Tian ZHOU (Blink)

May 28, 2016, 6:30 – 9:30 AM

Tian ZHOU, Co-founder of the "boutique hardware" startup Blink, graduated with double-major (Finance and Statistics) from Peking University. Before starting Blink, she had never stepped out of the finance circle - She was previously with The Boston Consulting Group, Deutsche Bank, Temasek and Goldman Sachs. And she had lived in Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore and HK before moving to Shenzhen.

In-person event

About this event

Blink was founded in 2013. The co-founders, featuring finance and physics background respectively, came to know each other during their days with a prestigious investment bank and hedge fund in HK. They position Blink as the new "made in China" - things that "enlighten" our life and offer distinctive and distinguishable user experience. Blink's best selling products are Blink Sunshine series, 97% replicating the spectrum of the sunshine without any flickering. Their product line has extended from light bulbs only, to a full-range of products such as panel lights, ceiling lights etc. Currently, their products are well received on the major e-commerce channels. 

Topics include:

1. How to choose the direction for your startup as a newcomer?

2. What does running a startup mean to you and how does it fit into a certain stage of your life, and how to achieve startup/life balance?

3. What are your profound lessons and self-improvement so far?


Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Tian ZHOU

    Blink

When

When

Saturday, May 28, 2016
6:30 AM – 9:30 AM UTC

Agenda

6:30 AMSign-in & Networking
7:30 AMFireside Chat
8:30 AMNetworking

Organizers

  • Geng (Grace) Zhang

    Shenzhen Energy

    Brand Manager

  • Yan Wang

    TruePhil

    Chapter Co-director

  • Miro Li

    Double V Consulting

    Co-Founder

  • Leo Liu

    BTR

    Capital Manager

Partners

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Rouge Ventures

Sexy Salad logo

Sexy Salad

Pitch Perfect logo

Pitch Perfect

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