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Connie Chan 陈梅陵

"Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine." - Jack Ma

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      My grandfather named me after a plum blossom tree on a hill. According to Wikipedia, the Chinese see the plum blossoms as both a symbol of winter and a harbinger of spring. The blossoms bloom most vibrantly amidst the winter snow, after most other plants have shed their leaves, and before other flowers appear. They are seen as symbols of perseverance and to quote Disney's Mulan, a "flower that blooms in adversity."

       

      I hope to live a life worthy of that name.

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    • Videos

      What’s Next for Education Startups​

      a16z | February 2019

      30-minute discussion with Frank Chen on Chinese business models for adult education.

      In The Elevator With Connie Chan

      WSJ | December 2018

      WSJ's Joanna Stern "bumps into" Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Connie Chan

      When Advertising Isn't Enough

      a16z Summit | November 2018

      What’s possible when we go beyond advertising-only based models?

      O2O 2.0

      WSJ D.Live | April 2018

      12 Minute speech on the evolution of Online to Offline and what Mobile Only looks like.

      The Future of Self-Driving Cars

      WSJ.com | May 2018

      A short clip produced by WSJ on our predictions for self-driving cars.

      Beyond a Zero-Sum Game: Tech in China

      Jumpstarter HK | November 2017

      Do country labels still matter for tech companies? Delivered to Honorable Carrie Lam, Jack Ma and 2,000 HK entrepreneurs.

      The Rise Of The Super App

      Women In Product | September 2017

      The rise of Super App and what mobile first really means. Delivered to 1,500 women builders.

      China Business Models in the US

      WSJ D.Live | August 2017

      Panel with Matrix Partners' David Su on China and Silicon Valley innovation

      Trends in China 2016

      a16z Summit | November 2016

      A 25 minute introductory video to trends in China. Relevant not just for techies but anyone interested in China.

      Next Wave 35 & Under

      LinkedIn | October 2016

      A short clip produced by LinkedIn on why I'm excited about cross border trends and finding the win-win outcomes.

    • Posts & Podcasts

      Four Key Product Principles from WeChat’s Creator (post)

      Understanding the product mindset that guides WeChat's Creator, Allen Zhang.

      KoBold Metals (post)

      Funding announcement for our Series A investment in KoBold Metals.

      Outgrowing Advertising: Multimodal Business Models as a Product Strategy (post)

      Using Business Models as a lens for product strategy. This post studies how podcasts, books, videos and music are monetized in China vs. the US

      When AI is the Product: The Rise of AI-Based Consumer Apps (post)

      What happens when AI research comes to life in a mass-market consumer app? This post studies TikTok, and other new consumer platforms where AI IS the product.

      16 Ways QR Codes are Being Used in China (post)

      When QR codes disintermediate existing use cases… and enable new ones.

      QR. AR. VR. (podcast)

      (with Kyle Russell) Hallway chat covering our reactions to f8 2017. We touch on messaging and QR codes; brain computer interfaces; augmented reality and social VR; and, bots (again).

      Culture and/of Design (podcast)

      (with Luke Wroblewski and Sonal Chokshi) What does it mean to design for a mobile world where “an app isn’t really an app” — and the very definition of apps are themselves evolving, including cross-culturally?

      16 Observations on Livestreaming in China (post)

      Livestreaming in China is more like a video version of selfies. And the interaction — between personal broadcasters/hosts and their audiences — is the fulcrum for engagement and monetization.

      Stickers! Filters! Memes! Livestreams! (podcast)

      (with Christina Xu and Sonal Chokshi) From glittery reaction gifs to rage faces, stickers and emotive “biaoqing” have taken over messaging culture in China and beyond. A wild tour of cultural messaging memes and messaging tech in China and beyond.

      Money as Message (post)

      Red envelopes were WeChat’s secret weapon in getting users to adopt mobile payments on their messaging platform, unlocking all subsequent transaction activity across their ecosystem.

