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Stone Shi

Tech in Shanghai

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Bottled in China

Sebastien Gaudin

Frank Steffen

Gordon Ramsay

Bobby Lee

Quincy Larson

David Orban

Karen MacNeil

Mike Burns

Sasa Radikon

David Lucas

Matilda Ho

Wang Tao

Hannah Williams

Mike Michelini

Sophie Wu

OwlTail

If you don't already know, China is a foodie nation. With so many various local cuisines and now, international restaurants opening up in tier one cities, there's enough selection to keep us constantly busy. But how can we navigate the thousands of restaurants in Shanghai alone? Today, we speak to Stone Shi, Founder &amp; CEO of Bon APP!,  an APP that helps you discover great restaurants with dining suggestions to over 13 cities in China. With nearly 1 million downloads and an active foodie community of restaurant reviewers, we sit down to discuss how Stone created Bon App!, the dynamics of the food delivery systems in China and their new strategy moving forward. You can find out more on their website: www.bonapp.net/ About the host: Emilie Steckenborn is based in Shanghai, China for the last six-plus years. She is currently the Head of Education for Asia &amp; MEA at Treasury Wine Estates. Apart from hosting this foodie podcast, Emilie is a wine educator and the official Wine Consultant for China Eastern Airlines. Her background includes a degree in Gastronomy from Cordon Bleu &amp; Universite de Reims in France, a Wine Business Degree from NC in Canada. Contact us: emilie.steck@bottledinchina.com

If you don't already know, China is a foodie nation. With so many various local cuisines and now, international restaurants opening up in tier one cities, there's enough selection to keep us constantly busy. But how can we navigate the thousands of restaurants in Shanghai alone? Today, we speak to Stone Shi, Founder &amp; CEO of Bon APP!, an APP that helps you discover great restaurants with dining suggestions to over 13 cities in China. With nearly 1 million downloads and an active foodie community of restaurant reviewers, we sit down to discuss how Stone created Bon App!, the dynamics of the food delivery systems in China and their new strategy moving forward. You can find out more on their website: <a href="http://www.bonapp.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bonapp.net/</a> About the host: Emilie Steckenborn is based in Shanghai, China for the last six-plus years. She is currently the Head of Education for Asia &amp; MEA at Treasury Wine Estates. Apart from hosting this foodie podcast, Emilie is a wine educator and the official Wine Consultant for China Eastern Airlines. Her background includes a degree in Gastronomy from Cordon Bleu &amp; Universite de Reims in France, a Wine Business Degree from NC in Canada. Contact us: emilie.steck@bottledinchina.com

An APP for your  Appetite with Stone Shi, Founder & CEO of Bon APP!

Stone Shi is the founder of the extremely popular social food-discovery app, Bon App!   In this interview we discuss the reasons why Stone decided to walk away from a lucrative corporate career, to jump into the highly uncertain world of tech startups. As well as what the journey has been like as a result, both pros and cons.   We also discuss the many challenges that consumer app startups face in terms of building a broad user base, a passionate community, and of course, a sustainable monetization model.   The road has not been easy for Stone and the team at Bon App!, and as he mentions in the interview, to have any chance of success in this realm, you really need to know and believe in what you are trying to build and create.    What is the point of putting your effort into this? Why is it (the most) meaningful thing to you? If you don’t have those, he explains, your chances of staying the course and persevering when the journey takes (prolonged) unexpected and painful turns, are slim.   To that end, Stone shares how he found his ‘why’ and how doing so has given him the stamina to continue trying to actualize his vision for Bon App!   Of course, he also gives us a sneak peak into some of the exciting things Bon App! has planned for the future!   For more info, check out www.bonapp.net or search "Bon App!” in your app store.     www.techinshanghai.comwww.twitter.com/techinshanghai   WeChat: TheHungryFoolish   YouTube: Tech in Shanghai

Stone Shi is the founder of the extremely popular social food-discovery app, Bon App!   In this interview we discuss the reasons why Stone decided to walk away from a lucrative corporate career, to jump into the highly uncertain world of tech startups. As well as what the journey has been like as a result, both pros and cons.   We also discuss the many challenges that consumer app startups face in terms of building a broad user base, a passionate community, and of course, a sustainable monetization model.   The road has not been easy for Stone and the team at Bon App!, and as he mentions in the interview, to have any chance of success in this realm, you really need to know and believe in what you are trying to build and create.    What is the point of putting your effort into this? Why is it (the most) meaningful thing to you? If you don’t have those, he explains, your chances of staying the course and persevering when the journey takes (prolonged) unexpected and painful turns, are slim.   To that end, Stone shares how he found his ‘why’ and how doing so has given him the stamina to continue trying to actualize his vision for Bon App!   Of course, he also gives us a sneak peak into some of the exciting things Bon App! has planned for the future!   For more info, check out <a href="http://www.bonapp.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bonapp.net</a> or search "Bon App!” in your app store.     <a href="http://www.techinshanghai.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.techinshanghai.com</a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/techinshanghai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/techinshanghai</a>   WeChat: TheHungryFoolish   YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4v9ftNF2AFDAOze0uhNrzw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tech in Shanghai</a>

EP31: Stone Shi of Bon App!

Bon App is China's first bilingual dining app for discovering and recommending restaurants and meeting awesome people at exclusive dining events. If you’re a foodie, or just love to keep your pulse on Shanghai’s dining scene, tune in to hear a bit of Stone’s entrepreneurial journey, how you can take advantage of Bon App’s exclusive daily deals, organize events around causes you care about the most, and how you can get your seat at the meal on the house. Episode Sponsor— Concordia International School Shanghai; discover more at www.concordiashanghai.org

Bon App is China's first bilingual dining app for discovering and recommending restaurants and meeting awesome people at exclusive dining events. If you’re a foodie, or just love to keep your pulse on Shanghai’s dining scene, tune in to hear a bit of Stone’s entrepreneurial journey, how you can take advantage of Bon App’s exclusive daily deals, organize events around causes you care about the most, and how you can get your seat at the meal on the house. Episode Sponsor— Concordia International School Shanghai; discover more at <a href="http://www.concordiashanghai.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.concordiashanghai.org</a>

#174 Let Bon App find your next fav restaurant, with Stone Shi