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…6 min read·Nov 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…5 min read·Oct 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.5 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Oct 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?2 min read·Jun 22, 2018--2--2
Wenbin FangRe: Do you regret leaving corporate for entrepreneurship?This is my comment in this Hacker News thread.2 min read·Jun 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)”.2 min read·May 5, 2018----
Wenbin FangWhat you don’t do defines who you areI recently had conversations with two funny VCs.4 min read·Apr 25, 2018--3--3
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…2 min read·Mar 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…4 min read·Jan 28, 2016--2--2