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Language and venture capital (Cont’d.) Liu Bang, 114
LatticePower Corporation, xv, Liu Yingkui “King” (Oriental Wisdom),
143–151 113–122
Lawrence, Fred, 53 capitalization, 116
LEDs, 151 competition, 116–117
LEDs and LatticePower, xv, 143–151 early life and experience, 119–120,
Lee, Jenny, 80, 116 122
Lee, Kai-Fu, 7, 14–17 innovation, 113–116
Lee, Ricky, 127–128 as innovator, xv
Lee, Tsung Dao, 147 managerial challenges, 117–118,
Legend Capital, 48, 77, 96 121
Lehman Brothers (London), 107 Living.com, 40
Lenovo, xiii, xix, 67, 96 Lo, Vincent, 88
Lessig, Lawrence, 75 Local partnering, 4, 35, 92–97
Leung, Vincent, 109 Lu, Liang, 77
Li, Eric, 97 Lu, Ruby, 38
Li, Melissa, 10 Lund, Morten, 89, 133–134, 136–137
Li, Robin (Baidu), 3–18 LundKenner, 89, 136
capitalization, 4–5, 10–14 Luo Chuan, 60
as copycat, 3–4
early life and experience, 8–9 M
vs. Google, 5–18 M-commerce, 115
IPO, 5 Ma, Jack (Alibaba), 18–31
local and language advantages, 4 as business superstar, 19–20, 30–31
and Eric Xu, 9–12, 16 competition, 18, 21–22, 24–30
Li, Yanhong, 8 early life and experience, 21, 23–24
Li Zhongliang, 110 as innovator, xvi, 19–28
Lin, Hurst, 96 IPO, 18, 20
Lin, Richard, xii Yahoo! China acquisition, 18, 26–28
Lincoln, Abraham, 114 and Zeng Ming, 27–28
Lincoln Mercury, 57, 69 Ma Bell, 129
Ling, Wu, 145 MacKinnon, Rebecca, 72, 80, 159n3
Lingtu, 101–111 Managerial challenges
capitalization, 105, 107–109 Bokee and Fang Xingdong, 76–79
competition, 108 Chinacars Inc. and John Zhang, 48–49
for consumers, 105–106 Lingtu, 108–110
founding, 102, 104–105 Oak Pacific Interactive and Joe Chen,
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and 68–69
devices, 103–107 Oriental Wisdom and Liu Yingkui,
IPO goal, 102, 111 117–118, 121
managerial challenges, 108–110 start-ups, x
mapmaking skills background, Mao Tse-Tung, xvi, 21, 89
103–105 MapInHand, 106
mission, 102–103 Mapping and Lingtu, 101–111
Linktone Ltd., 63 Mapquest, 105
Linux, 136 Marbridge Consulting Group, 5
Liu, James, 67–69 Marco Polo, 90
Liu, King, 113–122 Marriott Hotel (Shanghai), 28
Liu, Peter, 134 Massachusetts Mutual Financial Group, 88
Liu, Sophia, 150 MasterCard, 123
Liu, Tony, 146, 150 Matkin, 25
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