Unicorns & Unicorpses: China’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

CEIBS Associate Professor of International Business &
Strategy Shameen Prashantham explains how the coming together of money,
technology and people has created one of the world’s most dynamic
entrepreneurship ecosystems in China. He offers some practical examples of
successful companies that have thrived here, both homegrown startups (like the
bikesharing company Mobike) and those founded by international entrepreneurs
(Falafel Games and Zotter Chocolate). He also discusses some of the challenges
entrepreneurs face, and some universal lessons for entrepreneurs no matter
where they may be headquartered.

Prof. Prashantham’s talk was recorded at an Executive Forum at
CEIBS Shanghai Campus September 7, 2017 titled “Entrepreneurship
in China: CEIBS’ Role” which also featured a discussion with CEIBS alumni
entrepreneurs and Financial Times
Business Education Correspondent Jonathan Moules.

Read Prof. Prashantham’s Financial
Times column on start-up opportunities in China here.
He also discusses China’s dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem in this Tech in
Asia article.

To learn more about Mobike and China’s many bike-sharing
start-ups and their overseas expansion see here
and here.