Doing the right thing
干对的事
Building an ethical business in China
在中国建立诚信企业
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Who the hell..?
我们是谁
Ronan Berder
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Wiredcraft
http://wiredcraft.com
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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
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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)
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http://humanitarianid.org
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http://m.reliefweb.int
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http://brtdata.org
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http://reliefweb.int
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Why?
为什么？
• Challenging problems
Technically and socially
• Cutting edge technology
• High quality
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Why in China then?
为什么选择中国？
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• No work, no money
No fun...
• Created for freelancing
• 3 staff after 2 months
Inception
全面开启
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• 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
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WOFE in a nutshell
小型独资企业
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What then?
是什么？
• Doing similar things
• Lack of purpose
• Time to change
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Let’s go humanitarian!
人性化的发展！
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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
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What then?
是什么？
• Still not satisfied
• Updated our technical stack
• Focusing more and more on products
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Lessons learned
吸取教训
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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...
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What we focus on
我们专注的重心是什么？
• People
• Methodology
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Building a team
建立一个团队
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How to recruit?
如何招新？
• Job sites are useless
• Use your network
and never burn bridges
• Trust your guts
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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
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Getting sh*t done
把事儿搞定
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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)
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Keep it lean
取其精华
• Don’t buy crap
but don’t be cheap
• Don’t overdo processes
• Don’t over-hire
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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