6. Alexa Ranking
USA China Japan Korea
#1 Google Baidu Yahoo JP / SB Naver
#2 Yahoo Tencent FC2 Yahoo
#3 Facebook Sina Google JP Daum
#4 YouTube Google China YouTube YouTube
#5 MySpace Taobao Rakuten Google
#6 MSN Netease Livedoor Cyworld
#7 Live Google Ameblo Nate
#8 Wikipedia Sohu Mixi Google KR
#9 Craigslist Youku Wikipedia Live
#10 eBay Yahoo Goo Facebook
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9. “This past year hasn’t been
enlivened by one of those striking
discoveries which at once
revolutionize a branch of science”
10. Japanese like texting on mobile
2000
Because they have small fingers
Asians like avatars
2003 Because they watch animations
Chinese like ring-back tones
2006
Because they go to karaoke a lot
11. “Japan’s cellphones are like the
endemic species that Darwin
encountered on the Galápagos
Islands — fantastically evolved
and divergent from their
mainland cousins”
Takeshi Natsuno
Inventor of i-mode
12. 5C of Innovation
1. Copy
2. Competition
3. Constraints
4. Combination
5. China
15. 3. Competition
What happens with
4 Facebook
20 YouTube
10 MySpace
5 Match.com
3 Yahoo
4 Twitter
?
16. 4. Constraints
Low GDP/capita
Limited advertising
No credit cards
No legacy industry
17. 5. China
Scale / Geography / Demography
make some services viable
18. 1. Some Asian species
are fit for global markets
2. Learn from them to evolve
successfully
19. Lean Startup = Life-Force Economy
“Release early, release often”
=
Introducing the next mutation
20. Dank u wel!
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