Connecting 1 million entrepreneurs all over the world; with Jan Smejkal, China & APAC Community Director of Startup Grind

Aiming to build diverse culture and mindset in the whole ecosystem, Jan manages Startup Grind China & APAC as the Community Director. Startup Grind is the world's largest entrepreneurship community connecting more than 1 Million entrepreneurs in over 365 cities, among which over 80 cities are in China. In this episode, Jan shares how Startup Grind China grew up to a successful program, his focus in managing community and most importantly, his perspective on opportunities for startups and investments in China. Can't wait to listen to it! Cheers!

Show notes:

02:42 Introducing Jan

03:54 What brought Jan to China

08:47 What's Jan's first experience with Startup Grind and How he became the Community Director

11:20 How was the community when Jan joined

15:10 Jan's focus of managing the community

18:04 In terms of having people help you in the community, what's the difference between what Startup Grind does in Silicon Valley and that in China?

23:48 What's the next step of Startup Grind?

25:32 Which city will Jan stay? Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen...

26:26 The opportunities in China are better?

27:50 How to contact Jan

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Many thanks to our host Ryan Shuken, guest Jan Smejkal, editor David and Geep, organizer Chinaccelerator and sponsor People Squared.