Jari-Pekka Raitamaa is the founder and CEO of Business Globalizer Limited in Hong Kong. He has been living in China since 2011, initially moving to Guangzhou in 2012 where he lived for two years. He now spends at least a third of each year in China to focus on opportunities for startups in the large and fast-growing Chinese market. China has the world's largest population, most of whom speak Mandarin Chinese, and connecting with Chinese students abroad can help startups enter the Chinese market by using social media platforms like Weibo and WeChat.

1. Path to China for
startup

2. Striving to be the go-
to-guy for Chinese
markets
Jari-Pekka Raitamaa
Founder/CEO of Business Globalizer Limited (Hong Kong).
You can find me at @jraitamaa in Twitter/FB
or email jari-pekka@raitamaa.com

3. First visit to China in December 2011.
Moved to Guangzhou, China in May 2012 and lived continuously there for
two years.
Now spending at least ⅓ of the year in China.

4. 1.
Why China?

5. Most populous country in the world (1,3 billion people)
Over 70% speak Mandarin Chinese (960 million)
1,2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language
Still among most fastest growing economies in world (estimate 6,8% in 2015)

7. “China’s Silicon Valley Sparking 49
Technology Startups a Day
(headline in Bloomberg News March 11, 2015)

8. 2.
How?

10. Barcelona 20th & 22nd October

11. Global From Asia Podcast
www.globalfromasia.com
Michael Michelini
www.michaelmichelini.com
In China since 2007

12. Advices
Connect with Chinese students abroad. They are often entrepreneurial and interested to
work with foreign entrepreneurs.
Try Weibo (Chinese Twitter) and WeChat (Chinese WhatsApp)
Tech in Asia - good source for tech startup news: www.techinasia.com
Be Prepared To Get Ridiculed
-Ben Horowitz

13. thanks!
Any questions?
You can find me at
@jraitamaa
jari-pekka@raitamaa.com