Unicorns & Unicorpses: China’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

CEIBS Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy Shameen Prashantham explains how the coming together of money, technology and people has created one of the world’s most dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystems in China. He offers some practical examples of successful companies that have thrived here, both homegrown startups (like the bikesharing company Mobike) and those founded by international entrepreneurs (Falafel Games and Zotter Chocolate). He also discusses some of the challenges entrepreneurs face, and some universal lessons for entrepreneurs no matter where they may be headquartered.

Prof. Prashantham’s talk was recorded at an Executive Forum at CEIBS Shanghai Campus September 7, 2017 titled “Entrepreneurship in China: CEIBS’ Role” which also featured a discussion with CEIBS alumni entrepreneurs and Financial Times Business Education Correspondent Jonathan Moules.

Read Prof. Prashantham’s Financial Times column on start-up opportunities in China here. He also discusses China’s dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem in this Tech in Asia article.

To learn more about Mobike and China’s many bike-sharing start-ups and their overseas expansion see here and here. 

How China is Driving Sharing Economy Innovation

CEIBS Professor of Marketing Jeongwen Chiang takes us on a deep dive into China’s sharing economy. Among the topics he explores: why China’s sharing economy is among the most advanced and innovative in the world, which sharing platforms are most popular right now with Chinese millennials, and what criteria venture capital investors use to evaluate sharing economy start-ups.

This podcast was recorded during a session at the CEIBS Center for Emerging Market Studies Corporate Roundtable Discussion held on April 11, 2017 at our Shanghai Campus. 

You can find a complete event agenda here.

Learn more about the CEIBS Center for Emerging Market Studies here.