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Kai Lukoff 卢卢 California Hannover Shanghai 3 homes

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Kai Lukoff is a dual US-German citizen living in Shanghai, China. At work, Kai explores the Chinese internet: e-commerce, social networks, and social games (especially 开心农场). In his free time, Kai enjoys blogging, scuba diving, and avocados. He originally hails from the town of Petaluma, CA.

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Kai Lukoff卢凯

California Hannover Shanghai

3 homes

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funproductivity network

Spotify

Pandora

GmailEvernote

LinkedIn

Wordpress

AdiumPicasa

MacBook Pro

SlideShare

US/Global services

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funproductivity network

Spotify

Pandora

GmailEvernote

LinkedIn

Wordpress

Taobao

Sina Weibo

Kaixin001

Adium

QQ

Picasa

MSN

HiShanghai

MacBook Pro

SlideShare

US & China

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funproductivity network

Spotify

Pandora

GmailEvernote

LinkedIn

Wordpress

Taobao

MacBook Pro

I could not live without…

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1. BloggerInsight - Analyst 2. China Social Games – Editor 3. Cooltuan - Marketing Strategist4. Shanghai [Startup Digest] - Co-curator

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Analysis

Access

Social Sourced Intelligence

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51.com 160m

China’s Social Network Universe By Number, Activeness, & Location of Users

Rural

Urban

Inactive

Active

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Social Network Trends

• Open platforms• “Connect” features• Location-based services• Personalized newsfeeds• Simplification• Targeted Advertising

• Closed platforms• Post forwarding• Customized skins• Footprints

• Funware• Social Games“appointment” farm games

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• Chinese social game developers very fragmented

• Game themes and mechanics translate between China, Facebook and other markets (universal love for farming games)

• Chinese social gamers are more competitive than their FB counterparts: status and stealing play a large role

• Games generally lagging behind Facebook, being copied here

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My Happy Farm

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Marketing Strategist at Cooltuan

A Groupon clone in Shanghai

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p.s. 中文版也有 !

www.thestartupdigest.com

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Why did I come to China?

Forum for American-Chinese Exchange at Stanfordhttp://faces.stanford.edu

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#1 Lifelong Friendships

Also in social games

Also in social games

Friend, also in Shanghai

Friend, also in Shanghai

Good friend, launched a startup

together!

Good friend, launched a startup

together!

Regular contact on Kaixin001

Regular contact on Kaixin001

In regular contact

In regular contact

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#2 Cross-Cultural Experiences

First Peking Duck

First Peking Duck

First KaraokeFirst Karaoke

First BaijiuFirst Baijiu

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#3 FACES Changed My Life

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