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Monday, December 8th, 2008
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Last week we had RightSite's first official event, the Private Beta Private launch party, and we are happy to announce that it was a success. Out of the thirty-three people we invited, about 14 showed up, but many ...
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
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This week marks a big event in China's industrial property history (or at least a big event for us) -- the launch of RightSite's private beta.
It only took about eight months of development, but the site is ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
For those of you tuning in at home, we are still hard at work on RightSite.Asia, and expecting to launch our beta version soon. Here's a quick run-down of the challenges we're working on:
Chinese proofreading: we are still revising and proofreading the Chinese version of the site
Value lists: we have ...
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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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Friday, September 12th, 2008
With the launch of RightSite approaching fast we are busy getting ready to tell everyone about the wonders of our website -- but first we have to find them.
That's why our big project this week is the media directory. If the web is marketing driven, then in China the part ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
As September arrives here in Mingtiandi, we've now been working on our new business for more than 8 months, and have spent five months developing our website, www.rightsite.asia. It's a lot of time, but we think we have accomplished something great.
We are now nearly finished with the website and have ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
We have been out of touch here on Mingtiandi for a few days, but only because we have been busy getting ready for the big contest. We wish it could be a beauty contest, but since industrial property really isn't all that sexy, we have had to settle for entering ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
I'm not sure if anyone really takes weekends off in Shanghai, but folks starting their own businesses, like yours truly, almost never refrain from working for two straight days. We are in a hurry. We have places to go. Things that need accomplishing.
I have always been one of the ...
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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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Friday, June 13th, 2008
After seventeen years away from home, what's weird about America is how normal it all seems. If you find the right radio station, and drive down the proper highway, it can seem like you're cruising the same streets you left behind in 1991.
I'm in the US this week for a ...
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