Today's guest is Sam Goodman, author of Where East Eats West: The Street - Smarts Guide to Business in China. Sam is a seasoned market entry and greenfield strategist and advisor, he helps companies to strategically market themselves across various industries. He has established and built businesses for restaurant, manufacturing, internet and Cleantech projects in China and is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.

James Flanagan is here with us today - one of the of the major community builders and engine behind Barcamp, TEDx , part of the world economic forum and other events in Beijing.

Today we have Bridget Riley with us as a guest.  Bridget is not the classic entrepreneur guest of ours but it was still super interesting for us having an interview with her because she is the magazine editor of AmCham (American chamber of commerce), so business in China is something that she breath and see in her everyday work, getting to know everybody.

This week we have Alison Friedman who runs Pinpong Productions, a non profit in the performing art sectors. She was featured in the New York times and many other places such as :International Arts Manager, sino-us, BON TV, Sinica Podcast, and China Daily!

Today's show we have Meredith Karazin and Kelly Yang from LearnLab. LearnLab /光合空间 is an educational entrepreneur community, bringing together the best in education and business to help entrepreneurs transform learning for all. Talking edtech & China, a hot topic these days, so enjoy!

Looking to come to China and bring your technology and IP? Want to have the ultimate partner, the Chinese government? Then today's show is for you! We have with us Yahya Yuksel representing a special division of the Foshan city government who is working hard to get companies like you to build your business expansion in China, let's listen in. 

This week, an amazing interview w/ Bruno Bensaid discussing psychology behind fundraising and investing. There is a huge difference between what investors want and what entrepreneur think investors want. In China, as well as around the world. Let's dig in.

This week's show we have Andy Tian from Asia Innovations in Beijing. Quite a wide range of experience in the China tech scene from being involved bringing Google into China as well as managing Zynga China a few years ago and then founding Pengpeng.

Today’s show we have Anthony Johnson, a British entrepreneur who has had a few ventures in China and a lot of experience hiring and managing staff.  He shares with us his experiences in recruiting and developing a Chinese team.