Today’s guest David Lancashire came to China in 2003. He is fluent in Chinese Mandarin and he is the founder of PopUp Chinese, an online language education company that teaches Chinese. His company is completely bootstrapped and it’s profitable. Today, we’re here to talk about boostrapping a profitable online business in China (in the competitive Chinese language learning market to boot!). In addition, we’ll also get a few tips and resources for learning Chinese.
Episode Content:
We hear David’s story of how he bootstrapped a profitable online education business in China
The online language / Chinese language education market
Some tips and resources on learning Chinese
Episode Mentions:
Memrise: good way for beginners to learn Chinese characters
Pleco: portable Chinese dictionary on your phone
Zhongwen Chinese Popup Chinese Dictionary: chrome plugin that allows you to mouse over Chinese characters and get the transaltion
You can connect with David:
Email: first name at popupchinese.com
Or, visit popupchinese.com and leave a comment
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