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I thought the founder of RenRen was an American? Or at least a Chinese in America. It's not his fault that Mark did not make a serious effort at internationali
by Charuru 16y ago
I thought the founder of RenRen was an American? Or at least a Chinese in America.
It's not his fault that Mark did not make a serious effort at internationalization until recently.
You can't expect to start thinking about China 3-4 years after founding and expect the landscape there to be that same virginal ground as your home market. You need to be serious about it from year 1. Though of course that's not in the means of most companies... Maybe there's a startup idea here somewhere?
Groupon seems to be on top of it though, so good for them.
- ericmsimons 16y agoMy understanding is that China is blocking US websites that don't censor and/or hand over user data (ie Google, Facebook). The reason RenRen and Baidu have flourished is that they are handing over user data to the Chinese government. I wouldn't be surprised if China was even funding their operations. That information is critical when running a communist regime.