I just so happen to be in Europe during the big announcement of the UK voting to leave the EU. It is named “Brexit” – and people all around Europe are going crazy talking about it. Local friends here in Prague (where I currently stationed on business trip) have been working overtime dealing with talking to clients asking what this … Read More
Border Hop Between Hong Kong & China (A Day in the Life)
Curious how it is to live on one side of the Hong Kong / China border and cross over for the day? You’ll be surprised at the experience. Find out how crossing the HK China border is as part of our everyday life.
Difference Between an Accountant and a Bookkeeper
All too often we can’t wait to get our Hong Kong limited open. You’ve been enjoying the Global From Asia podcast and blogs here on the site. Now you are looking into what are the ongoing costs. This post will explain the difference between accounting and bookkeeping. Read on to learn more.
How To Lose Your Staff in Asia (and Globally)
Coming to Asia to do business? Hiring staff? Today’s post will teach you on how to not lose them anytime soon. Find out how to retain your staff and learning what you should NOT do in a business. Read this article on making staff happy.
Case Study: Sales Coach Hong Kong Company Setup
Today we’re going to share a case study! This is a client who does sales and marketing coaching, and I am his past client. He heard all the benefits of a Hong Kong company and his improved sales tactics I learned helped me close him as a client here! Read on to know more of this Sales Coach HK article.
Bank Crackdown Continues: HSBC Checking Up on Chinese Suppliers
This is the latest in the banking tightening – Chinese suppliers seem to be getting more scrutiny from banks, specifically HSBC HK. Over the past few months, we have been covering what has been happening in the banking sector. More and more scandals of people using their business bank accounts to do drug dealing, money laundering, and acts of terrorism … Read More
Some Updates and Future Developments for Global From Asia
Many people have asked what is the next move for Global From Asia. Approaching 3 years now since we started this podcast, it has gotten quite interesting. We have written a book Hong Kong Supercharged along with a video training program. There are constant messages from people who learn a lot from the podcasts and we couldn’t be happier! We … Read More
Buying a Hong Kong Owned Chinese Company Out of the Box
We have heard a lot about buying a shelf company in Hong Kong, this is common talk in the blogosphere. But have we heard about buying a Hong Kong company that has a Chinese WFOE (Wholly foreign owned entity) with it? Today, we will dig into this, why you would consider buying a Chinese company, and what you need to do.
Differences in Corporate Tax vs Personal Tax for International Entrepreneurs
Quite a few people want to have a deeper understanding of how taxes work. This is especially true when doing international business. I am not a tax lawyer and my tips and opinions should be verified with your tax professional before implementing.
Read on to learn more about differences between corporate taxes and personal taxes and understand more about international business tax.
Ok, done with the disclosure. Read on to learn more about differences between corporate taxes and personal taxes.
Features to Look For In Your Hong Kong Bank
As the global banking system has gotten more selective and difficult, more and more people are contacting me when they got rejection letters. A lot of times this is HSBC HK as everyone goes there first. This blog will go through the various HK bank features you want, and give some other banks to look at.
Staying Motivated in Our International Business Endeavors
What do we do when we hit a bit downturn in our global business? This is a big challenge, and there are tons of answers depending on your specific situation. Today I hope to give you some tips and inspiration that have helped me in the down times. This article can be your business endeavors motivation.
Using a Hong Kong Company for Your Chinese Factory
Tired of sourcing from factories and want to setup your own manufacturing operation? Searching for the best corporate structure for a new factory? Look no further, today we will dig into Hong Kong being a great place to open your factory under. Read more on this HK company for China article.
Using HK for your Affiliate Marketing Business
Are you an affiliate marketer and looking for the right place to establish your business? Give Hong Kong a serious look. This post will help analyze the affiliate marketing business model. Let’s see how well affiliate marketing HK fits for your company.
Honored to Speak at the Global Sources Smart China Sourcing Summit
I was asked to speak at the Global sources Smart China Sourcing Summit to discuss about various business structures for your Amazon FBA business. This article is about my topic of Hong Kong business structures.
I was the last speaker on the 3rd and final day of the summit, and I was talking about taxes! So how could I possibly keep everyone awake at the last session on such a dry topic.
Therefore, I worked as hard as I can to add some jokes and case studies, as well as add some wit to the conversation.
Hong Kong Is Perfect For Your Dropship E-Commerce Business
Are you an e-commerce junkie? Doing big volumes by drop shipping products from suppliers around the world? Or maybe purely focused on drop shippers in China. Today we will dig into the business practices, tools, and see if you should incorporate your dropship HK business or not!
Big Congratulations To Everyone Who Attended the Cross Border Summit
The first annual Cross Border Summit was an action packed day of learning and networking with other e-commerce and international business traders. Taking place on Saturday April 16 for a full day event from 9am to 6pm the conference had over 100 business owners from around the world. The morning kicked off with an opening from the event co-organizer Mike … Read More
Stripe Released in Hong Kong!
Finally some good news to share – Stripe has started inviting people for the Hong Kong Market. We received reports from a few readers and others that they got private beta invites, and then yesterday we confirmed by a tweet Stripe shared on their official account 香港, 你好!We're now sending out invites for our Hong Kong private beta. You can … Read More
Can You Get a Job from a Hong Kong Company Overseas?
Living in America but working for a company in Hong Kong or working overseas? Mike answers a lot of great questions from people working overseas.
Americans Losing Out Business Deals Internationally?
Are you one of those business people who have partnered with an american or are you a non-american who have american business partners? Have had quite a bit of calls with business people who have done international partnering and and were wondering if Hong Kong is the right place for them. This is a tough one, and today let’s go through some of the thought process.
Announcing – A Member’s Club To Help Hong Kong Business Owners
If you have a Hong Kong company, are an owner and director – we know all too well the issues you are going through and want to make a “support group” for people like you and me. We have come up with an idea to create a member’s club to help Hong Kong business owners through a HK director forum!
Latest HSBC HK Banking Challenges – Let’s Work Together For Solutions
Declined for HSBC Hong Kong bank accounts? We have been getting lots of emails from business owners declined for HSBC Hong Kong bank accounts and we want to help these people out and are working on some free information to give them to help them overcome these hsbc hk challenges.
Amazon + Hong Kong – Match Made in Heaven
Are you an e-commerce expert, or maybe just getting started out? You should get serious and check into leveraging the power of Hong Kong. For your global business, and Amazon USA sales and supplier center’s headquarters. Today we’ll dig into why making a Hong Kong Amazon business will be good for you.
We Are A Proper Hong Kong Registered Agent
The parent company of Global From Asia (Shadstone Limited) is a registered agent. That is, a registered agent with the Company Registry (CR) in Hong Kong. This post will explain what it means to be a HK registered agent, and ways we can help your Hong Kong business – from start to finish!
How To Get To The Cross Border Summit in Shenzhen, China
Coming to our first annual Cross Border Summit? Transportation selection is always overwhelming here in the South of China! So we thought a dedicated post would be what’s needed. Read more on this cross border summit directions.
Hotels To Stay in Hong Kong (From Backpacker to Baller)
Welcome to Hong Kong! The first thing a new client asks us is – what is a good hotel to stay at in Hong Kong? With so many choices and price ranges, it is a difficult answer to say in 1 email! So we have taken parts from various posts and made today’s guide list a full range of options for different locations and price ranges of Hong Kong hotels.