Comments on: Interaction with Isaac Mao, co-founder CNBlog.org (LIVE)

By: Thriving in Ambiguity » Blog Archive » Of Isaac Mao, Olof, New Members, Bluesky and Gala Dinner @ One Degree

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:56:18 +0000

[...] Hosted an event for Isaac Mao, a famous (or infamous) blogger, entrepreneur and venture partner in China specializing in Web 2.0 startups. Writeup of the event here, [...]

By: claris tan

claris tan — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:15:12 +0000

Hi Ken, your examples show that there are indeed some models that are hard to C2C.

The common patterns from your examples is that those infrastructure are harder to setup, replicate and cost more than those “web-based” hosting solution.

Mobile, Im etc required quite hefty investment of servers, expertise, knowledge that is normally not found in hosted solution.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:48:19 +0000

First time I heard of Issac Mao, but already someone I’m interested to meet.

Oh, he is in Shanghai too! :)

I believe there are example of models that is not c2c. Think in terms of the market difference.
Some example that I think work exceptionally well
* Mobile phone, mobile services.
* IM, online chat, avatar

By: qui tacet consentire videtur - » Subsidizing altruism and the National Infocomm Scholarship

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:13:59 +0000

[...] On a related note, when I attended the SGentrepreneurs’ Isaac Mao event last week, I spoke to someone from the Infocomm Development Authority (one of the event’s sponsors). I asked about the National Infocomm Scholarship, which started offering overseas scholarships this year. He said that 70% of the scholarship is subsidized by the state under ‘industry development’, the other 30% is paid by the secondment companies. [...]

By: An Evening with Isaac Mao at Justin Lee’s Web 2.0 Blog

An Evening with Isaac Mao at Justin Lee’s Web 2.0 Blog — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:44:45 +0000

[...] SG Entrepreneurs has a summary of what went on. And Bjorn captured a video and put it up on Youtube. [...]

By: coenching

coenching — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:09:39 +0000

Indeed, his advice is practical and down to earth. No hype, no big promises. It’s great for all people who want to work on startups to learn from him.

By: Bjorn

Bjorn — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:02:08 +0000

live blogging, go man!

By: Design Translator

Design Translator — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:46:09 +0000

Very true about the advice in the control and spread of innovation.

By: Daniel Nerezov

Daniel Nerezov — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:13:31 +0000

great post! I’ve been sort of following Isaac’s blog for a while.

Extraordinary person in extraordinary circumstances.

http://www.isaacmao.com/meta/