Episode in English: find out how Gandi's "No Bullshit" strategy proved to be successful to develop business in Asia
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- Main topics covered in this episode:
Gandi, internet domain names specialist, internet hosting provider
Living in Taiwan for 15 years, working for Taiwanese companies
Foreign vs Taiwanese: how to get feedbacks from local staff
Japan VS German VS French culture, being a German working for a french company
Business development: conferences, target developpers with a « no bullshit » marketing and offer
Create a website, CRM, Wordpress VS Wix, Content Square…
Having operations based in Taiwan to cover APAC market
Taiwan vs Singapore, banking system, staff, geographic position
Payment solutions in China: Union Pay, Alipay
Fapiao (invoice) challenge in Taiwan when starting operations
Sending an email to company and getting a job in Asia after a lunch with the boss
Working as foreigner for taiwanese companies, work culture, management
Operations in China, firewall, political situation
Brand protection, security, the importance of domain names
Entrepreneurs need to check out if a new domain names extensions in your industries have been created (.law , .beauty…)
Share your knowledge, let people know about you, what you know and what you have to offer
Be Open source!
Links:
Thomas Kuiper on Linkedin
This episode is sponsored by IZIVAT: get VAT refunded on all your purchase
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