#11 Unique challenges and opportunities in China's professional data and information industry (FULL)
This is a consolidation of a collection of essays I ran here at Data Currency, the only newsletter on Asia’s Professional Data and Information (PD&I) industry.
This is a consolidation of a collection of essays I ran here at Data Currency, the only newsletter on Asia’s Professional Data and Information (PD&I) industry. In the collection, I review China’s PD&I industry, one of the very last industries that remains at around 1/100 of Western peers. I explore why it is still so small. But as an entrepreneur, I always believe in the simple truth that with every challenge comes an opportunity, so when I describe these challenges, I will not just talk about the problems but the opportunities they represent. Specifically, I have identified seven “pairs”…
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