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Ep. 106: Making Taobao shopping available to foreigners with Jay Thornhill
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Innehåll tillhandahållet av Jons Slemmer and China Business Cast. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Jons Slemmer and China Business Cast eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.
About Jay Thornhill
Starting as a English teacher Jay is an Australian-American, born in Australia and grew up in the US. To cease his entrepreneurial spirit he left his home and travelled to China. With the intention of staying for 1 year he ended up staying for over 12 years now.
In 2015 he ventured Baopals together with two of his friends Charlie and Tyler Baopals.com as the first platform to give foreigners in China an easy and enjoyable way to shop on Taobao, Tmall and JD.com. All 1 billion plus products on these platforms are available, with up-to-date pricing and product info, in English, and reorganized to make shopping on baopals as easy as pie. The pas years they have sold over millions of product become a solid market leader in the industry.
They are an digital interface between the factory of the world and foreigners in China eager to buy online. With a multi-cultural team of 40 they are bound to make a bigger footprint for foreigners in China and exploring ways to service a much more global audience. And even paying it forward to other start-up entrepreneurs with different business services.
Episode Content:
- How to benefit from grants as a foreign start-up in China
- Jay's and his China dream
- What problem they are trying to solve with their business
- How getting started and perseverance paid off
- Entrepreneurship in China
- How to reach scale targeting foreigners in China
- How to keep a friendly vibe and company culture after maturing the business
- Navigating platform based selling and social selling and incorporating this into Baopals
- What peak season festivals such as Single's Day (11-11), 12-12 and 618 looks like
- How focus helped progress the business
- Giving back to China's start-up communities
- His China war story
Episode Mentions:
- Find Jay on LinkedIN or reach out via email: jay@baopals.com
- Website: www.baopals.com
- Platforms: Taobao.com, Tmall.com, JD.com, Xiaohongshu.com, Fancy.com
- Social shipping platforms: Pinduoduo, Toutiao, Douyin.
- Find Jons on LinkedIN
- Find Simon on LinkedIN
- Join China Business Cast WeChat group
Download and Subscribe
- Download this episode right click and choose "save as"
- Subscribe to China Business Cast on iTunes
- Or check out the full list on subscription options
- Add Jons ('jslemmer') or Simon ('sraadt') on WeChat to join China Business Cast WeChat group
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Manage episode 268139159 series 62632
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About Jay Thornhill
Starting as a English teacher Jay is an Australian-American, born in Australia and grew up in the US. To cease his entrepreneurial spirit he left his home and travelled to China. With the intention of staying for 1 year he ended up staying for over 12 years now.
In 2015 he ventured Baopals together with two of his friends Charlie and Tyler Baopals.com as the first platform to give foreigners in China an easy and enjoyable way to shop on Taobao, Tmall and JD.com. All 1 billion plus products on these platforms are available, with up-to-date pricing and product info, in English, and reorganized to make shopping on baopals as easy as pie. The pas years they have sold over millions of product become a solid market leader in the industry.
They are an digital interface between the factory of the world and foreigners in China eager to buy online. With a multi-cultural team of 40 they are bound to make a bigger footprint for foreigners in China and exploring ways to service a much more global audience. And even paying it forward to other start-up entrepreneurs with different business services.
Episode Content:
- How to benefit from grants as a foreign start-up in China
- Jay's and his China dream
- What problem they are trying to solve with their business
- How getting started and perseverance paid off
- Entrepreneurship in China
- How to reach scale targeting foreigners in China
- How to keep a friendly vibe and company culture after maturing the business
- Navigating platform based selling and social selling and incorporating this into Baopals
- What peak season festivals such as Single's Day (11-11), 12-12 and 618 looks like
- How focus helped progress the business
- Giving back to China's start-up communities
- His China war story
Episode Mentions:
- Find Jay on LinkedIN or reach out via email: jay@baopals.com
- Website: www.baopals.com
- Platforms: Taobao.com, Tmall.com, JD.com, Xiaohongshu.com, Fancy.com
- Social shipping platforms: Pinduoduo, Toutiao, Douyin.
- Find Jons on LinkedIN
- Find Simon on LinkedIN
- Join China Business Cast WeChat group
Download and Subscribe
- Download this episode right click and choose "save as"
- Subscribe to China Business Cast on iTunes
- Or check out the full list on subscription options
- Add Jons ('jslemmer') or Simon ('sraadt') on WeChat to join China Business Cast WeChat group
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Introducing The Unshakeables, a new podcast from Chase for Business and iHeartMedia's Ruby Studio. Small businesses are the heart and soul of this country, but it takes a brave individual to start and run a company of their own. From mom-and-pop coffee shops to auto-detailing garages -- no matter the type of industry you’re in, every small business owner knows that the journey is full of the unexpected. A single moment may even change the course of your business forever. Those who stand firm ...
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continue reading
Wharton faculty and industry leaders discuss their latest research, books, and relevant business topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
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It didn’t all change in March 2020. Not really. The UK high street has been in the throes of a gradual revolution for decades. From the rise of ecommerce, to the birth of mobile, social commerce, and a growing emphasis on experience, change has been underway for a while. In fact for many, the pandemic has acted as a wake-up call. Digital transformation was no longer a ‘nice to have’ but a matter of survival. Necessity sparked innovation and customers are enjoying more flexibility and conveni ...
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continue reading
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continue reading
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…
continue reading
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Montgomery & Company (MoCo) is a weekly podcast and radio show hosted by two-time WNBA Champion and Co-Owner/Vice President of the Atlanta Dream, Renee Montgomery, in partnership with WABE Atlanta. Both insightful and compelling, MoCo features interviews with some of the world’s top athletes, entertainers, and innovators as well as roundtable discussions with Renee’s colleagues, friends, and family, about sports, culture and building generational wealth. Montgomery & Company: Sports, Cultu ...
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continue reading
News and views on business and the world of personal finance. Plus the very latest from the financial markets around the globe
…
continue reading
Custom Manufacturing Industry podcast is an entrepreneurship and motivational podcast on all platforms, hosted by Aaron Clippinger. Being CEO of multiple companies including the signage industry and the software industry, Aaron has over 20 years of consulting and business management. His software has grown internationally and with over a billion dollars annually going through the software. Using his Accounting degree, Aaron will be talking about his organizational ways to get things done. Hi ...
…
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