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Recommendations for Startup Communities
Recommendations for Start-up Communities
*This chapter was created in collaboration with global tech start-up community Start-up Grind.
As a hub for tech start-ups, Shenzhen has many high-quality entrepreneurs' communities, which in addition to aiding in their businesses, also helps foreigners have a better-quality life.
1. Start-up Grind
Start-up Grind is an active start-up community. Started in 2010 in Silicon Valley, it now operates in more than 500 locations, and has footprints in over 150 countries.
The community organizes one or two offline events every month, such as interviews with industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs, or start-up mentors, sharing their latest experiences and insights with entrepreneurs. Due to its global reach, Start-up Grind also regularly organizes English-language events that connect Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs in Shenzhen. Simultaneously, they help expand the mental approaches of local entrepreneurs, while acting as a high-quality platform for foreigners in Shenzhen to connect and collaborate with the locals.
2. Beeplus
Nausheen Ishtiaq-Chen
Zen & Zany CEO
Zen & Zany CEO
Nationality：Pakistan
Number of years in Shenzhen：3 years
Company type：Chinese enterprise
Duration of company establishment：2.5 years
Start-up Grind keeps the community active by upholding the values of helping one another, giving, and friendship. It is easy for newcomers to blend in, and is one of the few start-up communities that regularly organizes English-language events." – Nausheen Ishtiaq-Chen
2. Beeplus
Beeplus is a co-working space operator, and has two locations in Shenzhen - in Shekou and Futian. Since its inception, Beeplus has been organizing a series of
community events aimed at helping entrepreneurs, and hosting visits and exchanges with foreign communities, enterprises and start-up groups. Distinct from most
communities that focus on tech and start-ups, Beeplus is unique for hosting various fun cultural activities such as tango dancing, and music or cooking events, making
life for entrepreneurs in Shenzhen more fun and interesting.
3. ABNET (Asia Business Net）
Ricky Cortes / Kwesi Hammond
Gifted 联合创始人Nationality：Columbia / Canada
Number of years in Shenzhen：7.5/ 5 years
Company type：WOFE
Duration of company establishment：2.5 years
"Through joining ABNET, I got the first batch of users for my product, and it helped me refine the Gifted product further and get the company to where it is today. ABNET currently has 400 members on WeChat, who come together for lunch once a week. This is a community that is small but close-knit. They usually run their activities in the Sea World and Shuiwan areas of Shekou."- Ricky Cortes & Kwesi Hammond
3. ABNET (Asia Business Net）
ABNET is an established community that helps foreigners start their businesses in Shenzhen. The community is membership-based, which comes with a membership
fee. They organize social activities, charity events, entrepreneur sharing sessions, and talks on a regular basis.
4. Hardware Massive
Hardware Massive is a community started by foreign hardware entrepreneurs in Shenzhen that is more focused on technology and product development. Their
activities, usually conducted in English, sometimes invite international hardware experts for talks or sharing sessions, and are most useful for international hardware entrepreneurs in Shenzhen.
5. Impact Hub
Impact Hub is a cooperative that supports projects based around the needs of communities. Their themes include: social enterprises, environmental protection and innovation. Their members include social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs promoting sustainable projects, and social investors willing to support these projects.
6. RISE Conference
RISE Conference is an international tech conference held in Hong Kong every year.
Although it is not community-based, it shows the kind of convenience available to entrepreneurs in Shenzhen, which is access to technological resources in Hong Kong.
Brent Deverman
CEO of ShenzhenParty
CEO of ShenzhenParty
Nationality：Portugal
Number of years in Shenzhen：4 years
Company type：Chinese enterprise
Duration of company establishment：4 years
"What's so good about Shenzhen is that now you have access to all the start-ups in Shenzhen, and you also have the access to all the start-ups in Hongkong. If you are doing anything with blockchain, Hongkong is one of the leading places for blockchain. So you can pop across and attend those conferences, it's great that you can kind of play both sides. " ——Brent Deverman
Recommendations for Startup Communities
Recommendations for Start-up Communities
*This chapter was created in collaboration with global tech start-up community Start-up Grind.
