The Asia Startup Pulse Podcast, previously known as China Startup Pulse Podcast, is an original weekly podcast for anyone interested in understanding the innovation, business, and tech landscape in Asia. We bring the best of the Asian startup ecosystem, showcasing entrepreneurial stories, insights … read more
Our guest today is Stephen Wang, who co-founded Rotten Tomatoes, a leading entertainment website focused on movie reviews and news, and most recently led the user growth and engagement at WeChat in the past 6 years until 2019. At WeChat, he managed a team of product managers and engineers to help scale WeChat from 300M to 1B users in China and around the world.
Show Notes:
2:15 Welcome Stephen Wang
2:50 How different WeChat is as a product from the western perspective
5:37 What makes WeChat instrumental for people’s life
12:42 Innovation inspired by Tencent team culture
16:10 Product design in China (Examples: Douban, Weibo and Xiaomi)
21:50 What makes China a special ecosystem for digital product development
25:30 WeChat’s killer features: WeChat payment, Red Packets, Mini program
32:35 Balance privacy protection and user growth
39:20 Skills needed for talents in Tencent
43:35 Are Chinese companies hiring more international talents
49:10 The major shift of product management philosophy in China
Many thanks to our guest Stephen Wang; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.com
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