Conversation with Christine Lu: The China Internet space - between Silicon Valley and Silicon alley
Friday, July 24, 2009 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (GMT)
in partnership with
ChinaContact and The China Business Show,
Cocktails and networking with Christine Lu, founder of
Cilantro Media
24 July 2009, Friday
5 - 7 PM
Location: Snazz. Sichuan (New China Tea House & Gallery)
37 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD
Tel: 020 7388 0808
Our guest speaker:
Christine Lu, founder - the China Business Show and Cilantro Media
(Photographer-Robert Scoble)
In March 2007 Christine created The China Business Show and served as the Executive Producer and Host for its launch on Entrepreneur Magazine’s podcast network. The show has since evolved into The China Business Network – a membership organization re-launching soon to fulfill a need for connecting individuals involved in cross border trade & investment with China. Christine remains a founder, shareholder and advisor of The China Business Network.
Based on her belief that knowledge should be shared in an open free thinking environment that allows new ideas to thrive, Christine is launching several digital media initiatives including Cilantro Media, Chinameme and cross border events such as TEDxShanghai. She is honored to be supported by experienced partners in China and the US and is assembling a group of advisors and mentors.
Bio:
Christine Lu is a self professed geek girl, sinophile and foodie who grew up in Southern California, received her BA in International Relations with a concentration on East Asian
Studies at Boston University. In 1991, her parents moved to China to
introduce the first maternity brand to the market and thus began her
China learning curve. She spent every summer during college in China
including one summer as an intern for the American Chamber of Commerce
in Shanghai in 1996 which gave her a first insiders look into
multinational companies entering the China market and got her hooked on
the fast paced growth that was transforming the country.
After graduating from BU, she lasted 6 months in a cubicle at AT&T’s Business Markets Division in Boston before moving to Shanghai in 1999 at the height of the dotcom bubble. With a stint as a clothing designer and marketing manager for her family’s clothing retail business, she attempted to start an e-commerce site for women in China about 6 years before its time because hey, it was the dotcom bubble and all the cool kids were getting funded. The company was incubated then rolled into TV Shopping Network (TVSN), a joint venture funded by Duty Free Shoppers founder Robert Miller’s private equity firm Search Group, Prudential Assets Management Asia and IAC’s HSN (Home Shopping Network). Following the 2000 dot-com crash in China, Christine served for five years as Marketing Director for TV Shopping Network and oversaw the company’s business development and spearheaded the company’s internet, direct marketing and mail order business units in China.
Thank you to our host: New China Club
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37 Chalton street
London, London NW1 1JD
United Kingdom
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News & Updates
When you arrive at New China Club and Gallery, mention 'China Advisers Network' for a £5.00 token towards food and drink from the Sichuan Food festival. This is valid for those with confirmed tickets and those on the waiting list that want to join the networking after 6pm.
While the event is booked out now with 50 people confirmed, we will check before the event that they are all coming. If they cancel, the place will go to the next person in line in the waiting list.
Those on the waiting list can also come around 6PM for the networking part of the event after the talk and join for free, enjoying the Sichuan Food Festival and Beer tasting.
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