Podcasts about nakedhub

Heads-up to Beijing-based listeners: I get to participate in a panel discussion with other local podcasters being held at the nakedHub in Dongdaqiao on Thursday, July 5. The event is FREE and runs from 7:30-9:00PM. I wanted to get the word out ASAP and figured this was the best way to do so. Learn more in this super-short episode. Regular full interviews resume this coming Wednesday and don't stop, so check back soon for more and come see us chat it up live onstage if you'll be in town.  Check out all episodes at https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/ ! :D

The future of the workplace is one of the hottest topics in business today. But what do changing work habits and office usage mean for landlords, developers, and HR teams? How are global and local businesses using flexible space to grow in China? And how is it playing out in China compared with the rest of the world? Host: Kirsten Johnston, CEO of JWDKExperts: Daker Tsoi, CEO of Lifestyle Creating Jon Seliger, CEO of Naked Hub Alex Font, Senior VP of Viking Cruises Matt Anderson, HR Director of Jaguar Land RoverOrder of play:02:35 How and when did China start embracing creative and community workspaces such as 'Bridge 8'? (DT)05:40 Co-work in China and the influence of the share economy. nakedHub, China’s home grown co-work success story (JS)11:50 When Viking Cruises entered China, why did they choose a co-working space over a standard office space? (AF)16:00 How influential is human experience and workplace culture today in China? The influence of Chinese millennials. (MA)22:40 How is China culture embracing the co-sharing work environment? How digital integrates into co-work and workplace communities27:00 Fengshui and its place in the modern workplace28:00 The future of the workplace: How should developers, designers, planners and agents react to co-work disruption?32:09 Audience Q&A: JLL asks how do companies have their own unique identity with a branded space such as nakedHub?35:18 Audience Q&A: How do you raise the money for such a venture when your tenants can disappear tomorrow?For more information about the British Chamber Shanghai and its Marketing Focus Group, please click here.

Pinduoduo is the fastest growing ecommerce platform that you have never heard of. It is behind only Taobao and JD.com in the number of users, exceeding JD.com in their monthly gross merchandise volume, and even surpassing Taobao in the penetration rate of users from lower tiered cities. To understand this phenomenon, Rui not only downloaded the app to give us a sense of why it is so popular, but also shared comments by Kathy Xu of Capital Today, an early investor in JD.com, on why she chose not to invest in Pinduoduo. We also had Mark Pols, a former investor from GGV Capital and Morgan Stanley, share his thoughts on how Pinduoduo has tapped into “an enduring human need.” Another trend that is sweeping China is the real estate side of the sharing economy: coworking spaces and offices. Is it a fundamentally real estate business, or does it belong to the service sector? Is WeWork’s purchase of NakedHub a sign that foreign startups can overcome barriers and succeed in China, or is it just the start of another tragic tale? Hear what Ying-Ying and Rebeca Pan, founder and CEO of the U.S. coworking startup Covo, and a coworking industry pioneer, had to say about the future of coworking in the U.S. and China. Like what you’ve heard? Follow us on Twitter @thepandaily and tweet at us! You can also like TechBuzz China on Facebook for the latest updates and give us a good review! If you would like to provide commentaries for the show, you can contact Rui or Ying-Ying at @ruima or @ginyginy on Twitter.

In this episode of the Tech in Shanghai podcast I speak with one of China’s most prolific expat entrepreneurs, and the founder of the ’naked’ brand and group of companies, Mr. Grant Horsfield.   For several years Grant and the team at naked have run one of the most popular and environmentally conscious resorts in all of China, which have a strong and loyal following amongst both local and expat clientele.   Then last year in 2015 they made plans to expand their operations. I was first confronted with these plans when I was passing through their original naked co-working space on Fuxing Lu in Shanghai, called nakedHub. I went upstairs and saw six or 7 posters with BEAUTIFUL photos of new projects and accompanying descriptions, as well as a number of scale models for these projects. I was blown away. Not only at how AWESOME the projects looked themselves, but that naked was embarking on such big and bold expansion plans, I loved it.   Among the new projects were several new eco-resorts throughout China, a sailboat product based out of Thailand called naked Sail, an enormous immersive learning complex for both children and adults called naked Discovery, and most obvious to people living in Shanghai, the aforementioned nakedHub co-working spaces, which burst on the scene to tremendous enthusiasm, and which have proliferated to several more locations throughout the city, with apparently at least 10 planned to be operational by the end of the year!   But of course, 'naked' didn’t start as a runaway success, with a diverse portfolio of successful businesses and a brand that customers have come to love. In fact it started with a guy from South Africa, who after living for a year in Shanghai in 2006, was dissatisfied with the lifestyle that was on offer, so much so that he set out to change it. With little money, no hard plans, and a chorus of people telling him he was crazy, Grant set-out into the unknown world of being an entrepreneur in China.    What followed was a wild and chaotic journey of intense struggle and hard-fought triumph that was almost unbelievable.   In this show, Grant and I start by discussing the early days of his journey, and the things that kept him going, when every sign in the universe seemed to be telling him he wasn’t going to be successful. It’s a testament to the type of attributes possessed by the truly great entrepreneurs, of which Grant is certainly one, of grit, determination, hustle, passion and ultimately an unwavering belief in themselves and what they are doing.   If this sounds cliche, keep listening, you’ll see what I mean.   We then fast forward to today, where the big task in front of Grant is not to survive, but to maximize the potential of his brand and company, and continue to be pioneers in creating businesses that people love.   That said, it’s a big leap going from one to several world-class resorts, as well as launching a booming co-working brand, re-imagining education and all the other things naked is now involved in, so I ask Grant what it’s like both personally and organizationally to scale up so boldly and so quickly.   Of course, I also hit Grant with some of my favourite advice questions, which given this guys track record, I highly recommend you stick around to hear.   Enjoy!    Learn more at www.livenaked.com     www.techinshanghai.com    TWITTER: twitter.com/wellnessinchina   WECHAT: TheHungryFoolish   YOUTUBE: https://www.yo