroll?
Kun Gao: Crunchyroll is a American online entertainment brand focused on Asian Entertainment including anime, drama, and music. Crunchyroll works with Asian broadcasters and focus on Japanese content. All content is licensed and is streamed at the same time TV broadcasters are showing it.
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※”Top 10 Travel Destination & Accommodation Websites by US Market Share of Visits (%) – August 2008,” Marketingcharts.com <www.marketingcharts.com>
btrax was excited to see Nielsen’ s most recent research rank two of our clients at the top the online travel market – TripAdvisor and Hotels.com. TripAdvisor is popular for its unbiased reviews, and photos and travel advice for hotel price comparison and vacation planning. Hotels.com is the world’s leading reservation system and represents over 80,000 independent and major chain hotels.
Our staff serve as localization experts and consultants for companies moving into Asia. The btrax team redesigned and coded key portions of Hotels.com’s flagship Asian-Pacific region portal – a multiple audience gateway that serves 11 countries and several million customers annually. Hotels.com has also makes use of our five native in-house languages to update hotel listings and maintain other content on an ongoing basis.
We are ecstatic to see our clients succeed and proud to be involved in helping TripAdvisor and Hotels.com become hot web prioperties in Japan!
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