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Lingtu, 101–111 U
Maxthon and Jeff Chan, 133–142 UAA (United Automobile Association), 48
Oak Pacific Interactive and Joe Chen, University of California (Berkley), 95
57–70 University of Delaware (Newark), 64
Oriental Wisdom and Liu Yingkui, University of Hong Kong, 72
113–122 University of Maryland, 49
PingCo and Charles Wang, xv, University of Oregon, 42
123–131 University of Texas (Austin), 66, 74
Silicon Valley, as inspiration and UPS, 42
capital source, ix–x, xvii–xviii, Upside, xvii
11–13, 85–94 UUMe.com, 58, 67–68
(See also Managerial challenges;
Venture capital investment) V
State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Valentine, Don, 85–86, 89, 94
China, 91 Venrock, 90
State University of New York–Buffalo, 8 Venture capital investment, 85–98
Steele, Robert, 151 advantages and opportunities, xviii,
Stock exchanges, xi 89–90
(See also IPOs and IPO goals; specific challenges and risks, 87–88, 90–92,
stock exchanges) 97–98
Stock market, Chinese, xii, 115 currency difficulties, 91–92
Strategies Unlimited, 151 Dangdang.com, 36–38, 43
Subway, 62 as fashionable, xviii
Suntech Power Holdings, xv, 62 innovation and break–out technology,
Sutter Hill Ventures, x, 90, 94, 97 86, 89
Swissotel (Beijing), 57 institutional investment, 88
IPOs, 87–88, 92–94
T LatticePower, 149–150
Tai, Bill, 135, 138 local partnering, 92–97
Tan, Lip-Bu, 92–94 Silicon Valley, ix–x, xvii–xviii, 85–94
Tan, Yongquan, 77–78 start-ups, ix–xi, 4, 86–89, 91–92,
Tang Ningzhe, 104–105, 109–111 96–97
Taobao, 18, 25, 27, 43 (See also Capitalization)
TDF Capital, 90, 116, 118, 121–122 Venture TDF, 121–122
TDF Ventures, 88 Verity Inc., 12
Techcrunch, 67 Verizon, 113
TeleAtlas, 107–108 Video and video sharing
Tencent Holdings, 59, 62 Baidu, 16
Tencent’s QQ, 128 Bokee, 80
Texas A&M University, 10, 77 Maxthon, 141–142
Text messaging, 120, 124–126, 129, 131 Oak Pacific Interactive, 58, 67–68
Tian, Edward, xvi, 60 PingCo, 125
Tiananmen Square uprising, 21 Toudou, xviii–xx
Time, 34, 73 Vimicro International Corp., 52
Tom Online, 5, 26, 48 Virgin Telecom, 54
Tsao, Thomas, 110
Tse, Lawrence, 103–106, 108–111 W
Tsinghua University, x, xv, 15, 74–75, 77, Wal-Mart, 33
127, 130 Walden International, 92–94
Tsung-Dao Lee, 64 Waldenbooks, 36
Tudou.com, ix, xviii, xix Walt Disney Co., 8–9

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