Chinese eCommerce Market over $1 trillion in 2011

China’s eCommerce market is growing quickly. According to the latest iResearch annual report, the size of China’s eCommerce market in 2011 was RMB 7 trillion, a year-on-year growth of 46.4%. Read More »

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US Market Insights from Chinese Innovators [Video]

Source: Azusa Kawahara (Nifty Corporation)

Co-hosted by btrax and Asia Society, the “Chinese Innovators” event challenged the stereotype that China produces only cheap or counterfeit goods. The cross-industry panel of Chinese business leaders – who are revolutionizing China’s mainstream reputation through innovative products, strategic partnerships and acquisitions in the U.S. market – discussed topics including how a 1 billion domestic population influenced foreign growth strategy, successes and challenges facing Chinese companies in the U.S. market, and so forth. Read More »

How the “Shy” Japanese are Using Social Media

Social Network Services (SNS) used by the Japanese are both common to other users in the world but also different. I will describe some of the differences that the Japanese use and why they use them the way they do. Read More »

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Reflecting on a Year of Growth – Five 2011 Highlights

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Celebrating 7 Years

In August of 2011 btrax celebrated its 7th year - a milestone all the more significant given our continued growth through the recession and recent doubling size.  Thanks to all our loyal clients and friends for their support – we couldn’t have gotten here without you! Read More »

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10 Approachs to Successful Tech Event Planning

Tech events can be very hard to plan especially here in the SF Tech area. I wanted to share some of our lessons learned or approaches about planning and promoting tech events. Read More »

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The Zen Master of SF New Tech – Myles Weissleder

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 »

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Shaping My Future Through My btrax Internship

After spending some time as a summer intern at btrax, I have experienced how this company can shape your future. For me, this experience has changed my life by understanding to be a team player in a company. Read More »

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SF Japan Night III Wrap-Up

On November 3, 2011, SF New Tech and btrax held the 3rd SF Japan Night at Mighty in San Francisco. From our preview post about the Japan Night III semifinals in Tokyo,  the 6 high-potential Japanese companies presented their web/mobile services to a packed audience. We also included a summary of the Japan Night After Party where each presenter was asked about their SF New Tech Japan Night experience.

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Our 2011 iPad/iPhone Wallpaper Art Show

main-picOur talented bunch of creatives were at it again for 2011. They created some very cool, fun and artistic wallpaper designs for your iPhone/iPad devices. Continuing from 2010, a total of six designers including our CEO-Brandon, Angela, Erin, Jill, Keiko, Megumi, and Tristan have joined this year’s project. We hope you’d enjoy them as much as we enjoyed creating them. Please download the wallpaper files for free and feel free to distribute them as well.

>> Take a tour through our 2011 Wallpaper Collection.

Give them a try and a ‘like’ here .

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Chinese Innovators: From Shanzhai Copycats to Global Brands

December 8th 6-9pm | Asia Society Northern California | 500 Washington St. San Francisco
The stereotype of China producing only cheap or counterfeit goods has rapidly become outdated as Chinese companies increasingly expand abroad. Join the Asia Society and btrax with a cross-industry panel of Chinese business leaders who are revolutionizing China’s mainstream reputation through innovative products, strategic partnerships and acquisitions in the U.S. market. Read More »

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