E-Commerce China Dangdang (Dang) is identified as “The Amazon of China”.  On December 7,2010, the company raised $272 million by offering 17 million ADSs at $16, above the range of $11-$13. Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N) acted as lead managers on the deal. It closed at $33.43 in the last trading day of its quiet period, more than double its offering price. That left the online store with a market cap just over $2.5 billion.

Dangdang CEO Mr. Guoqing Li shall be very happy now, however, it seems he is getting trouble in China microblog. In SINA microblog, he hinted that Morgan Stanley “fooled” DANG during IPO with some violent words and he might Fxxx off something after “silent period”. The interesting thing is that an unverified micro-blogger, seemingly a Morgan Stanley lady in this deal, fight him back with strong swear words in this Sunday afternoon.

Here are some tweets in English:

Mr. Li : You bastard know the price of $16 per ADS is very low before IPO, I m gonna fxx you off after silent period.

Morgan Lady: …be careful, you will died for making false accounting…rubbish, you definitely will be kicked off the board… You really shall pay off your utility fee now… … why cannot you be listed in China? Because you only can cheat some who are far away from you…

Advice to both sides:

Yes, you surely can share your personal things or thoughts through twitter or other SNS, even you can say lots of F words to show how MANful you are, but you cannot mix yourself with your business branding in the virtual world. It’‘s about time for Mr. Li and Morgan Stanley to declare about the accusation of false accounting.

In April 2010, the ECSEL 2010 Program will bring Chinese students to the United States for a weeklong program designed to assist aspiring social entrepreneurs on their path to building businesses that create positive change.
About the Clinton Global Initiative University

Building on the successful model of the Clinton Global Initiative, which brings together world leaders to take action on global challenges, President Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world.

Each year, CGI U hosts a meeting for students, national youth organizations, and university officials to discuss solutions to pressing global issues. The third annual CGI U Meeting will be held at the University of Miami from April 16-18, 2010. At this meeting, nearly 1,500 attendees will come together to make a difference in CGI U’s five focus areas: Education, Environment & Climate Change, Peace, Poverty Alleviation, and Public Health.

CGI U is more than just an event. It is a growing community of young leaders who don’t just discuss the world’s challenges — they take real, concrete steps toward solving them. Throughout the year, and as a prerequisite of attending the CGI U meeting, students, youth directors, and university officials develop their own Commitments to Action: a specific plan of action that addresses a pressing challenge on their campus, in their community, or in a different part of the world.Commitments range from installing energy-efficient light bulbs to establishing campus bike share programs, from distributing life-saving water filtration kits to designing medical backpacks for nomadic doctors in Africa. Since the inaugural meeting, nearly 2,000 commitments have been made.

To learn more about CGI U, visit http://cgiu.clintonglobalinitiative.org/Page.aspx?pid=1871

What is Social Enterpise?

The field of Social Enterpise is about understanding how social and environmental problems can be solved through a business approach. In other words, it is about creating businesses whose product, service or business model has a powerful positive effect on our world.

There are a lot of different ways to solve a problem. Sometimes, it is best to form a charity organization. Other times, it is best to gather the power of the community. In others, the best solution is for the government to intervene.

However, sometimes the most effective solution to a problem is to create a business. Take the example of TOM’s Shoes. This is from the TOM’s Shoes website:

“In 2006 an American traveler, Blake Mycoskie, befriended children in Argentina and found they had no shoes to protect their feet. Wanting to help, he created TOMS Shoes, a company that would match every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need. One for One. Blake returned to Argentina with a group of family, friends and staff later that year with 10,000 pairs of shoes made possible by caring TOMS customers.

Since our beginning, TOMS has given over 150,000* pairs of shoes to children in need through the One for One model. Because of your support, TOMS plans to give over 300,000 pairs of shoes to children in need around the world in 2009.”

TOM’s could have started as a simple charity, getting money from donors and using that money to buy shoes. But, by using a business model instead of a charity, TOM’s was able to give away many more shoes, and the model is self-sustaining.

The best way to understand social enterprise is to learn about examples of specific businesses. Visit the “Examples” link to the left to hear about other exemplary social enterprises.

