Driving with Dunne

Our guest Reilly Brennan is co-founder of Trucks Venture Capital, a highly respected outfit based in San Francisco that invests in future technologies for the transportation industry. Trucks VC investments in autonomous vehicle technologies have proven exceptionally strong, including early round placements in Nutonomy, Nauto, Cruise, DeepScale and May Mobility and others. In this episode, we ask Reilly for his perspective on when robotaxis will become a widespread reality, which companies are leading the industry and why Tesla seems to be zigging when everyone else is zagging.#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Paul French is a British entrepreneur and prolific author of several books on business and crime with 30 years experience in China. In this episode Paul and I talk about how iconic American businessman, Carl Crow, taught us all the lessons we need to know about China business in his book, 400 Million Customers. Crow''s best-seller was published in 1937 but its lessons are more relevant than ever. Paul shares the real experiences of global companies that started out with sky-high expectations but ended in roadside ditches. What went wrong?#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Ken Wilcox, former CEO of the Silicon Valley Bank and current Chairman of the Asia Society of Northern California has written a compelling and highly practical new book called Leading Through Culture: How Real Leaders Create Cultures That Motivate People To Achieve Great Things. Ken puts his book's principles to the test when he finds himself running a 50-50 joint venture bank in China. He discovers that American and Chinese business cultures, communication styles and visions are vastly different. American leaders inspire by painting a picture of the future where the company "wins". Chinese inspire by telling their employees about a path to personal enrichment. Chinese leaders prefer ambiguity and spontaneity. Americans want planning and precision. Enjoy Ken's war stories from the front and the delightful color commentary from Coco Kee who is intimately familiar with both sides of the Pacific (born in Fujian, educated at Peking University and now a New Yorker).#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Hyundai was founded 53 years ago in Seoul, South Korea. Its first product was the Ford Cortina. Today, the Hyundai Group is the 4th largest vehicle manufacturer of the planet, behind only Toyota, Volkswagen and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. How has Hyundai found a way to compete and win against much larger rivals, like Ford and GM? How has the company learned to build such high quality vehicles after early stumbles? And where does the company's new Chairman, Eui-sun Chung, plan to take the company from here? #WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Shanghai has arguably served as the central intersection between China and the West over the past 160 years. So, at a time of heightened tensions between China and the US, Australia, and the UK, what can we learn from Shanghai history? Author James Carter takes us to the Shanghai Race Club in late 1941 for the bi-annual flagship horse race, Champions Day. Carter gives us an up close look at power, money, and business among people from different cultures and conflicting ambitions. Will there be another Champions Day saga in our near future? #WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Andee Yoestong is one of the most entrepreneurial and street smart business people in the Indonesian auto market. His company sells and services Japanese, Chinese and American brands across Indonesia, the world's 4th most populous country. Japanese automakers have enjoyed a near monopoly in Indonesia since the 1970's. But today the Chinese and Koreans are planning to shake things up with new investment in electrics. There are also rumors that Ford is coming back. Technology is changing the way Indonesian buy cars, too, and could soon make showrooms a relic of the past. Mr. Yoestong paints a picture of the fast-evolving Indonesian car market as customers start to embrace technology, electrics and non-Japanese brands.#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

James McGregor is author of One Billion Customers, the most important and widely read China business book of this generation. In our conversation, Mr McGregor describes why China under Xi Jinping is overreaching politically and economically. How should US companies respond to China's new aggressiveness? Mr McGregor also shares some valuable tips for US companies doing business in China. What are the most obvious landmines to avoid? And what are the new opportunities to capture? Most importantly, Mr McGregor paints a picture of how US companies can leverage their market access in China to strengthen their businesses back home.#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Lucid Motors, a startup luxury EV maker based in Newark, California has ambitions to win luxury car buyers away from Mercedes. Lucid's first product, the Air, delivers best-in-class in terms of efficiency, performance and range, including 500+ miles of range and 1,000 horsepower. The first Lucid Airs will be built in Q1 2021 at a brand new plant in Casa Grande, Arizona. Peter Rawlinson, CEO and CTO at Lucid, was previously Chief Engineer at Tesla for 7 years and, before that, Chief Engineer at Lotus. Building a world-class, high performance car seems to be his destiny.#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Semiconductors are tiny, hidden powerful machines that power our smart phones and computers. Now, chips are playing a defining role as cars become more autonomous, connected and electrified. Who are the industry's chip leaders? Which agencies are in charge of semiconductor industry standards. And what about China's ambitions to build its own semiconductor industry? Bettina Weiss, Chief of Staff at SEMI, the global semiconductor industry association, delivers a picture of the future.#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Olaf Sakkers, who attended the same high school as Elon Musk in South Africa, shares his views on the key emerging trends in mobility and mobility investing, from e-bikes to autonomous vehicles. Maniv Mobility, a venture capital firm, is based in Israel, one of the premier global hubs for mobility technologies and investments.#WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/