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Well, that’s just great…it’s spelled “proofread”
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamySo I spend a week proofreading my post on proofreading only to be immediately informed by an observant reader (a former professor of mine from USC no less) that “proofread” is one word. Not “proof read”, as I wrote yesterday. I take full responsibility, as I am the only one who proofreads my blog posts. […]
McDonald’s, also known as the “Get-Out-Of-China-Free-Card”
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyA friend and classmate of mine had a terrible time with the food in Beijing 11-12 years ago. Food poisoning was a weekly event. He began hitting McDonald’s almost daily to give his stomach a foundation to get by on. Having had my share of food poisoning in China since then, I agree. When you’ve […]
Pain
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyHelped some friends move this weekend. I. Hurt. All. Over. And by this weekend, I mean most all of it, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning. Friday and Saturday were hot and humid, but Sunday was the gauntlet. Day started early, hot and humid and ended in a cold rain at 1:00 AM Monday morning. […]
Why you always proof read
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamySo I received an email the other day from the personal assistant to a businessman I know. As is my practice, I went to load her information in my address book. I noticed she had misspelled her own email address in her own email signature. I sent her a private email to let her know […]
Blogging is hard work
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyIn less than a year I have gone from daily blogging to forcing myself to find something to write about once a week if that. Since my return from China two weeks ago, I have been working like crazy trying to bag all the new business raining down on PassageMaker and China Quality Focus. The […]
Great interview with Mike Bellamy about PassageMaker’s “Black Box”
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyI can’t say it better, so here is the interview with our Founder explaining how PassageMaker helps clients protect their IP. Mike Bellamy interviewed by Fiducia Management Consultants.
Random dreck
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyFor crying out loud, it has been an insane week. I landed in Chicago from Hong Kong last Sunday 1.5 hours ahead of schedule due to a swift tailwind and was able to arrange a better connection to Roanoke. Result was home 6 hours ahead of schedule and the opportunity to take my wife and […]
Great trip is almost complete
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyI apologize for my recent absence from blogging. I am wrapping up a month long trip to Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and it has been insanely busy and VERY successful. New clients signed (including one WHALE), several huge trade shows, a new Assembly Center, customer visits, many new foods eaten, legendary hangovers and a whopping […]
Kelly’s 1st & 2nd Laws of China Sourcing
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyYears ago, when Murphy’s Law calendars were all the rage (and yes, I am that old), my Father submitted and had published two such laws, Kelly’s 1st & 2nd Laws of Aerial Navigation (remember this is from the 1970’s, so paper maps were the standard – no GPS). Your destination will always be on the […]
Eduscam, part deux
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyPassageMaker is privileged to host an intern from our alma mater, the University of South Carolina. This intern just completed his first assignment, an excellent market study for one of our clients. He looks like a keeper. This got me thinking about what a bargain USC was. I got an MBA ten years ago for […]