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Michael Cole

No Fools Here

2008/04/02 by Michael Cole Leave a Comment

Yeah, we took a day off from Mingtiandi yesterday, but that’s only because there’s no room for fools here at Rightsite.Asia. Now it’s time to survey another week.

Big items for the week:

  • Web development contract. After nearly two months… Read More>>
  • We Want You!

    2008/03/28 by Michael Cole 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… Read More>>

    Space Cadet

    2008/03/25 by Michael Cole Leave a Comment

    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,… Read More>>

    Monday Management Madness

    2008/03/24 by Michael Cole 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,… Read More>>

    Finance Management in the Afternoon

    2008/03/19 by Michael Cole 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… Read More>>

    A Good Bureaucracy Experience

    2008/03/18 by Michael Cole 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… Read More>>

    Websites and WFOEs

    2008/03/18 by Michael Cole 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… Read More>>

    Back in Town and Back to Building Companies

    2008/02/26 by Michael Cole 1 Comment

    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… Read More>>

    Another Day Another Airport

    2008/02/03 by Michael Cole Leave a Comment

    Starting a business would be easy if all we had to deal with were business challenges.

  • Get the website built? Not that tough
  • Develop a marketing plan? In my sleep!
  • Squash the competitors? Piece of cake!
  • Get to Thailand for… Read More>>
  • Flight Delays At Pudong Airport

    2008/02/02 by Michael Cole 2 Comments

    19:00h 2008-02-02

    I am not on the plane. No one is on the plane.

    After being reassured that flights were leaving on time, I journeyed out to Pudong airport, arriving at 4:30 pm for my 6:35 pm flight. Only to… Read More>>

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