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 [...]

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 apartment, I received [...]

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 of bureaucratic formalities. [...]

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 our Tongren [...]

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 paperwork in [...]

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 chops — we need these [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 in the area of [...]
Now with one week to go before the holiday, and only three working days left before I escape to Thailand for a beach holiday, I am happy to join with Meatloaf in saying, two out of three ain’t bad.
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