L’art de vivre à la française, socle de la relation franco-chinoise Beaucoup d’encre a coulé suite à la visite présidentielle de ce début avril en Chine. Le président Français a été accueilli en grande pompe, à l’instar de nombreux chefs d’Etats qui se ruent actuellement pour rencontrer le fraichement réélu…

I am so excited to finally see Ice-Watch enter the smartwatch market. A few years ago, I tried hard to convince CEO Jean-Pierre Lutgen to launch an ICE smartwatch, I love the brand but he was right, the hardware was way too expensive at that time and you can’t persuade…

Here is one of my best business stories of a 老板 lǎobǎn (means “Boss” in Chinese) I have encountered in my life in China. This is the story of my friend 吴勇谋 Wu Yongmou (a.k.a Jack Wu). In 1997, Jack was only 19 years old when he set up a…

Rough seas make stronger sailors. — A few days ago I was invited by Black Ark, a subsidiary of Chinese tech consortium CEC to give a talk at an innovation summit in the heart of HuaQiangBei in Shenzhen, as part of a hi-tech fair. It’s always a pleasure to share ideas and thoughts with a crowd…

Please send some love and recovery wishes to my 5 years-old daughter who broke her arm during Zero-Covid era in China this week. Here is her story, fasten your seatbelt! First of all, let me set the context, I’m a French citizen living in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) in…

Ils semblent lointains les jours heureux, ceux des Trente Glorieuses où Jean-Luc Lagardère était notre #ElonMusk français, avec la pandémie, la France a pris conscience de sa dramatique désindustrialisation, et de sa dépendance à la Chine. Comment réindustrialiser ? …

Oclean twice a day keeps the dentist away. Two years ago, Oclean introduced the World’s First Smart Electric Toothbrush with a color touch screen — the Oclean X. Since then, we have launched multiple products and innovations to the oral care industry. …

Many brands focus on constantly adding new features rather improving the User Experience. That “Innovate or Die” mindset can be toxic if not applied properly. Most of the tech designers are driven by a thirst of innovation and the easiest way to bring that to life is to constantly add new technologies however “to be an innovator, you don’t need a crystal…

It’s hard to explain how fast things are moving in China these days and especially in Shenzhen for the last 2 years but when I landed here 13 years ago, one of my battery suppliers for Philips phones was BYD, it was already a big name in the lithium-ion battery…