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> the only downside of doing it in Beijing is that you’d have to tolerate the bad weather and air pollution That is certainly a huge downside, but isn't anothe
by jzwinck 11y ago
> the only downside of doing it in Beijing is that you’d have to tolerate the bad weather and air pollution
That is certainly a huge downside, but isn't another one the fact that you seem to be stuck "fast following," building everything on top of services which the author admits are "clones" of popular ones from outside China?
I suppose it depends what the author's business is. I didn't catch that from the article.
- nstj 11y agoThe business seems to be "KB Street" - Influencer Marketing Platform for the Chinese Market, http://www.kbstreet.com/about_en/ http://www.kbstreet.com/about_en/
- gozo 11y agoI would say that "fast following" is a necessity for the Chinese market. Just look at how poorly Europe is served by US startups and our cultures are quite similar. Many western service are "clones" of other western services anyways. I'm not entirely sure what the huge downside would be?
- obicho 11y agoMy experience there tells me that things move very fast. If you don't change, adapt or pivot at the right time, you can sink pretty fast.
- contingencies 11y agofast following It goes both ways. Once you see how many e-bikes are on the streets and e-tractors are on the fields here in China, you realize that Tesla is also fast following. Other examples would be widespread mobile app-driven social payments (Tencen't Wepay), "farmer's markets", nanny-state levels of surveillance.