Ep. 57: What It Takes To Be A Serial Entrepreneur In Beijing with James Lalonde from Yoli

EPISODE CONTENT:

About James Lalonde

• Co-founded and ran or helped run 3 successful startups all operating today employing over 500 people and growing.

• Established 212 distribution partnerships and closed 98 OEM contracts with a minimum value of $1 million each.

• Opened more than 90 offices in foreign countries.

• Hired and managed over 2,950 employees. Made 5 acquisitions of software and mobile gaming companies.

• Founded and operated 3 companies, including VC-funded Yodo1 and self-funded yoli.

• James, reading this sounds like there are 3 of you at the same time. How do you maintain managing this? What are you primarily focused on these days?

• Yoli is your newest startup, leveraging the Wechat technology. Can you tell us a it about it and how did you come up with the idea for it?

• Yodo1 is an app publishing company.   What about it? There is a huge change in regulation especially for game apps in China. How do you cope with it ? Has this generated any new opportunities?

• I saw on your profile that you read 200 books a year. Many people would want to achieve that especially with the amount of distractions we’ve got these days. Do you have a set time for it allocated? Or just whenever you are free?

• How do you find Beijing these days? You hear of many foreigners that are leaving because of pollution and cost of living. Do you still see it as attractive place?

• Where do you see there are still opportunities for foreigners opening companies in China?

• Tell us of two online tools you are using every day and love using.

• Best 2 books you’ve read recently.

• What’s the best way to find you online and reach out?

Episode Mentions:

• James Lalonde's Linkedin Account

• Sapiens - Book

• Winston Churchill

• Yoli

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