Doing the right thing

Collection of notes, thoughts and advices coming from building an ethical business in China.

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1. Doing the right thing 干对的事 Building an ethical business in China 在中国建立诚信企业
2. Who the hell..? 我们是谁 Ronan Berder খ۽ Wiredcraft http://wiredcraft.com
3. Who are you? 你是谁？ • French No mustache though... • Engineer involved in Open Source And no glasses... • In China since 2005 Some say I’m doomed
4. So what do we do? 我们做什么? • Data centric applications • Humanitarian and non-profit space • In Shanghai and Washington, DC (and soon SF)
5. http://humanitarianid.org
6. http://m.reliefweb.int
7. http://brtdata.org
8. http://reliefweb.int
9. Why? 为什么？ • Challenging problems Technically and socially • Cutting edge technology • High quality
10. Why in China then? 为什么选择中国？
11. • No work, no money No fun... • Created for freelancing • 3 staff after 2 months Inception 全面开启
12. • Hustled to get big clients: Axel Springer, CNN, Nvidia, Popcap Games... • Feeds in the loop of awesomeness... • Staff of 5 • Need to create a WOFE “Holy cow” growth 迅速成长
13. WOFE in a nutshell 小型独资企业  
14. What then? 是什么？ • Doing similar things • Lack of purpose • Time to change
15. Let’s go humanitarian! 人性化的发展！
16. How did we get started? 我们是怎样开始？ • Hustling through previous connections • Southern Sudan Referendum • Worked our way to the UN
17. What then? 是什么？ • Still not satisfied • Updated our technical stack • Focusing more and more on products
18. Lessons learned 吸取教训
19. Disclaimer 接受不完美 • I am no expert • We’re far from perfect • These work for us Not necessarily good for you, but still worth a try...
20. What we focus on 我们专注的重心是什么？ • People • Methodology
21. Building a team 建立一个团队
22. How to recruit? 如何招新？ • Job sites are useless • Use your network and never burn bridges • Trust your guts
23. How to keep them? 如何留住人才？ • Invest in them That includes trust • Let them fuck it up • Again, trust your guts That means firing fast
24. Getting sh*t done 把事儿搞定
25. Keep it focused 专注于工作重心 • Outsource as much as possible • Don’t procrastinate • Have a process and collaborate (we use SCRUM)
26. Keep it lean 取其精华 • Don’t buy crap but don’t be cheap • Don’t overdo processes • Don’t over-hire
27. And since we’re in China 自从我们来到中国 • Don’t mess with the tax bureau • Don’t mess with the labor bureau
28. To sum it up 少少结论
29. Invest 投资
30. Hustle 推搡
31. Questions? 有问题吗？