AVCJ Awards 2015: Venture Capital Professional of the Year: Neil Shen
Neil Shen, managing partner of Sequoia Capital China, on identifying stand-out entrepreneurs and the competitive dynamics of a maturing start-up ecosystem
Q: What major differences do you see in entrepreneurship in China now and when you set up Ctrip in 1999? A: Go back 10 years and the opportunity was concentrated in the TMT [technology, media and telecom]...
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