Dealised, the group buying solution service platform, last week received a US$5.3 million funding round led by SingTel Innov8. With the new investment fund what does Dealised have in mind? We spoke to CEO Jonathan Marchbank last week to find out more. Before we even started talking about Dealised’s plans in Asia, the confident-looking CEO, Jonathan Marchbank, shared a little bit more about service. One thing to keep in mind is that Dealised isn’t a group buying site. Rather, it offers group-buy technology and solutions for large corporations which hope to ...
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![Jiepang CEO, David Liu, Talks Check-Ins and Strategy [INTERVIEW]](http://www.penn-olson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Jiepang-interview-03-250x250.jpg)
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Jiepang CEO, David Liu, Talks Check-Ins and Strategy [INTERVIEW]
Jiepang.com launched in May of 2010, and within a month was already gaining traction, as quite a number of China's smartphone-toting youngsters jumped at the chance to 'check-in' and 'shout-out' - sharing their offline activities (the shops, bars, and restaurants that they're at) with their online buddies. (See my review of Jiepang and its apps). A few days ago, Jiepang's CEO and founder, David Liu (pictured, above), took some time to talk with me over the phone from Beijing HQ, to talk about their users' needs, brand tie-ups, testing out NFC, ...
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Derek Ling, CEO of Tianji, Talks On Professional Social Networks In China
Derek Ling is the CEO and founder of Tianji, the largest professional social networking site (SNS) in China with over 6 million registered users. Prior to Tianji, Derek was at Motorola to lead the company’s market entry strategy and business development in Greater China. He also served as Apple’s Director of Business Development for Greater China and was responsible for building iPod and education markets in China. He was also the former Vice President at Sina. In this interview, Derek shared with us about Tianji and also the professional social network market ...
May 25 2011
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DeNA’s Tomoko Namba to Step Down as President, CEO
Japanese mobile social network and social game company DeNA announced today that it would undergo corporate restructuring as Tomoko Namba, the company’s Representative Director, President, and CEO is to retire from those positions on June 25th. According to DeNA’s statement, her decision is “partly influenced by her need to address family health concerns, which are impacting her ability to continue to serve as CEO.” Namba, who is 49 years old, will remain on the board of directors and will still be involved in business decisions. In her place will be the company’s COO ...
Jul 27 2011
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Softbank’s Ted Matsumoto on his CEO and the Japan Earthquake
At the Global Mobile Internet Conference last week, we had a chance to sit down with Softbank Mobile Corp’s Senior Executive Vice President. He told us about the CEO Masayoshi Son’s efforts to setting up an energy advisory committee in the wake of the recent disaster in Japan: He is very independently from the business. It has absolutely nothing to do with the business… He is a third generation Korean Japanese, but he really loves Japan. He really wanted to do some significant contribution for Japan as a country… He is ...
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Talks About Future Of Web
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who is one of the most influential tech people around, shared his views on the future of the web. Here are 5 highlights of his speech: 1. Chinese will dominate the web (both the people and language) 2. Connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are going to be blurred in just 5 years 3. Thanks to user generated content, as overwhelming a it might be, streams of information will increase as connection increases. 4. Teens today consume information differently and are able to juggle various forms ...
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