For those willing to put in the time, rural China is a giant, untapped market opportunity.
Pinduoduo made it big with rural users before wealthy Chinese urbanites had even heard of the app. Other companies and investors could follow in its footsteps. Credit: Pinduoduo
A little less than a year ago, when the reality of the pandemic had yet to hit California, I caught up with my friend, Ron Cao, on one of his regular trips to Silicon Valley. Ron is a seasoned venture capitalist who has spent two decades in China, invested in many of the biggest hits of the last decade — Meituan, ByteDance, etc. — and eventually opened up his own fund called Sky9 Capital. Our favorite topics whenever we get together are, of course, cross-border learnings and future opportuni
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