      The Elements of Stickers (post)

      Stickers aren’t just frivolous little punctuation marks to be inserted in text messages. They can be replacements for entire sentences, and help create a new medium for communicating and storytelling.

      Mindsets for Thinking about Innovation In - and Competition From - China (post)

      Learning from China involves rethinking our mindsets around it … beginning with how to be open to learning from China in the first place, to preparing for future competition from there as Chinese companies aim to realize their global ambitions.

      When One App Rules Them All: The Case of WeChat and Mobile in China (post)

      This post is all about WeChat, but it’s also about more than just WeChat. While seemingly just a messaging app, WeChat is actually more of a portal, a platform, and even a mobile operating system depending on how you look at it.

      Innovation vs. Invention at Google I/O (podcast)

      (with Benedict Evans, Steven Sinofsky, and Kyle Russell) Innovation or invention? Platform or app? Vertical or horizontal? Strategy or tactic? Does the smartphone eat VR? And (not to get all existential about it or anything but), what is an app, really?

      Bots and Beyond (podcast)

      (with Chris Messina and Benedict Evans) So… about those bots. Bots bots bots. Bots!

      On Conversational Commerce and Chatbots... (tweetstorm)

      Conversational commerce is unproven, even in Asia. If texting takes more time than clicking a button on a webview, why is it better?

      'In the Eye of a Tornado': Views on Innovation from China (podcast)

      (with Clay Shirky) No matter how one views Xiaomi — and there are many ways to view it, for better or worse — one thing is clear: It, and other such companies (like WeChat and Alibaba), indicate a broader trend around innovation coming from China.

      The Tiger and the Dragon - Tech and Startups in India and China (podcast)

      (with Anu Hariharan) India and China. The two most populous countries on the planet are also two of the most tantalizing markets for companies of all size, from startups to conglomerates.

      Messaging As the Interface to, Well, Everything (podcast)

      (with David Pierce) What happens when a messaging app essentially becomes an operating system for our lives? What conditions made the mobile, business, and cultural environment in China so ripe for a phenomenon like WeChat?

      China and Tech (podcast)

      (with Chris Dixon and Benedict Evans) China has been a tough market to crack for U.S. internet companies. One of the key reasons is China has its own crop of hugely successful and highly innovative companies.

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      Biography

      Connie Chan is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley based technology venture capital firm with over $7B under management. Since joining Andreessen Horowitz in 2011, Connie has worked on the investment team sourcing deals and working closely with startups across the portfolio. She also spearheaded the firm’s Asia network to bridge the gap between Silicon Valley companies looking to navigate Asia opportunities and companies in Asia seeking to better understand Silicon Valley. Connie’s writing and speaking on the topic of innovation in China has brought renewed attention to the topic with her writing on WeChat winning a Sidney award in 2015.
       
      Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Connie worked at HP leading its webOS efforts in China. She started her career as a private equity investor at Elevation Partners, investing in media and entertainment. She has been named a LinkedIn NextWave Top Professional 35 and Under, Wired's Next 20 Tech Visionary, Fast Company's Most Creative People 2017, and won a Sydney award for her writing on WeChat, and is a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. Connie received her B.A. in Economics and M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

       

      Connie Chan(陈梅陵)是美国硅谷创投公司Andreessen Horowitz的合伙人,其专注于消费类技术领域的早期阶段风投项目,并负责建立和维护该公司的亚太区关系。此前,Connie带领惠普Palm公司的在华业务发展以及市场营销工作,并负责管理webOS操作系统的应用程序搜索目录(App Catalog)、开发人员门户以及Facebook移动应用程序的创建。在Palm之前,Connie担任美国硅谷私募集金Elevation Partners的创始资深投资经理,为该拥有18亿美元管理资产的基金研究并分析高科技、媒体及娱乐领域的投资项目。Connie毕业于斯坦福大学,于四年之内获得经济学学士学位以及管理科学及工程的硕士学位。

    • Press Mentions

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      Meet Silicon Valley's China Whisperer

      3.19.19, CNN

       

      Connie Chan

      7.18.18, a16z (Ben Horowitz)
       

      Are Celebrity Accounts on Private Social Media an Oxymoron?

