The Enthusiast
"Entrepreneurial Talent is Global" - On The Enthusiast, Host Pat Alex chats with some of the most fascinating Founders, Operators and Investors Beyond Silicon Valley.
Every two weeks, he sits down with the likes of Arjuna Costa (Flourish), Paulo Passoni, Jeffrey Paine (Golden Gate Ventures), Gerry Giacoman (Clara) and Monica Brand Engel (Quona) to dissect their challenges around scaling, fundraising, managing boards and company leadership. Taken together, the guests have raised venture capital in the hundreds of millions and are behind their regions' biggest business and venture successes paving the way towards a more equitable and diverse future.
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The Enthusiast
Andy Tian (Asia Innovations Group) on building social media products for emerging markets, global expansion and user protection across cultures
Patrick sat down with serial entrepreneur and social media innovator Andy Tian, co-founder of Asia Innovation Group to discuss all things social and how he grew Asia Innovations Group into one of the world'd leading social media platform builders following a unique customization approach. During the conversation we dive also into his vision for emerging markets, cross-pollination and the edge less mature ecosystems possess.
On this episode you will learn about:
- Latest trends and innovations in social media for emerging markets and their differences to more mature markets
- How to expand a business globally incorporating local cultural differences
- The importance of culture in getting the most out of your team's potential
You can follow Andy on LinkedIn here.
More about Andy:
Andy is the CEO and co-founder of Asia Innovations Group (AIG), a leading mobile social entertainment group in Asia. AIG aims to bring Asia’s advanced mobile social products and business models to the global market, leveraging strong local regional offices to operate these products for the best local experience. AIG’s flagship product, Uplive, has become the highest revenue international live video app since launching in Jun 2016. Uplive is the leading live social app in emerging markets. Uplive leverages innovations in tech, product, and revenue model from Asia's multi-billion dollar live video market, and adapts them appropriately for each regional market.
Andy previously was GM of Zynga China, operating several top 10 mobile games in 15 languages globally. From 2005-2007, Andy led Google’s mobile business in China. Andy also co-founded three startups and sold two of them.
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