

EP 150 - Andy Tian - co-Founder and CEO of Asia Innovations Group - Make It Simple, Make It Fun, Make It Deep
Oct 29, 2021
50:56
Even though we had just met, I felt like I had known Andy Tian for years. Andy is the CEO and a co-Founder of Asia Innovations Group, which was built to become the largest global social entertainment platform.
Some of the topics that Andy and I discussed:
- Being born in China and raised in Queens, New York
- Growing up in Queens reinforced Andy's multicultural views that still resonate with him today
- How the excitement of being in a new place outweighs the difficulties of adjusting
- Joining Google in 2005 as one of China's earlier team members
- Running Google's mobile business in China and helping Andy Rubin bring Android to China
- Starting one of the first social gaming companies in 2008 and then selling it to Zynga in 2010
- Asia Innovations Group was built to bring the most innovative products to a global audience
- Why Google really left China
- The importance of company culture which is simply the default mode of operation
- Being execution-oriented
- Be CEO - Be Pirate - Be Hero
- What is live social?
- Are financial services an opportunity?
Other titles we considered:
- The Domain Was Available
- We're Doing Live Social Right Now
- We Are Just In the First Phase of Being Live Social
- As a Proper Husband, I Can Not Make a Shopping Decision Alone
- The Social Element Gives It Fun