      4.20.12, AllThingsD
      ^ One of the cross-border deals I'm most proud of: WeChat's very first official account!

      2019

      Meet Silicon Valley's China Whisperer

      3.19.19, CNN

       

      Mark Zuckerberg Wants Facebook to Emulate WeChat

      3.07.19, New York Times

       

      Billionaires Are On The Hunt For New Underground Cobolt

      3.03.19, Bloomberg

       

      Spotify’s Deal Signals a Golden Era of Podcasting

      2.22.19, Los Angeles Times

      2018

      Why Startups Keep Raising Mega-Rounds of $100 Million (or More)

      12.13.18 Fortune

       

      Behind China’s Startup Surge: Meritocracy and ‘Growth Hacks’

      11.14.18, The Wall Street Journal

       

      Top VC Firm Just Removed a Big Obstacle for Women

      7.18.18, Inc.

       

      China Will Soon Challenge Silicon Valley
      7.18.18, Fortune

       

      VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz Promotes Connie Chan to General Partner

      7.18.18, Fortune

       

      Connie Chan Breaks The Mold Becoming First General Partner To Be Promoted From Within

      7.18.18, Techcrunch

       

      Andreessen Horowitz Names Connie Chan A General Partner

      7.18.18, Forbes

       

      Venture Capital Firm Andreessen Horowitz Has Elevated Connie Chan to General Partner

      7.18.18, Recode

       

      Mobile-only Shift Creating Retail Nirvana

      4.20.18, MobileWorldLive

       

      What Shopping Will Look Like

      4.20.18, The Wall Street Journal

      2017

      Why China Is Emerging As A Tech Superpower

      11.21.17, Fortune

       

      Meet Tencent, The Chinese Tech Behemoth

      11.8.17, Washington Post

       

      China's Audacious and Inventive New Generation

      9.23.17, The Economist

       

      China’s Plan for World Domination in AI Isn’t So Crazy After All​

      8.14.17, Bloomberg

       

      Can WeChat Thrive in the United States?​

      8.11.17, MIT Tech Review

       

      Comeback of the Dreaded QR Code

      7.18.17, Wired

       

      Q&A with Connie Chan

      6.13.17, TechinAsia

       

      Where VC Money is Going in China

      6.13.17, The Wall Street Journal

       

      Asia Tech Firms Look To Climb Out of SV's Shadows

      6.9.17, The Wall Street Journal

       

      What does China's Tencent want with Silicon Valley?

      6.4.17, The Wall Street Journal

       

      Next List 2017: 20 Tech Visionaries

      4.26.17, Wired

       

      Most Creative People in Business 2017

      May 2017, Fast Company

       

      These 6 Chinese Tech Giants Are Ramping Up the Pace Of Innovation For The World

      2.13.17, Fast Company

       

      How Social Cash Made WeChat The App For Everything

      1.2.17, Fast Company

      2016

      China's internet is flourishing inside the wall

      11.23.16, Financial Times

       

      LinkedIn Next Wave 2016

      10.11.16, LinkedIn Lists

       

      Alibaba's E-Commerce App Has a Social Network Facebook Would Love

      8.21.16, Bloomberg

       

      WeChat's World

      8.6.16, The Economist

       

      Meet The China ‘Whisperers’ Who Get The Big Deals Done In Silicon Valley

      8.4.16, Washington Post

       

      Kik Launches a ‘Bot Shop’ Because Bot Shops Are The New App Stores​
      4.5.16, Fortune

      2015

      The 2015 Sidney Awards

      12.18.15, The New York Times

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