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Hello everyone,

The end of the year is upon us, and this Tuesday, December 11th will be the final NextStep of 2007. Join us on the 11th of December from 8pm til 10pm at The Collection in XinTianDi.

The Collection is a fantastic venue offering an interesting twist on atmosphere and drink offerings. As always we will have drink discounts throughout the course of the event. Please remember there is no cover charge and no membership required to attend. Remember, these events are designed for all levels of entrepreneurs to meet, communicate, and collaborate. As we said early on, and we continue to emphasize now, these events are designed to encourage the growth of an entrepreneur community in Shanghai.

Joining us on Tuesday will be Ms. Renee Hartmann and Tor Petersen, co-founders of eno. Eno is a creative culture company that designs limited edition apparel, footwear and accessories aimed at the Chinese urban youth market. Both Renee and Tor have a combined 20 years of experience in China before venturing out on their own with the creation of the eno brand, including NIKE, Coca-Cola, Ogilvy, NFL, and ZOU Marketing.. If you would like to get a taste of what their brand is all about, have a look at their website, www.eno.cn . Renne and Tor will be on hand throughout the evening to discuss their experiences with you. If you go to www.nextstepshanghai.com you can learn more about both Renee and Tor.

Please join us Tuesday, December 11th for another opportunity to meet fellow entrepreneurs and business leaders. We look forward to seeing everyone out for our last event of 2007.

Event Details:
Tuesday, December 11th
8 til 10pm
The Collection
XinTianDi, North Block Building 2,
at the intersection of Tai Cang Lu and Huang Pi Nan Lu
Map


Cheers,
NextStep Organizers



Inquiry : gregory.prudhommeaux@tangential.cn
www.nextstepshanghai.com

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Happy New Year everyone!
Come ring in the New Year with NextStep this Tuesday, January 15th at Volar from 8pm til 10pm. You can find more information about the event and other China related news and blogs at www.nextstepshanghai.com.
Volar is the first Philippe Starck designed venue in Shanghai, and if it doesn’t impress, it will surely make you do a double-take. As in the past we will have drink specials throughout the course of the event. Please remember there is no cover charge and no membership required to attend. NextStep Tuesday events are designed for all levels of entrepreneurs to meet, communicate, and collaborate. Help us grow the community of nearly 4,000 entrepreneurs and young professionals by passing this email along to a friend or colleague.
This week we will be featuring Kate Lorenz, Managing Director and co-founder, of Ark International an Orientation and Housing Company owned and operated by expatriates for expatriates. She has worked in China for over 5 years and has been an expatriate almost her entire life living in Africa and the Middle East for over 18 years. An interesting twist on Ark International is its staff, 100% women. Kate will be on hand throughout the evening to talk about her stories in the challenging real estate arena and pass along some helpful advice in understanding the Shanghai property market.
Join us Tuesday, January 15th for another opportunity to meet fellow entrepreneurs and business leaders. We look forward to seeing everyone out for our first event of 2008.

Event Details:
Tuesday, January 15th
8pm til 10pm
Volar
99 Yan Dang Lu at Nan Chang Lu.
Near the North Entrance Gate of FuXingPark
Cheers,
NextStep Organizers

Inquiry : gregory.prudhommeaux@tangential.cn
www.nextstepshanghai.com

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Hello everyone,

Before heading off for Chinese New Year join us Tuesday, January 29th at the Velvet Lounge from 8pm til 10pm. You can find more information about the event and other China related news and blogs at www.nextstepshanghai.com.

As in the past we will have drink specials throughout the course of the event. There is no cover charge and no membership required to attend. Remember, these events are designed for all levels of entrepreneurs to meet, communicate, and collaborate.

This week we will be featuring Marcus Lee, banker and author. He has worked and done business in 23 provinces in China with a contact list of over 10,000 Chinese CEOs in his database. Marcus is an active speaker, having spoken in more than 30 countries on “Doing Business in China”, including speaking before APEC and the ASEAN Summit. Marcus will be on hand throughout the evening to speak with you and answer any of your most pressing questions.


Please join us Tuesday, January 29th for another opportunity to meet fellow entrepreneurs and business leaders. We look forward to seeing everyone.

Event Details:
Tuesday, January 29th
8pm til 10pm
Velvet Lounge
913 JuLu Rd., near ChangShu Rd.

Cheers,
NextStep Organizers


Inquiry : gregory.prudhommeaux@tangential.cn

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Happy Chinese New Year!

We will be heading back to The Bund to bring in The Year of the Mouse for our upcoming NextStep Tuesday at the Laris Vault Bar. Join us Tuesday, February 19th from 8pm til 10pm.

Our featured guest this week is Benoit Arfeuillere. In our effort to feature various types of entrepreneurs, this week will have an artistic focus. Benoit is the Creative Director of Lime 388, the creative studio (www.lime388.com). He has been educated as a Product Designer in Paris, France. In 2005, he came to Shanghai and has since pursued his dream to open his own creative studio with his long-time friend, fellow designer, and co-founder, Thomas Dariel. Benoit and Thomas have led their studio with a great dedication to bringing savvy design to Shanghai.

