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This week’s podcast is TikTok's international success.

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Here are my three factors for succeeding internationally:

1.  Has a 10x product and user experience. Plus early mover. Plus big spending (marketing, acquisitions, hiring, etc.)

2. The service is standardizable cross-border. Little need for localization and/or local services.

3. It build on advantages. Or the business builds competitive advantages and entrenches rapidly.

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Related articles:

• My Interview with Huawei’s Guo Ping on Managing People vs. Managing Rules and Systems (Tech Strategy – Daily Strategy)
• 3 Types of Network Effects (Asia Tech Strategy – Daily Lesson / Update)
• Questions for Huawei’s CEO, JD & Jingxi, Metcalfe’s Law Is Dumb (Asia Tech Strategy)

From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:

• n/a

From the Company Library, companies for this article are:

• ByteDance / TikTok / Douyin
• WeChat
• Kuaishou
• Shein
• Temu / Pinduoduo

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