Here's my background for reference Rich Robinson More than three decades in Asia as an advisor, entrepreneur, exec, professor and investor. As Founding Chair of The Intercognitive Foundation I lead this industry group with the vision to Make the Physical World Accessible to AI. www.intercognitive.com As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Animoca Brands, I empower users to own their digital identity and assets. Previously with 8 startups as a co-founder or senior exec, and with dozens of others as an investor, board member, advisor or mentor (HAX, Chinaccelerator & 500). First a senior exec at 3 companies from private to public, then went on to found 5 companies: 3 exited to publicly listed companies and 2 blew up. Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at Peking University's Guanghua Int'l MBA Program for over a decade and for 6 years I've been mentoring amazing Schwarzman Scholars at Tsinghua University's Schwarzman College 苏世民学者. Have taught 'pracademics' to senior execs at Tsinghua University's BI-Tsinghua program and the Spirit of Entrepreneurship at Alibaba University. Also frequently guest lectured globally at Harvard University, University of Southern California, Technical University of Munich and RSM at Erasmus University, etc. and sit on the advisory board of the U.S.- China Institute.for my alma mater the University of Southern of California. Active in the geek-o-system in Asia/globally and am a sought-after keynote speaker and event MC in the tech, startup and innovation space. My entrepreneurial journey in China was profiled in the New York Times: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/20/a-globetrotting-serial-entrepreneur-finds-roots-in-chinas-start-up-scene/ Grew up in Greater Boston and my Boston accent and I went 'wicked fah away' to study at USC in L.A. and Cambridge University in the UK. After college, I was a wild-eyed backpacker working my way around the world as a bartender in the Virgin Islands; a concierge/ski bum in the Swiss Alps; an English teacher in post-revolution Prague; a house-painter in Norway; a grape picker in France; and a BMW factory worker in Munich. In '93 I traveled overland from Switzerland to Hong Kong via Beijing on the Trans-Siberian and fell in love with the potential and promise of China. Got an MBA at the Rotterdam School of Management in The Netherlands from '94-'96 where I fell in love with the interwebs. After grad school I did a solo bicycle trip from Africa's equator to its southern tip - 4,000km from Nairobi to Cape Town: http://vimeo.com/22348199 Labors of love to exercise/exorcise my creative muse: - Write children's books through Creatribute where all money goes to charity; - Produce/MC stand-up comedy shows across Asia with top comedians like Jim Gaffigan, Louis CK & Russell Peters. - Podcasting - since, by law, during Covid lockdown, had to choose between learning the ukulele, making sourdough bread or starting a podcast, so I jumped in. After a nearly a quarter century in China now happily based for 6 years in the warm embrace of Bali, Indonesia - the Island of the Gods. Loverly entrepreneur wife http://linktr.ee/EmRoblin and 3 terrific children all 'Made in China'. Perpetual Mandarin & Bahasa student. http://linktr.ee/RichRobinson
