Angels and Startups, Don’t Play in China Until You Read This

Mobile will replace the computer in China. “To give you an order of magnitude, Chinese people exchange about 70 billion short messages – in a single month,” says Bruno Bensaid.

Based on the number of subscribers alone, China is definitely the number one mobile market in the world.

The Chinese people “are actually much earlier adopters than we think,” Bensaid continues. And there’s an explosion of apps for all sorts of phones in China.

The mobile market is huge, but is it profitable for startups and angel investors?

Bruno Bensaid

What’s the legal, operating, and funding environments like in China?

Did you know that the moment that a Chinese company accepts one penny, or one yuan, from a foreign investor, the status of the company could change radically?

Bensaid addresses these popular questions and many, many more in this interview.

If you’re a tech startup thinking of breaking into China’s humongous marketplace, or an investor itching to invest in the innovation hub that is China, you definitely don’t want to miss this information-packed series where Bensaid generously imparts his expertise in the mobile and Internet market in China.

What You’ll Learn

• What foreign/Western startups must absolutely be aware of if they want to break into the China market.
• The type of companies that have a completely unfair competitive advantage over foreign/Western companies.
• The pros and cons of converting into a local company in China.
• What investors need to know before pumping money into the burgeoning country.
• The main configuration for angel or venture capital investment in China.
• The differences between pure local and offshore local companies and why they matter to investors.
• The easiest way to invest in Chinese startups.
• Profitable angel investment niches to consider in China.

About Bruno Bensaid

Having had a vision that China would emerge as a technology and consumer powerhouse 15 years ago, Bruno Bensaid decided to learn Chinese and move to China. Ever since, he’s been deeply involved in China’s tech industry and has taken on various roles to help not only China, but also Europe and US’s startup and investment community.

As an angel investor, Bensaid primarily invests in young ventures through AngelVest, an angel group based in Shanghai, China.

As a mentor for a number of startup development programs, the latest one being Dave McClure’s startup accelerator 500 Startups, Bensaid helps incubated companies understand the Chinese marketplace and attract investment capital.

As a founding partner of Shanghaivest, Bensaid provides fundraising and strategic advice to early stage companies as well as fosters cross-border M&As between Chinese and European companies.

Bensaid is also the founder and organizer of Mobile Monday Shanghai, the most developed mobile industry-related community and event organizer.

What You Get

• MP3: 33 minutes | 29.75 MB (refer to PDF for download instructions)
• PDF: 24 Pages (Edited transcript + Quick Recap)
• Word Count: 5,500+

What You’ll Learn

• Why companies should have either angels or VCs as their funding source, but not both, and how the company’s decision would affect its angel investors.
• Why the multi-hundred million dollar traditional VC funds don’t work in the 21st century.
• Differences between venture capitalists and angel investors – some investors are calling themselves VCs but they really are angels.
• What are capital efficient companies and in which sectors do these companies exist.
• Why having a clear, written exit strategy almost from the earliest days is the most important goal for every externally financed company.
• Some of the important elements that make up a good exit strategy – it’s much simpler than you think.
• Myths, misperceptions, and outright lies about exits and mergers and acquisitions that often led boards and management teams completely down the wrong path.
• What companies really need to do today to have a successful exit.
• Why receiving an unsolicited acquisition offer is almost never good news.
• The type of exits current economy favors.
• New dynamics of the exit environment and the urgent requirement of having an exit coach.
• Pressing challenges for entrepreneurs in today’s economy.
• Whether angel investors should be optimistic or cautious about backing startups in the current economic climate.
• And more…

Inside This Report

• MP3: 34 minutes | 30.78 MB (refer to PDF for download instructions)
• PDF: 29 Pages (Edited transcript + Quick Recap)
• Word Count: 6,200+

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