Luke Henderson came to China five years ago. First he taught English but soon after he realized Shenzhen was a paradise for makers. As a young maker himself, he started riding the wave of 3D printing and teaching 3D design classes to kids. Now he has developed a full curriculum of steam classes and become a connector for people who are interested in looking for maker resources in Shenzhen.

Episode Content:

• Shlomo and Mike talk about RISE Conference

• Mike announces a new way of connecting to our WeChat group

• Introducing Luke “Skywalker” Henderson

• Luke explains the differences between STEAM and STEM.

• Luke is the community manager of Wikifactory and runs his own STEAM classes. He shares what those titles entail.

• Being a maker from a young age, what did you perceive of the maker’s culture in Shenzhen compared to your home country’s?

• Why did you choose to do STEAM education for kids here and what were the challenges in the beginning?

• Luke talks about the challenges he encountered in the beginning of his STEAM education journey

• The concept (STEAM education) is very hot now and more companies are doing it. In your opinion, what are the key elements in making good workshops for kids?

• In the past few years, you have held many maker trips in Shenzhen. What are some maker organizations or communities worth noticing?

• Luke shares tips to new makers in Shenzhen – the must-sees and must-dos

• Luke’s next steps

• How people can get in touch with Luke

Episode Mentions:

Intro

• GFA Event during the RISE Conference

• New way of connecting with China Business Cast through WeChat

Interview

• Sign up for Wikifactory’s Alpha

• Luke Henderson’s WeChat ID – lukasmaximus89

• SteamHead Makerspace

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Elyse Ribbons is an American entrepreneur, writer, businesswoman, and playwright who lives and works in Beijing. Known in China by her Chinese name Liu Suying (柳素英) who spends time on both corporate work media work (via columns, a nationally syndicated radio show – China Radio International’s Laowai Kandian, regular news media appearances and filming movies). She is currently the CEO and Founder of GeiLi giving. She has authored several articles for Forbes magazine [1] on business, culture, and life in China.

Episode Content:

• Elyse introduces herself and what she’s been engaged with recently

• Elyse mentioned in another interview that she is half Chinese. She explains how this is expressed

• Question: Do you see yourself more as an artist or as an entrepreneur?

• Elyse tells us more about GeiLi Giving, why she started it and what her vision is

• Elyse shares her experience when she joined Chinaccelerator and how it helped develop Geili Giving

• Overview of social enterprises nowadays in China

• The future of social enterprises in China

• Elyse’s biggest challenges with GeiLi Giving and how her performing skills helped her in building it

• Recommends two books that influenced her the most

• The best way to reach out to Elyse

Episode Mentions:

Intro

• Mike in DCBKK

• Crossborder Matchmaker

• Shlomo’s new venture called FreeFinancialSelf.

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Interview

• GeiLi Giving

• Romance Of The Three Kingdoms

• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

• Elyse Ribbons’ Twitter – @iheartbeijing

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Episode Content:

• Introduce Adrian Bye

• Question 1:

  Hi Mike from Miami, Florida

  I have found your youtube videos very informative and have a question for you.

  I plan to make my first trip to China late this summer and want to know if you can recommend a Chinese translator for hire.

  Thanks in advance,

  Berman

  Sent from Mobile Device

• Question 2:

  From Steve in Colorado

  Major Question:
  How best to market/advertise both the website and the App to get any “play”
  in China?

  There seems to be no FB, and Weibo is all Chinese – how do American
  companies push their products? A partner in China?

  Thanks again Mike, I look forward to hearing from you.

• What do you think of the question series? We need your questions for upcoming shows!

Episode Mentions:

• Adrian’s website OpenDao

• Mike can help you find a Chinese assistant

• 51job

• ShenzhenParty and other English sites in China for job posts

• Leave us your China business questions here

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Episode Content:

• Welcome Ally Mona to the show – so tell us – How You Got Here, What is your China Story?

• When and why did you first come to China?

• What did you do between then & starting your latest company Limitless Laowai?

• How did you get the idea for the show?

• How did you get things started –  your first listeners and sponsors?

• And then what happened once things got going?

• I like your shows about repatriating, its a bit sad, but seems to be a tough thing that there isn’t much about – what are trends you’re seeing?

• What are some tips on newcomers to China?

• How should they prepare themselves?

• And how to get through those “I’m fed up with China days”

• What were the hard parts in your experience in China?  Were there any major setbacks?

• What were you biggest mistakes?  What would you have done differently?

• What worked really well?

• What challenges are you facing now?

• Ways people can reach out to you and listen to your podcast Limitless Laowai

Episode Mentions:

• Ally’s podcast – Limitless Laowai

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