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July 25th, 2011

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When serial entrepreneur George Ji Wenhong and private equity investor Huang Jin launched luxury goods and fashion clothing online retailer Xiu.com during the global recession in 2008, they relied on word-of-mouth to generate interest. “Huang was data-driven and convinced that advertising couldn’t positively impact sales, particularly in the short-run. He thought our competitors were stupid for spending so much on ads,” recalls Ji, who first met Huang when the two were roommates in college in Beijing in 1988


February 25th, 2011

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Cavorting on the beaches of Bali, touring Venetian glass factories, and wandering through New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art might seem the stuff of dream vacations. For serial entrepreneur Mike Bisceglia, it’s all in a day’s work.


November 30th, 2010

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A prospective customer enters a high-end jewelry store and sinks into a leather couch. A sales rep hands her a glass of Champagne and an iPad packed with images of jewels for her to choose from to make a custom piece. She flips through them and, with the help of a wireless connection, flicks her creation onto an iVIP, a small table fitted with a touch screen. There, she rotates or enlarges the image. As soon as she sends it to the iVIP, it also automatically emerges on a V-Cube, a triangular display device mounted at eye level next to the table. From the luxury of the couch, she watches the V-Cube rotate 3D images of her creation. Using the iPad or iVIP, she tries it on, using an avatar instead of waiting for the real piece to be crafted.