As a hub for tech start-ups, Shenzhen has many high-quality entrepreneurs' communities, which in addition to aiding in their businesses, also helps foreigners have a better-quality life.
1. Start-up Grind
Start-up Grind is an active start-up community. Started in 2010 in Silicon Valley, it now operates in more than 500 locations, and has footprints in over 150 countries.
The community organizes one or two offline events every month, such as interviews with industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs, or start-up mentors, sharing their latest experiences and insights with entrepreneurs. Due to its global reach, Start-up Grind also regularly organizes English-language events that connect Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs in Shenzhen. Simultaneously, they help expand the mental approaches of local entrepreneurs, while acting as a high-quality platform for foreigners in Shenzhen to connect and collaborate with the locals.
2. Beeplus
Nausheen Ishtiaq-Chen
Zen & Zany CEO
Zen & Zany CEO
Nationality：Pakistan
Number of years in Shenzhen：3 years
Company type：Chinese enterprise
Duration of company establishment：2.5 years
Start-up Grind keeps the community active by upholding the values of helping one another, giving, and friendship. It is easy for newcomers to blend in, and is one of the few start-up communities that regularly organizes English-language events." – Nausheen Ishtiaq-Chen
2. Beeplus
Beeplus is a co-working space operator, and has two locations in Shenzhen - in Shekou and Futian. Since its inception, Beeplus has been organizing a series of
community events aimed at helping entrepreneurs, and hosting visits and exchanges with foreign communities, enterprises and start-up groups. Distinct from most
communities that focus on tech and start-ups, Beeplus is unique for hosting various fun cultural activities such as tango dancing, and music or cooking events, making
life for entrepreneurs in Shenzhen more fun and interesting.
3. ABNET (Asia Business Net）
Ricky Cortes / Kwesi Hammond
Gifted 联合创始人Nationality：Columbia / Canada
Number of years in Shenzhen：7.5/ 5 years
Company type：WOFE
Duration of company establishment：2.5 years
"Through joining ABNET, I got the first batch of users for my product, and it helped me refine the Gifted product further and get the company to where it is today. ABNET currently has 400 members on WeChat, who come together for lunch once a week. This is a community that is small but close-knit. They usually run their activities in the Sea World and Shuiwan areas of Shekou."- Ricky Cortes & Kwesi Hammond
3. ABNET (Asia Business Net）
ABNET is an established community that helps foreigners start their businesses in Shenzhen. The community is membership-based, which comes with a membership
fee. They organize social activities, charity events, entrepreneur sharing sessions, and talks on a regular basis.
4. Hardware Massive
Hardware Massive is a community started by foreign hardware entrepreneurs in Shenzhen that is more focused on technology and product development. Their
activities, usually conducted in English, sometimes invite international hardware experts for talks or sharing sessions, and are most useful for international hardware entrepreneurs in Shenzhen.
5. Impact Hub
Impact Hub is a cooperative that supports projects based around the needs of communities. Their themes include: social enterprises, environmental protection and innovation. Their members include social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs promoting sustainable projects, and social investors willing to support these projects.
6. RISE Conference
RISE Conference is an international tech conference held in Hong Kong every year.
Although it is not community-based, it shows the kind of convenience available to entrepreneurs in Shenzhen, which is access to technological resources in Hong Kong.
Brent Deverman
CEO of ShenzhenParty
CEO of ShenzhenParty
Nationality：Portugal
Number of years in Shenzhen：4 years
Company type：Chinese enterprise
Duration of company establishment：4 years
"What's so good about Shenzhen is that now you have access to all the start-ups in Shenzhen, and you also have the access to all the start-ups in Hongkong. If you are doing anything with blockchain, Hongkong is one of the leading places for blockchain. So you can pop across and attend those conferences, it's great that you can kind of play both sides. " ——Brent Deverman
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