f – Disrupting the Old World

Yesterday, I was reading an article shared by Kai from Sequoia China on the latest trends of consumer behaviors as well as the B2C investment opportunities.
One thing that resonates with me a lot is that: retailers are getting closer and closer to the consumers — to steal market share from large supermarkets by offering services that are more convenient and much faster, and to grow the market size by attracting...

Yesterday, one of my friends shared with me excitedly that she’s going to have a brunch with an excellent person who she had admired for a while.
I was inspired to think about how we define ‘excellent’ and what makes a person excellent.
Apparently, there are different criteria for ‘excellent’ in different countries and cultures. In China, the country where I came from, people generally see a person ‘excellent’ if he/she owns a lot of properties in the tier-1 cities, if he/she has a...

When I first joined Plug and Play Ventures, I realized that we would usually source startups from several common databases – PitchBook, CBInsights, Crunchbase, Angellist, Start-up Nation Finder, and the Funding Roundup spreadsheet. Most likely, what...

Sitting at home, I could not stop thinking about the continuous controversial news about Hong Kong. China officially blocked NBA simply because the Rocket manager Daryl Morey tweeted “Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong” (Source). Apple removes app...