中文版：
010年4月，ECSEL 2010将支持中国学生前往美国参与一个为期一周的项目，其初衷是协助有理想的社会创业者们实现能创造社会改变的商业创意。这个项目分为两部分：

首先，我们将在加州旧金山附近的太平洋大学全球社会创业中心（GCSE）参加一个2天的定制工作坊。该工作坊让学生有机会接触在美国，中国和世界各地产生过积极的社会环境影响的前沿企业和机构领导者。学生将从他们的经历中学习并讨论社会环境问题怎样可以在中国有效地应对。学生们将前往旧金山访问一些在清洁能源，发展问题等领域有影响力的机构和组织。

之后，我们将前往佛罗里达州迈阿密参加2010克林顿全球倡议大学会议(CGI-U)。由克林顿总统在任期结束后亲自创建的基金会发起了这个会议，汇集1500名来自美国及世界各地的学生探讨世界面临的重大挑战以及每个人可以如何创造改变。学生们将与来自美国及世界各地的优秀学生以及商界、政坛和社会领域的卓越人物进行交流。

Go to this website and find more http://ecsel2010.com/about

There are not so many venture capital firms on the online social network, in fact, many of them do not like to be found by “normal public” so easily. I prefer to believe “they d like to keep mystery to allure more people”. However, the good trend is everyday a few more seem to show up in the web2  social network, i.e. twitter.

Want to know what VCs are doing and what kind of projects they may choose?  Wish to propose your new business plan to these censorious investors? – by digesting their writings, tweets and ramblings, you can understand how these guys think and then you can improve your odds of success during a pitch meeting.

The very original list is based on  Larry Rubin and added to by Jasmine Antonick– full credit where credit is due. I once made a similar list before, now I will make this latest list, you can mass follow them in one click.

1. Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures @guykawasaki
2. Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures @fredwilson
3. David Hornik, August Capital @davidhornik
4. Brad Feld, Foundry Group @bfeld
5. Marc Andreesen, n/a @pmarcablog
6. Josh Kopelman, First Round Capital @joshk
7. Ed Sim, Dawntreader Ventures @edsim
8. Jeremy Liew, Lightspeed Ventures Partners @jeremysliew
9. Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital @bgurley
10. Jeff Nolan, SAP Ventures @jeffnolan
11. Christopher Allen, Alacrity Ventures @ChristopherA
12. Seth Levine, Foundry Group @sether
13. Jeff Bussgang, Flybridge Capital Partners @bussgang
14. Mike Hirshland, Polaris Venture Partners @VCMike
15. Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC @Jeff
16. Mendelson/Feld, Foundry Group @jasonmendelson @bfeld
17. Paul Kedrosky, Ventures West @pkedrosky
18. Jason Caplain, Southern Capitol Ventures @jcaplain
19. Nic Brisbourne, Esprit Capital Partners @brisbourne
20. Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group @jasonmendelson
21. Ryan McIntyre, Foundry Group @ryan_mcintyre
22. Howard Morgan, First Round Capital @HLMorgan
23. Raj Kapoor, Mayfield Fund @Rajil
24. Christine Herron, First Round Capital @christine
25. Fred Destin, Atlas Venture @fdestin
26. Saul Klein, Index Ventures @cape
27. Vineet Buch, BlueRun Ventures @VineetBuch
28. Andrew Parker, Union Square Ventures @andrewparker
29. Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital @bijan
30. Rob Finn, Edison Venture @robfinn
31. Marc Goldberg, Occam Capital @MarcGoldberg
32. Daniel Cohen, Israel Venture Partners @coheda
33. James Chen, CXO Ventures @cxo
34. David Aronoff, Flybridge Capital Partners @dba
35. Max Bleyleben, Kennet Partners @mbleyleben
36. Jeremy Levine, Bessemer Venture Partners @jeremyl
37. Jason Ball, Qualcomm Ventures Europe @jasonball
38. Mark Peter Davis, DFJ Gotham Ventures @markpeterdavis
39. Rob Hayes, First Round Capital @robhayes
40. Michael Eisenberg, Benchmark Capital @mikeeisenberg
41. Chris Fralic, First Round Capital @chrisfralic
42. Sagi Rubin, Virgin Green Fund @sagirubin
43. Richard Dale, Sigma Partners @rdale
44. John Ludwig, Ignition Partners @jhludwig
45. Dan Rua, Inflexion Partners @danrua
46. Steve Brotman, Silicon Alley Venture Partners @stevebrotman
47. Larry Cheng, Fidelity Ventures @larryvc
48. Martin Tobias, Ignition Partners @ministeroforder
49. Matt Winn, Chrysalis Ventures @mattwinn
50. Sarah Tavel, Bessemer Venture Partners @adventurista
51. Stewart Alsop, Alsop-Louie Partners @salsop
52. Rich Tong, Ignition Partners @richtong
53. George Zachary, Charles River Ventures @georgezachary
54. Rob Go, Spark Capital @robgo
55. Rachel Strate, EPIC Ventures @WasatchGirl
56. Sid Mohasseb, Tech Coast Angels @sidmohasseb
57. Mo Koyfman, Spark Capital @mokoyfman
58. Rob Day, @Ventures @cleantechvc
59. Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital @OCVC
60. Michael Greeley, Flybridge Capital Partners @FlybridgeCap
61. Ted Driscoll, Claremont Creek Ventures @easydjr
62. Santo Politi, Spark Capital @santopoliti
63. David Dufresne, JLA Ventures @DavidDufresne
64. Todd Klein, Legend Ventures @tdklein
65. Max Niederhofer, Atlas Venture @maxniederhofer
66. Vinit Nijhawan, Key Venture Partners @vinit44
67. Multiple Authors, Brightspark Ventures @MarkSkapinker @Sophiebspark @antman102
68. Rob Schultz, IllinoisVENTURES @crobtri
69. Ouriel Ohayon, Lightspeed Gemini Internet Lab @OurielOhayon
70. Brian Hirsch, Greenhill SAVP @hirschb
71. Larry Marcus, Walden Venture Capital @cyberlar
72. Kent Goldman, First Round Capital @kentgoldman
73. Larry Marcus, Walden Venture Capital @cyberlar
74. TechCoastAngles @techcoastangels
75. Bryce Roberts, OATV @bryce
76. Howard Lindzon, Knight’s Bridge Capital @howardlindzon
77. Sequoia Capital @Sequoia_Capital
78. True Ventures @trueventures
79. Founders Fund via Dave McClure @davemcclure
80. Mark Suster, GRP Partners @msuster
81. New Atlantic Ventures: Tim Rowe, @rowe; Steve Marcus, @smarcus; John Backus, @jcbackus
    Thanasis Delistathis, @tdelistathis

