Wenbin FangKingsoft: the Microsoft of China, kind of — Old China Tech 4In 1978, a Hakka immigrant from Mainland China, Zhang Kaiqing (张铠卿), founded a company called 金山 (meaning “Gold Mountain”) in Hong Kong…Nov 7, 2019Nov 7, 2019
Wenbin FangFrom 3721 to Yahoo China to 360 — Old China Tech 3In the previous post, we learned that Hao123 was a major way for Chinese internet users to find websites around the year 2000, when search…Oct 24, 2019Oct 24, 2019
Wenbin FangFrom Foxmail to the super app — Old China Tech 2Foxmail was a very popular Chinese Email client on Windows. It was the biggest Microsoft Outlook competitor in China.Oct 15, 2019Oct 15, 2019
Wenbin FangHao123 — The static website sold for ~$10 million — Old China Tech 1It’s fascinating to see the rise of some well-known huge China Tech companies (10s of 1000s of employees), e.g., Alibaba, Tencent, Toutiao…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Wenbin FangWhy I prefer asynchronous communication via email?How often do you spend 1/3000 of your total net worth on a stranger on the street?Jun 22, 20182Jun 22, 20182
Wenbin FangRe: Do you regret leaving corporate for entrepreneurship?This is my comment in this Hacker News thread.Jun 15, 2018Jun 15, 2018
Wenbin FangRe: You don’t actually need a co-founderThis is my response to a Hacker News thread “You don’t actually need a co-founder (2016)”.May 5, 2018May 5, 2018
Wenbin FangWhat you don’t do defines who you areI recently had conversations with two funny VCs.Apr 25, 20183Apr 25, 20183
Wenbin FangDon’t do beta testing with your family & friendsMore often than not, it’s pseudoscience, especially for consumer-facing internet products. It’s very possible that the demographics you are…Mar 6, 2018Mar 6, 2018
Wenbin FanginNextdoor EngineeringMeet a Nextdoor engineer: Tim WongTim is a senior engineer who, in his three years at Nextdoor, has helped build a small neighborhood social network into a nationwide…Jan 28, 20162Jan 28, 20162