Monday, October 27, 2008

Silicon Dragon on China TV's Dialogue show


Here is a link to a Silicon Dragon interview on China's international television channel, CCTV-9. The anchor Tian Wei did a most professional job eliciting viewpoints from Sequoia China investor Fan Zhang and myself. The half-hour interview on the popular program Dialogue was recently aired. See for yourself here:
http://v.cctv.com/html/dialogue/2008/10/dialogue_300_20081020_1.shtml

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Silicon Dragon @ Taipei

Silicon Dragon will be flying into Taipei for a full week of speeches, interviews and Q&As to launch the Chinese edition. The author (you know who) is looking forward to meeting and greeting local venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
Here's how the schedule is shaping up for the week of November 2:

November 4, 2008, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Taiwan Venture Capital Association 台灣創投公會
Venue/地點:Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance (Room 401) 台灣金融研訓院 (401教室)
Address/地址:No 62, Sec 3, Roosevelt Rd. / 羅斯福路三段62號
http://www.tvca.org.tw/vcreport-1956.htm

November 5, 2008
12:00pm – 2:00pm, Wednesday, 5 November 2008
European Chamber, Greater China Chapter
Grand Formosa Regent Taipei, 4F VIP 5 / 台北晶華飯店四樓VIP 5
41 Chung Shan N. Road, Sec 2, Taipei / 台北市中山北路二段41號
http://www.ecct.com.tw
http://www.ecct.com.tw/index.php?option=com_attend_events&Itemid=132&task=view&id=99

November 5, 2008, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Pamir Law Group (invitation only)/ 帕米爾國際法律事務所
14F, 116 Nanking East Road, Section 2, Taipei 104, Taiwan/ 台北市南京東路二段116號14F
http://www.pamirlaw.com/silicon_dragon

November 6, 2008, 12:00pm-2:00pm
Rotary Club / / 扶輪社
Caesar Park Hotel (no. 38, Section 1, Chung Hsiao W. Road, Taipei)忠孝西路一段38號
http://www.rctaipei.org.tw/photo/20081019_60th/Rebecca-1.htm

McGraw-Hill will have copies of both the English and Chinese edition of Silicon Dragon. Please drop by, say hello and exchange business cards.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Silicon Dragon @ Manila


Silicon Dragon will be making a one-and-only appearance in Manila, on Friday, November 7. My publisher, McGraw-Hill, has arranged for an signing event with local bookstore, Fully Booked. The store is in the upscale Makati section of the city.
The Philippines Venture Capital Association and technology insiders in the city are VIP guests at the event.
Thanks for on-the-ground organizational assistance goes to Dennis Posadas, author of Rice & Chips: Technopreneurship and Innovation in Asia. Dennis is also Deputy Executive Director, Philippine Congressional Commission
on Science, Technology and Engineering. His blog can be found here:
http://ricebowlandchips.blogspot.com