2/4: Crossing the Chasm for Startups, by CHAIN

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Crossing the Chasm for StartupsDate

February 4, 2015, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Venue: CFLD Incubator, 1172 Castro Street, Mountain View

Registration: Online Registration

Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp, averagely $40 per WhatsApp user, and $1 billion for Instagram. Dropcam was acquired by Google's Nest Labs for $555 million. Xiaomi, known for its low-priced smartphone, just became the world’s most valuable technology start-up with a valuation of over $46 billion. Interestingly, all these companies are less than 6 years old! What do they have in common? You may come up with different answers; but one thing they all share is the huge amount of users and customers. How have they crossed the chasm, a concept that Geoffrey Moore proposed twenty years ago?


In the very first CHAIN Founders Group event of 2015, we have lined up a group of seasoned entrepreneurs and investors to share their ideas and experiences. They will touch upon topics that include the marketing fundamentals, the acquisition of the early users, as well as millions of users later on.


It will be a fun and thought-provoking evening, and we look forward to your participation! This event is co-hosted by CHAIN and CFLD US Incubator Service (China Fortune Land Development Co, Ltd).


Speakers
Larry Li, Founder & Managing Partner, zPark Capital
Jay Chen, CEO, myHealthyBee.com
Heidi Yu, Founder, BoostInsider
Steve Hoffman, Co-Founder & angel investor, Founder's Space
Tao Li, Founder & CEO, APUS
Stephen Chiao, Managing Partner, Sycamore Ventures


Agenda
6:30 PM—7:00 PM: Registration and networking (refreshment will be served)
7:00 PM—7:10 PM: Introduction to CHAIN and CFLD
7:10 PM—9:00 PM: Talks by invited speakers and panel discussion


- Go to market/sales strategy and tactics by Larry Li
- Lessons learned, hands on for getting the first 1,000 users that love your product by Jay Chen
- User acquisitions for eCommerce and Internet gaming startups by Heidi Yu
- Funding & product market fit by Steve Hoffman
- Growing 70 million global users in 5 months by Tao Li
- How to get funded by VC’s and Crystal ball on 2015 by Stephen Chiao


Register Fee $10 (pay at the event)


If you can't make it to the event, but would like to be included in the group for future events, please fill out this form.



About CHAIN
China America Innovation Network (CHAIN) aims to help entrepreneurs transform innovation into value through knowledge and resource exchange between U.S. and China. Our mission is to build a multinational ecosystem of mentors, experts, professionals, and peers based in U.S. and China that will enable entrepreneurs to realize their entrepreneurial ambitions by accessing resources from both U.S. and China. As a non-profit organization, we are powered by a team of passionate volunteers, successful entrepreneurs, experienced executives, business operations professionals and engineering wizards. Founded in 2011, the CHAIN network now connects thousands of members in both Silicon Valley and China.

About CFLD and CFLD CAPITAL
China Fortune Land Development CO. Ltd (stock code: 600340), founded in 1998, is China’s leading industrial park operator. There are more than 20 industrial parks all over China, mainly located in the Bohai Sea and Yangtze River Delta region. By the end of 2013, the industrial parks developed by CFLD has contracted with 428 enterprises with an accumulated investment of 107.4 billion yuan. With over 4,000 employees, CFLD’s 2013 sales reached 37.4 billion RMB with an about 80% CAGR in the previous five years.

CFLD CAPITAL has built a bridge between China and US for industrial development and exchanges, and invests in such fields as biotech, smart hardwares, new materials, clean energy, and to B services. Operations began in September 2014, we have worked with 15 start-ups in our incubator located in Mountain View.