CEO of +8* | Mobile & Internet Innovation Arbitrage in China/Japan/Korea | China's Top 100 Mobile Industry Influencer
China
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- 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
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- 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
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- Beijing Language and Culture University
- ETP Korea
- Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales
- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- Ecole Centrale de Lyon
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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
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Partner
CMUNE
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
December 2007 — Present (8 months)
CMUNE is the "third place" we lost somewhere in the modern world.
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Co-Founder & Organizer
Mobile Monday Beijing
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — Present (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.
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Partner
Comteg
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2005 — Present (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 2003 — Present (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
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Managing Director
+8* | Plus Eight Star | www.plus8star.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2003 — Present (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 2003 — Present (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 2003 — December 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 2001 — August 2003 (2 years)
Market, Technology, Strategy analysis on the Japanese and Korean mobile markets.
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Technology Licensing Manager
France Telecom Japan
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
September 2001 — August 2002 (1 year)
Responsible for France Telecom patent and software portfolio in Japan. Major contract concluded for Video over IP software and codecs.
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Consultant - Team Leader
Jitex
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
December 1999 — August 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
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Beijing Language and Culture University
Mandarin Chinese 2005 — 2006
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ETP Korea
EC-sponsored Korean Business and Language Course (9 months) March 2004 — November 2004
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Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales
Japanese language and culture (2nd year level) 1999 — 2000
Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 in Dec. 2000
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Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
MS, Acoustics, September 1998 — September 1999
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Ecole Centrale de Lyon
MS, Engineering, September 1994 — September 1999
- Activities and Societies:
- Major: general engineering
Minor: corporate strategy and Japanese language
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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
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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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