Our handpicked events for the week of April 17 to 23 include opportunities to meet some of China’s top VCs, mingling with female professionals, and learning how to start a startup with a tech guru.
Tuesday, Apr 18
Entrepreneur CEO Breakfast – Maintaining High Standards and Systems in Operations (English)
During this workshop, SME founders and CEOs have a unique opportunity to learn about business operations which will help them maintain quality and consistency of services and products, regardless of whether they lead a large corporation or a SMEs. The event, organized by AmCham, will invite Richard Saul, Managing Director of JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton Hotel Beijing to share best practices. More information here.
- When: 8 – 9:30 AM
- Where: JW Marriott Hotel, No. 83 Jianguo Rd., China Central Place, Chaoyang District, Beijing
- Ticket: RMB 60/70/100
Thursday, Apr 20
Startup grind: SaaS Startup Sharing Session – Key Factors for Success (Chinese)
With enterprise-grade application capital market becoming a big trend, more and more SaaS entrepreneurs are facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. Learn how to develop a team and a product as a SaaS company from Dafei Sun, co-founder of Triniti Capital. Mr. Sun has worked for top private equity funds, and international investment and policy banks. The partner of this event is Google for Entrepreneurs. More information here.
- When: 7 – 9:30 PM
- Where: Guanghualu SOHO, 3Q, Reporting Hall,No. 22 Guanghua Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing
- Ticket: RMB 100
Thursday, Apr 20
Sina Startup Lessons: “How to start a startup?” by Wang Xiao (Chinese)
How do you start a business? Sina Startup believes that a thousand entrepreneurs will have a thousand answers to that questions. To help you find your own answer, Sina has invited venture capitalist and founder of Unity Ventures Wang Xiao to discuss entrepreneurship and its methodology. More information here.
- When: 2 – 4:30 PM
- Where: Heima Building, 2nd Floor, Zhongguancun Innovation St., Haidian District, Beijing
- Ticket: Free
Friday, Apr 21 – Saturday, Apr 22
2017 DEMO China Spring Summit (Chinese)
DEMO China showcases state of the art innovation for products and services, business models and platforms in China. The event will feature 100 standard booths, 80+ exhibitors, 1,000+ investment institutions, and 20,000+ guests. The two-day innovation extravaganza organized by Cyzone.com will focus on artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, robotics, mobile, AR/VR, deep tech, SaaS, and many more. DEMO China entered China in 2006, and since then it has been bringing together entrepreneurs and financial institutions. Find out more about this big event here.
- When: 9:30 AM – 6 PM
- Where: China National Convention Center, No.7 Tianchen East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
- Ticket: RMB 0/388/888/1,980/3,000
Sunday, Apr 23
2017 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Open Day (Chinese/English)
What are the newest trends in standardizing website building, web design and development? The W3C is inviting everyone to join in a casual networking event which will feature opinion sharing and discussions on China’s web standard. The Open Day will gather representatives from global and local web related industries, government agencies, standardization bodies, and research institutes. The W3C is an international conference dedicated to developing web standards, and is hosted annually in major cities around the world. More information here.
- When: 9:30 AM – 12 PM
- Where: China National Convention Center, No.7 Tianchen East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
- Ticket: Free
Bonus Event
Tuesday, Apr 18
Beijing Women’s Network Monthly Spotlight Dinner (English)
Ready for some women-led networking, business sharing, and personal experiences? The main guest of the evening will be Jackie You, founder of i.e.Capital, a startup helping CEOs and CFOs in financial management. This past year, i.e.Capital was a key organizer that brought MaiTai Global’s Extreme Tech Competition (XTC) to China. This enabled 10 select founders to pitch to China’s top VCs, and later to establish connections with seasoned international entrepreneurs. More information here.
- When: 7:30 – 10:00 PM
- Where: Nooxo, Beijing VIP Room, F2, The Crib, No. 1, Gongti North St., Chaoyang District, Beijing
- Ticket: Free
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