China Paradigms

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China Paradigm is a China Business Podcast, the largest audio library on entrepreneurship in China, where we talk to business people who have successfully built businesses in China and ask them about the challenges they encountered along the way. The mission of this show is to bring to life a 360-degree understanding of the Chinese business landscape through interviews with 200+ entrepreneurs from diverse industries. ====================================================== China Paradigm is powered by daxue consulting. Daxue consulting is a market research and management consulting firm focusing on the Chinese market. We are leveraging a multiple-methodology approach in order to support clients’ needs, auctioning traditional methodologies as well as technology-driven tools. More about Daxue Consulting: https://daxueconsulting.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daxueconsulting/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/daxue-consulting/?viewAsMember=true Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaxueConsulting

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Ep 126: Becoming a premium restaurant chain in China [The F&B industry in China]

Jul 19 2021 77 mins

Since its founding in 2001, Element Fresh has been a beacon of fresh and healthy western food in China’s most bustling cities. The Founder and President, Scott Minoie has been in China for 22 years and has accumulated over 30 years’ experience in the food and beverage industry. He is also co-Founder and COO of Planet O, a location-based mixed virtual reality and social experien

Ep 125: Advice from a 10-year entrepreneur in China’s travel industry to new entrants

May 23 2021 67 mins

We interview Yael Farjun, who is present co-leader at Travel Massive and an experienced entrepreneur, who founded 2 travel companies. Both have now been shut down due to travel restrictions. In this episode, Yael shares her 10 years of experience in the travel industry in China, talking honestly about the ups and downs, challenges and achievements. Growing a travel business in Chin

Ep 124: Supporting international institutions in China’s fast-growing healthcare segments

Feb 20 2021 89 mins

We interview Douglas Corley, who is a Beijing-based healthcare entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO at DHB Global. For ten years DHB Global has acted as a bridge between foreign private healthcare companies trying to get into the Chinese healthcare market and the Chinese healthcare regulatory institutions to facilitate successful transitions from foreign frameworks and regulatio

Ep 123: Representing niche beauty brands in China

Jan 05 2021 79 mins

We interview Jean-Philippe Benoist, Founder and CEO at GED. GED helps establish cosmetics brands on eCommerce platforms in China and helps them drive sales in the Chinese market. Their services include both distribution and marketing. So what is GED’s winning formula for brand integration on the Chinese market, which products tend to sell the fastest, and what are the pricing cha

Ep 122: Angel-investing in China with a 26% compound return

Dec 27 2020 87 mins

In this episode of China Paradigm, we interview Philip Beck. Philip Beck - 贝曦贤 is an Australian-born entrepreneur who’s been living and working in China since 2005. After 32 years across Asia-Pacific (1976-2008) as CEO and/or COO of publicly-listed international 4A’s media agencies and recruitment companies, Philip became a full-time Entrepreneur and Non-Executive Directo

Ep 121: Advertising in China with transparency and precise targeting

Dec 17 2020 79 mins

In this episode of China Paradigm, we interview Jie Zhang, a serial entrepreneur with a strong tech background and founder at AdChina.io a software as a service (SaaS) platform that makes advertising in China easier for foreign brands. The differences between advertising in China and the West are staggering when it comes to how the various Chinese social media platforms handle the

Ep 120: Paving the way for bakeries to enter and grow in China

Oct 12 2020 61 mins

Matthieu David interviews Pierre Gilson, founder and chef at Stoneground Consulting. When it comes to the bakery & pastry industry there is definitely a paradigm in the context of the Chinese market. While westerners consume baked goods and pastries on a daily basis, Chinese consumers enjoy them on relatively special occasions. Pierre Gilson has been at the forefront of this indust

Ep 119: Building a leading marketing automation software in WeChat’s ecosystem

Sep 22 2020 59 mins

Matthieu David interviews Kai Hong, Chairman and Partner at JINGdigital. Customer Relationship Management is part of the day-to-day life of any company that needs to understand its customers better and in turn offer better services or products. JINGdigital is using its digital marketing automation platform and has been successfully serving 100+ global Fortune 1000 companies in Chin

Ep 118: From freelancing to founding one of the largest photo studios in China

Sep 08 2020 63 mins

Matthieu David interviews Rodney Evans, Founder & CEO of Central Studios Shanghai. The photo and video production industry has definitely shifted to a more streamlined approach due to the emergence of social media in the last decade. Central Studios Shanghai, a photo studio based in China, has been able to endure and evolve since its beginnings in 2005. How were they able to retain

Ep 117: Finding your sweet spot in China’s B2B food scene

Aug 23 2020 49 mins

Matthieu David interviews Founder at Maik’s Gourmet & passionate chef and F&B consultant. The Food and Beverage industry is a very competitive one in China and that’s why having a strong backend and a quality frontend are the factors that will make an F&B business succeed. Maik’s Gourmet provides F&B businesses with DIY foreign food deliverables that are fresh, health risk ce