About Kai Lukoff

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Kai Lukoff is a dual US-German citizen living in Shanghai, China. At work, Kai explores the Chinese internet: e-commerce, social networks, and social games (especially 开心农场). In his free time, Kai enjoys blogging, scuba diving, and avocados. He originally hails from the town of Petaluma, CA.

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Kai Lukoff卢凯

California Hannover Shanghai

3 homes

funproductivity network

Spotify

Pandora

GmailEvernote

LinkedIn

Wordpress

AdiumPicasa

MacBook Pro

SlideShare

US/Global services

funproductivity network

Spotify

Pandora

GmailEvernote

LinkedIn

Wordpress

Taobao

Sina Weibo

Kaixin001

Adium

QQ

Picasa

MSN

HiShanghai

MacBook Pro

SlideShare

US & China

funproductivity network

Spotify

Pandora

GmailEvernote

LinkedIn

Wordpress

Taobao

MacBook Pro

I could not live without…

1. BloggerInsight - Analyst 2. China Social Games – Editor 3. Cooltuan - Marketing Strategist4. Shanghai [Startup Digest] - Co-curator

Analysis

Access

Social Sourced Intelligence

51.com 160m

China’s Social Network Universe By Number, Activeness, & Location of Users

Rural

Urban

Inactive

Active

Social Network Trends

• Open platforms• “Connect” features• Location-based services• Personalized newsfeeds• Simplification• Targeted Advertising

• Closed platforms• Post forwarding• Customized skins• Footprints

• Funware• Social Games“appointment” farm games

• Chinese social game developers very fragmented

• Game themes and mechanics translate between China, Facebook and other markets (universal love for farming games)

• Chinese social gamers are more competitive than their FB counterparts: status and stealing play a large role

• Games generally lagging behind Facebook, being copied here

My Happy Farm

Marketing Strategist at Cooltuan

A Groupon clone in Shanghai

p.s. 中文版也有 !

www.thestartupdigest.com

Why did I come to China?

Forum for American-Chinese Exchange at Stanfordhttp://faces.stanford.edu

#1 Lifelong Friendships

Also in social games

Also in social games

Friend, also in Shanghai

Friend, also in Shanghai

Good friend, launched a startup

together!

Good friend, launched a startup

together!

Regular contact on Kaixin001

Regular contact on Kaixin001

In regular contact

In regular contact

#2 Cross-Cultural Experiences

First Peking Duck

First Peking Duck

First KaraokeFirst Karaoke

First BaijiuFirst Baijiu

#3 FACES Changed My Life

Credits

• Flags: kampongboy92• Icons: Umar123 • Icons: Benjigarner (Vincent Garnier)• http://www.iconspedia.com/• http://www.iconarchive.com/