After nearly twenty years as an online entrepreneur, five companies and two acquisitions in both the San Francisco Bay Area and China, Stephen shares embarrassing tales of screwing-up badly, narrowly surviving, and finding unlikely success with tips on how to stay sane in the turbulent start-up environment. Stephen Wang – Co-Founder/Former CTO, Rotten Tomatoes and Alivenotdead.com Stay up to date on Asia's tech scene: Read the latest news: http://e27.co Sign up for our Weekly Digest that curates the Top news in Asia: http://bit.ly/subscribe-to-e27

1. T H R E E S C R E W - U P S F R O M
A S E R I A L E N T R E P R E N E U R
S T E P H E N WA N G

2. A B O U T M E
• Born in USA, grew up in Maryland
and Los Angeles
• Started programming at 12
• Comp Sci at U.C. Berkeley, ’97
• Design Reactor
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Moved to China in 2005
• Alive Not Dead
• Senior PM at WeChat

3. C O - F O U N D E R S
• Lost my co-founders from first and last companies
• Self-Assessment for Co-Founders
• A Word about Respect

4. U N S E E N F O R C E S
• Rotten Tomatoes: Dotcom crash and 9/11
• Alive Not Dead: Blocked on the Great Firewall
• Test for Resilience

5. T I M I N G
• Rotten Tomatoes: Sold too early
• Alive Not Dead: Too late
• When is the right time?

6. Find me @swang75