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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Home sales are down
Office rents are falling
Exports have stalled
Foreign direct investment has dropped off a cliff
Not since SARS has it been so easy to get a table at your favorite restaurant
Yup, business is headed into a recession in China, and if you came here to make money (as opposed to ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Ok, so this has nothing to do with starting up a media company in China, well nothing specific anyway, but I just wanted to make a quick query about police checking up on all of us foreign ne'er-do-wells.
After living in Shanghai for six years, three of them in the same ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
We seem to have avoided death so far, but now we are dealing with that tax thing. I guess that only leaves one major problem to deal with, and hopefully that won't hit us for a while.
After receiving our tax registration last week, RightSite has encountered a new onslaught ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
This week marked the beginning of the RightSite Schmooze Surge.
We've already told you about our nifty marketing plan, our cool site design, and our recruitment strategy, but this week we put into play one of our most powerful business tools -- the Schmooze Surge. After months staying cooped up in ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Continuing our ongoing RightSite saga, we reached some big milestones last week and are ready for more action in the days to come.
The big event happened on Friday the 23rd, when we received our company chop and the official copies of our license documents. For those of you unfamiliar with ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Another week begins.
Another milestone reached.
It was a big day in Rightsite history today as we received a copy of our business license from the Commerce Office here in Shanghai. This means we have a company. We are real, and we are legal. Next milestones coming up:
Receive our ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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 ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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 ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Returned to Shanghai more than a week ago now, so it's time to get back to the blog as well -- the world needs to know about the fun of starting up a new media company in Shanghai.
Already had one exciting development this week - unfortunately, it was thrilling only ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
It's Tuesday, but the end of the week feels like it's closing in fast. Maybe it's the snow. Or maybe it's just knowing that tomorrow, the 30th of January will be exactly one week from the start of Spring Festival, so any meaningful opportunity to get things done stops pretty ...
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