Post on 28-Jan-2015
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T H R E E S C R E W - U P S F R O M A S E R I A L E N T R E P R E N E U R
S T E P H E N W A N G
A B O U T M E
• Born in USA, grew up in Maryland and Los Angeles
• Started programming at 12
• Comp Sci at U.C. Berkeley, ’97
• Design Reactor
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Moved to China in 2005
• Alive Not Dead
• Senior PM at WeChat
C O - F O U N D E R S
• Lost my co-founders from first and last companies
• Self-Assessment for Co-Founders
• A Word about Respect
U N S E E N F O R C E S
• Rotten Tomatoes: Dotcom crash and 9/11
• Alive Not Dead: Blocked on the Great Firewall
• Test for Resilience
T I M I N G
• Rotten Tomatoes: Sold too early
• Alive Not Dead: Too late
• When is the right time?
Find me @swang75