The Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) will be held in Beijing on April 27th-28th, and is focused on the theme of ‘New Challenges’, ‘New Opportunities’ and ‘New Leaders’ in the mobile Internet industry.
The ticket is priced at US$1,500: In my opinion, it is a worthwhile price to pay given the list of influential speakers on board (see below). How often do you get a chance to sit back and hear them speak? Plus, the network, knowledge and insights are certainly worth more than $1,500. Some of the discussions topics include:
- Nokia and Windows 7: The Inside Story
- Is Facebook Coming to China?
- Silicon Valley Bubble? Yuri Milner’s take…
- Google & China: What’s really going on?
- Tablets: Can Motorola beat the iPad?
- Sina Weibo: How it’s beating Twitter and Affecting Chinese Culture
I understand, though. As a startup, it is tough to spend $1,500. GMIC understands that too and has launched the ‘Hungry Startup Tickets’ to cater for startup founders. Each startup ticket is just US$600USD (a 60% discount). GMIC aptly puts the idea across:
“Being a startup can be tough. Pulling sleepless nights to get your product out, using every scrappy method to spread the word about your company, and surviving off of a diet that consists solely of ramen noodles. Essentially, the makings of a company bootstrapping its way to success.”
It is an opportunity for start-ups to bootstrap on GMIC tickets. This ticket will increase your network value and knowledge in the mobile Internet industry. Some of the speakers include:
- Pony Ma, CEO – Tencent (3rd largest Internet company in the world in terms of market cap, US$3 billion in 2010 with 40% net profit)
- Takeshi Natsuno, Inventor of i-mode (Japan’s popular mobile Internet standard)
- Joe Chen, CEO of Renren.com (China’s “Facebook” – soon to have its IPO)
- Charles Chao, CEO of Sina (China’s #1 portal + “Twitter” with over 100 million users)
- Yoshikazu Tanaka, CEO – Gree (the youngest billionaire in Asia, thanks to his mobile SNS business)
- Yuri Milner, CEO – DST (Russia’s Technology Business Investment Genius)
- Lars Biolesen, CEO – Opera (maker of one of the web’s most versatile browsers)
- John Liu, Global VP – Google
- Bill Huang, GM – China Mobile Research Institute
- Peter Vesterbacka, Co-Founder – Rovio (maker of Angry Birds)
- James Gwertzman, VP of Pop Cap APAC
The key figures are more than just the speakers. I’m hearing a lot of Internet veterans, including Batara Eto (Co-founder at Mixi and East Ventures) and Richard Robinson (President at Youlu Co. and Angel Investor at Tianji.com), who will also be attending the event. It will be a great networking and learning session. To qualify for the Hungry Startup Tickets:
- Your startup must have less than 10 employees
- Have not received over $500,000 USD in investment, to date
It’s that simple. Click here to apply.
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