From the monthly archives: March 2008

We Want You!

By On March 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Friday afternoon – time for beer. But first it’s time to get a grip on what we accomplished this week here at Rightsite.

This was pretty uneventful week here in the Tongren Lu headquarters of Rightsite. But sometimes uneventful is good — no crises, right? We have done pretty well on our project list for [...]

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Space Cadet

By On March 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Ming in his first office

Office is the big new task for this week. Find an office. A good office. A cheap office. An office that won’t make staff or customers run away screaming. All for RMB 10,000 per month (or less).

So far, Rightsite has been operating in that best of all offices, my living room. What makes [...]

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Monday Management Madness

By On March 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

It’s Monday here in Rightsiteville, and although startups don’t really have days off, we still mark this as the start of a new week. This means meeting with the team to look at the list of projects for the week, and try to figure out what we can get done. Of course, right now the [...]

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Finance Management in the Afternoon

By On March 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment

What can I say? It’s not an exciting day.

The joy of the home office situation is the lack of interruptions. Having just transitioned away from running a 30 person office and having as many as 8 client meetings a day, sitting at home planning the website while my assistant types away in the next [...]

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A Good Bureaucracy Experience

By On March 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Just got back from the Commercial and Administrative Bureau

90 minutes 28 signatures 1 photo 5 trees sacrificed (estimated)

I haven’t signed so many forms in a long time, but a very productive session. We actually met face-to-face with the Xuhui District Commercial and Administrative Bureau staff. They were very helpful (although 90 minutes of [...]

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Websites and WFOEs

By On March 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I know, I know – I’ve been lazy about updating this thing. But sometimes life as an entrepreneur is just too exciting for words.

Two big issues on the plate today:

Issue 1. That elusive WFOE license: Am meeting with the Commercial and Administrative Bureau this afternoon to help them understand the company business plan [...]

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