So, what does the world need? Stimulus? Recovery? Sure, but TED is looking for the core values for human future, I believe I will see more sparkles from those brilliant speakers.   Now the same question to Chinese, I am not annoyed  about how to answer these simple and difficult questions, what I am worrying is : are there anyone or any group of people who would like to think in the TED’s way, a mankind way.

Let’s look at the following sessions and think about if we can find the proper person according to the list

Session 1: Insight

Looking beyond the crisis (Nobel Laureate Economist. Global Hedge Fund Manager. Historian. Futurist.)

Session 2: Courage

When the going got tough, who had what it took? (Entrepreneur. Contrarian Investor. Mountaineer. Humanitarian.)

Session 3: Discovery

Are there answers in nature? Who’s finding them? (Astronomer. Paleontologist. Geneticist. Nanotech Researcher. Explorer.)

Session 4: Provocation

This is a great team to be challenged on some fundamentals. (Corporate Critic. Libertarian. Hacker. Rap Artist.)

Session 5: Invention

Who is dreaming up the new ideas we need? (Smart-Grid Designer. Collaboration Catalyst. Concept Animator.)

Session 6: Imagination

Who can nourish our sense of wonder? (Theoretical mathematician. Sculptor. Landscape Artist. Musician.)

Session 7: Inspiration

Can a wish truly inspire change? (The TED Prize winners.)

Session 8: Reason

How do we think smarter — about the world, and about ourselves? (Media reformer. Statistician. Neuro-scientist. Philosopher.)

Session 9: Energy

Both metaphorically and literally. (Nuclear reactor designer. Radical Biofuels. Motivational Coach. Dance Troupe.)

Session 10: Laughter

There really is a funny side… And humor can catalyze understanding. (Comic author. TV host. Filmmaker. Stand-up. Singer-songwriter.)

Session 11: Simplicity

Is too much complexity a threat to our world? To our happiness? (Former Derivatives Trader. Legal System Reformer. User Interface Designer. Monk.)

Session 12: Wisdom

Step back, and the view looks different. (Anthropologist. Story Teller. Slum Dweller. Sage.)

We often (only) use these words in our composition in high schools, but not in our real life except your major is “classical philosophy” or you are a teacher.  All we need is about “money” “authority” … material things…

This new company is trying to improve business networking.

Have to delete this AD because too many friends ask where is it.

Here are some interesting statistics about social media