This is Part 3 on my visit to the Meituan-Dianping headquarters in Beijing. Part 1 was my main take-aways. Part 2 was what I think people are getting wrong about Meituan. “Local services” has been a hot topic this year. And we have seen big local services moves by many of China’s digital giants. Tencent-backed […]
Category Archives: Didi
Didi Is Rapidly Building Out Driver Services. This Is Really Important. (Pt 2 of 3)
In Part 1 of this series, I sat down with a Didi driver and tried to get a better understanding of what life is like driving with Didi (article located here). In this second Part , I dig into the increasing innovation happening on the driver and car-owner side of Didi’s business, which is pretty […]
滴滴出行司机的一天 (第1部分,共3部分)
汪子明,已婚,上海本地人,同时也是一个小老板和滴滴出行司机。我最近和他坐下来聊了一会儿。我希望了解他作为一名滴滴司机的工作。他的生活是怎样的?他的生活有了怎样的变化?接下来有什么打算?
A Day in the Life of a Didi Chuxing Driver (Pt 1 of 3)
I recently sat down with Wang Ziming, a Shanghai native, family man, entrepreneur and top driver for Didi Chuxing. My goal was to understand his work as a Didi driver. What was life like? How has it been changing? What’s next? In this three-part series, I am going to try and detail how the other […]
Can Meituan, Ctrip, or Alibaba Win Against Didi in China Ride Sharing? (Video)
Some thoughts on the increasing competition in China ride-sharing. Plus stuff around the Philippines. Video is below and here. Youtube only. —–
There Is No New Chinese Sharing Economy (Video)
My latest video on China’s sharing economy. Shot in Thailand. Link here. Music is: Sunburst by Tobu & Itro https://soundcloud.com/7obu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/… ———-
我总结的中国数字化转型和颠覆的3条规则
在过去三个月中,我在传统企业(保险公司、医院、化工企业和快递公司)做了多场演讲,主题涉及数字化在中国的进程。在这些演讲中,我将我的主题归纳为中国数字化转型和颠覆的三条规则,具体如下。
关于美团、携程和阿里巴巴在中国网约车市场挑战滴滴的四点预测(第2部分/共2部分)
在第一部分里,我阐述了中国几家数字巨头企业(美团、携程和阿里巴巴)为何在近期先后进军网约车市场的原因。在接下来这一部分里,我将为以下问题寻找最佳答案:
美团、携程或阿里巴巴能否在中国网约车市场战胜滴滴(第1部分/共2部分)
过去几个月以来,中国的几家数字巨头企业先后闯入了网约车市场。这让人颇感意外,因为随着优步的退出,中国网约车市场必定将呈现出滴滴出行一家独大的局面。并且,我认为滴滴也抱有同样想法,因为它们目前正集中精力开拓国际市场。通常来说,只有在赢得中国市场后企业才会这么做。
4 Predictions for Meituan, Ctrip, and Alibaba vs. Didi in China Ride Sharing (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1, I gave my explanation for why several of China’s digital giants (Meituan, Ctrip, Alibaba) have jumped into ride-sharing recently. In this part, I give my best answer to: Question 2: Can they win? Can they break into Didi’s ride-sharing business? My answer (thus far): They can definitely enter successfully. But winning long-term […]