Benjamin Joffe

Benjamin Joffe

CEO of +8* | Mobile & Internet Innovation Arbitrage in China/Japan/Korea | China's Top 100 Mobile Industry Influencer

China

Current
  • Partner at CMUNE
  • Co-Founder & Organizer at Mobile Monday Beijing
  • Partner at Comteg
  • Owner & Chief Editor at +8* Publishing
  • Managing Director at +8* | Plus Eight Star | www.plus8star.com
  • Independent Professional at Keynote speaker (Self-employed)
Past
  • Representative for Korea/Japan at Newt Games
  • Market Analyst at France Telecom Japan
  • Technology Licensing Manager at France Telecom Japan
  • Consultant - Team Leader at Jitex
Education
  • Beijing Language and Culture University
  • ETP Korea
  • Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales
  • Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
  • Ecole Centrale de Lyon
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Benjamin Joffe’s Summary

Leading expert on Japan/China/Korea mobile/Internet services with 8 years continuous experience in the 3 countries.

Regular Keynote in industry events and selected among "China's TOP 100 Mobile Industry Influencers" in 2007.

Recent presentations:
http://www.slideshare.net/plus8star/

Recent interview on SNS:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_vs_asia_top_social_networks.php

Recent speech (Facebook vs. Asian SNS):
http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=38179

Others:
- Founder and organizer of Mobile Monday Beijing
- Senior expert for the European Delegation to China on mobile, Internet and e-commerce to support the evolution of Chinese regulations.
- Published the first detailed study on QQ and Cyworld, respectively China's and Korea's leading online communities.
- Speaks fluently: English, Japanese, French and some Mandarin, Korean and Spanish

Benjamin Joffe’s Specialties:

Asian innovation, SNS, mobile, Internet, business models that work, stereotypes deconstruction, cross-cultural innovation, techno-anthropology.


Benjamin Joffe’s Experience

  • Partner

    CMUNE

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    December 2007Present (8 months)

    CMUNE is the "third place" we lost somewhere in the modern world.

  • Co-Founder & Organizer

    Mobile Monday Beijing

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2005Present (2 years 11 months)

    Founding and organizing of China's leading monthly information and networking event for mobile industry professionals.

    Mobile Monday Beijing typically gathers 100~200 participants around 3~5 speakers on a given wireless-related topic.

    Since its start in March 2006, membership grew over 2,000 members and 1,000 companies.

    Join us at www.mobilemondaybeijing.com !

  • Partner

    Comteg

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

    August 2005Present (3 years)

    Partner for China for the Online Media consulting expert Comteg.

    COMTEG.COM is a consultancy focused on Online Advertising, Media Measurement and Publishing. COMTEG's consulting services are Strategy Formulation, Market Entry and Industry Political Initiatives. We operate in Europe, The Middle East & Asia. The I-COM (International Conference on Online Media Measurement) is a global initiative in the form of a conference, aiming to solve the Media Measurement issues facing the Online Media Industry via international cooperation, information sharing and solutions.

    Specialties:

    Online Media Measurement (see blog http://comteg.com/omblog), Online Advertising, Online Publishing, Association Leadership, Board Representation, Business Strategy

  • Owner & Chief Editor

    +8* Publishing

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

    September 2003Present (4 years 11 months)

    +8* | Plus Eight Star offers unique insights into the best practices of digitally advanced markets such as Korea, Japan and China.

    Published case studies:

    (1) Inside QQ | Lessons from China's leading online community
    300 million accounts, 523 MUSD revenues in 2007
    PDF, 185 pages, 3,000 USD

    (2) Inside Cyworld | Lessons from South Korea's leading social network
    20 million accounts, 200 MUSD in 2007
    PDF, 190 pages, 2,000 USD

    (3) Mobile Music Best Practices from Japan & Korea
    PDF, 150 pages, 3,000 USD

    Free samples ("sharing is caring")
    http://www.plus8star.com/Inside_QQ_Sample.pdf
    http://www.plus8star.com/Inside_Cyworld_Sample.pdf

  • Managing Director

    +8* | Plus Eight Star | www.plus8star.com

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2003Present (4 years 11 months)

    Identifying mobile & Internet best practices in advanced markets (JP/KR/CN), strip them from their cultural layer and use them to accelerate our clients' business in their home market.

    Clients: Telcos, Internet & mobile players, media & ad agencies, VCs and entrepreneurs.

  • Independent Professional

    Keynote speaker (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

    September 2003Present (4 years 11 months)

    ++ Regular Keynote / Speaker / Moderator / Panelist in mobile & Internet events (Red Herring Asia, China Mobility Conference, Mobile 2.0, China Web 2.0 Conference, Ubiquitous Computing Conference, etc.)

    ++ Senior expert for the European Delegation to China on mobile, Internet and e-commerce to support the evolution of Chinese regulations.

    ++ Selected among "China's TOP 100 Mobile Industry Influencers" in 2007

  • Representative for Korea/Japan

    Newt Games

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2003December 2004 (1 year 4 months)

    Pioneering location-based entertainment services for mobile phones
    Business development and strategy for Japan and Korea.
    Still awesome product and idea today.

  • Market Analyst

    France Telecom Japan

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

    September 2001August 2003 (2 years)

    Market, Technology, Strategy analysis on the Japanese and Korean mobile markets.

  • Technology Licensing Manager

    France Telecom Japan

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

    September 2001August 2002 (1 year)

    Responsible for France Telecom patent and software portfolio in Japan. Major contract concluded for Video over IP software and codecs.

  • Consultant - Team Leader

    Jitex

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)

    December 1999August 2001 (1 year 9 months)

    Market and technology reports on various sectors in Japan, including transportation (railway, automotive), energy (fuel cells, wind turbines), IT (mobile and internet services)


Benjamin Joffe’s Education

  • Beijing Language and Culture University

    Mandarin Chinese 20052006

  • ETP Korea

    EC-sponsored Korean Business and Language Course (9 months) March 2004November 2004

  • Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales

    Japanese language and culture (2nd year level) 19992000

    Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 in Dec. 2000

  • Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1

    MS, Acoustics, September 1998September 1999

  • Ecole Centrale de Lyon

    MS, Engineering, September 1994September 1999

    Activities and Societies:
    Major: general engineering
    Minor: corporate strategy and Japanese language

Additional Information

Benjamin Joffe’s Websites:

Benjamin Joffe’s Interests:

languages & cultures, martial arts, stocks, philosophy

Benjamin Joffe’s Groups:

ECL Association, ETP, China Entrepreneurs, Mobile Monday

  • Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member
  •    Asian Pacific American Business (The Power of the APA Market) member

Benjamin Joffe’s Honors:

Shorinji Kempo Tokyo Tournament 2003, 1st place (1+2 dan)
Shorinji Kempo Tokyo Tournament 2002, 1st place (kyu)


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