Oct
12
Bookworm
I learned from a friend today that a second-hand English bookstore/bar/cafe
existed in Beijing (with branches in Suzhou
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Bookstore
Posts about my ongoing plan to open a bookstore.
Oct
11
Mall redevelopment
Today, my wife and I went to a nearby mall for dinner. Once there, she expressed
surprise that most of
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Oct
06
Minimum lovable product
A minimum viable product (MVP) is a version of a product with just enough
features to be usable by early
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Sep
20
Bookstore field trips: part 2
Today I gave myself a day off, so I went to what's supposedly the mecca for
books in
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Sep
14
Location scouting
As part of a plan for opening a bookstore (or any business), it's probably a
good idea to
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Sep
12
Bookstore field trips: part 1
Last week, I visited two popular bookstores in Shanghai. On Tuesday, I went to
多抓鱼, an online platform for buying
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Sep
06
A crazy idea
I've gotten two types of responses recently when I shared that I'm planning to
open a
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Sep
04
My 50th daily post (and lessons learned)
This is the 50th day since I committed to writing one post every day
[https://jimmychen.blog/the-next-100-days/]. I'
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Aug
31
Saving the bookstore: part 2
About two weeks ago, I wrote about
[https://jimmychen.blog/saving-the-bookstore/] how opening a bookstore would be
a Very Bad
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Aug
18
Saving the bookstore
This past Monday, I walked by a physical bookstore in a mall and spontaneously
went in to have a look.
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