Google reported revenues of $6.67 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2009
Google reported revenues of $6.67 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 “Google had a strong fourth quarter, with 17% year over year revenue growth,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. “Given that the global economy is still in the early days of recovery, this was an extraordinary end to the year. Our performance in 2009 underscored the strength of our management team, the... [Read more]
Google Leaving China
Google recently posted on their blog that they are considering pulling out of the China market and closing down google.cn. The gist of the story, if you still haven’t heard of it, basically, they recently suffered cyber attacks from super high-tech hackers, on top of the recent conflicts they’ve been having with Chinese writers with Google Books, not to mention June’s 2009 incident... [Read more]
Why is Apple’s Iphone Failing in China?
Iphone in China can succeed. Here's how... So Iphone entered China early September. And thus far, no more than a few thousand sales have been registered. Where did Apple go wrong? The problem isn’t due to the Iphone’s popularity, as there is a huge demand for Iphone’s in China. One can see black-market Iphones all over the place, which sell for anywhere from 4000 RMB to 6000RMB... [Read more]
Hip Hop
So one of my good martial arts buddies in China has been a DJ for several years and has always loved writing songs and rapping, etc. Well in the past few years he’s transformed himself into a total underground Hip Hop Artist. He’s actually completed a ton of songs, and will finally get his album out on stores. Anyways, check out his stuff here http://xennightz.com/enigma_review_kit/ he’s... [Read more]
Business lessons from a Martial Arts Champion
I recently had the great pleasure of catching up with current U.S. wushu champion Alfred Hsing and finding out his motivations in wushu, and the keys to his wushu success. This motivated a series of martial arts tips on how to succeed in life in his blog. The success lessons he learned in wushu and business can be applied to any endeavor so make sure you read up on them. Below I have reorganized... [Read more]