Doing the right thing

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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？