With a team of young, enthusiastic, international designers from France, Australia, Italy, Canada, Taiwan, and China, Lime 388 has seen a great deal of success after only one year and recently opened a sister PR company, Lime' angels (www.lime-angels.com). Lime 388 offers a wide range of design services that include product design, interior design, and communication design.

WWW.NEXTSTEPSHANGHAI.COM

Cheers,
NextStep Organizers



Event Details:
Tuesday, February 19th
Laris Vault Bar
3 On the Bund
3 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Lu,6F
8pm til 10pm


www.NextStepShanghai.com

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Hello everyone,

NextStep will be at roomtwentyeight Restaurant & Lounge at the URBN Hotel, China’s first carbon neutral hotel, on Tuesday, March 4th from 8 til 10pm.

Enjoy an evening of drinks, conversation and collaboration with like-minded entrepreneurs. As always there are no cover charges or membership required to join us at NextStep Tuesday. We encourage you to invite friends and colleagues who are or have a passing interest in entrepreneurship.

Scott Barrack Director of URBN Hotels & Resorts, and Space Development will be our featured guest discussing his firm’s unique investment and development strategy for China. In the nine years Scott has been in China he has been involved in over 70 real estate sales transactions, over 300 leasing transactions and over 20 development projects. Scott’s specialty has been Shanghai’s French Concession Property and Creative Warehouse spaces. Space international is generally regarded as the specialists in Shanghai’s French Concession. Scott will be on hand throughout the evening to discuss his ventures thus far in China, and better yet you can get a first hand look at his work with the newly opened URBN hotel.

We look forward to seeing everyone out on Tuesday, March 4th. Guests at the March 4th event will get a sneak peak at what is about to come for the NextStep One Year Anniversary party to be held on Tuesday, March 18th.



Event Details:
Tuesday March 4th
8 til 10pm
roomtwentyeight @ URBN
183 Jiao Zhou Rd., between Beijing West Road and Xin Zha Road

NextStep is only sending 4 mailings per month (2 before each events which hold every 2 Tuesdays). However, we can understand that those emails could be annoying for people who have no interest in this type of events, or are not like-minded entrepreneurs. So, if you wanna unsubscribe to the mailing list, please send us an email to let us know. We will take it into account as soon as possible, it will make your life better, and will also narrowed the emailing to the people really interested.

NextStep envoit 4 mailings par mois, ce qui correspond à 2 mailings précedent chaque évènements qui ont lieu 1 mardi sur 2. Neanmoins, nous comprenons que ces emails peuvent representer une gene pour certain d'entre vous qui ne sont soit pas interesse par ces soirees, soit pas d'un esprit entreprenarial. Merci de nous envoyer un email afin que nous vous retirions de la liste. Ceci rendra votre vie plus facile, et nous permettra d'ameliorer notre liste pour nos prochains evenements.

Sincerement,
Greg
NextStep Organizer
gregory.prudhommeaux@tangential.cn

PS : You liked some past events ? You have some suggestions ? Feel free to let us know as well.
And, by the way, NextStep is turning 1 soon, stay tuned.

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Hello everyone,








Cheers,
NextStep Organizers

Events Details :
Nine Dragons Hill Polo Club
45/F Huaihai Plaza, No.1045 Huaihai Rd, Shanghai 200031




www.NextStepShanghai.com

Inquiry : gregory.prudhommeaux@tangential.cn

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Hello everyone,

Welcome to the second year of NextStep!

The NextStep Directory(www.NextStepDirectory.com),Shanghai’s most comprehensive business service directory, has officially launched. Check out the site to see our current listings, what is to come, and how you can get your company uploaded for FREE.

NextStep Tuesday is around the corner, and happens to fall on April 1st, April Fools Day. You can join us as always from 8 til 10pm at the new Grand Hyatt’s VUE Bar, perched thirty-two floors above The Bund. Make a note that this is the Hyatt on the Puxi side, along the new North Bund. As always there will be drink specials, no cover charge for entry, and no membership necessary to attend.

NextStep was created with the intention to assist entrepreneurs and individuals aspiring to join the entrepreneurial community. We have had a successful first year, with close to 5000 unique guests attending NextStep networking events. New collaboration and partnership opportunities await you on April 1st. For those of you who haven’t made it out to recent NextStep Tuesdays, this is a better time than ever to get back into the swing of things.

We look forward to another great evening, on Tuesday, April 1 from 8 til 10pm. Please feel free to forward this email and flier along to interested friends and colleagues.

EVENT DETAILS:
Tuesday, April 1
8pm til 10pm
VUE BAR
199 HuangPu Lu
Hyatt on the Bund, 32F
63931234 ext.6328

Cheers,
NextStep Organizers
www.NextStepDirectory.com
www.NextStepShanghai.com

inquiry: gregory.prudhommeaux@nextstepdirectory.com

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Hello everyone,
NextStep Tuesday will be heading to The Collection in XinTianDi Tuesday, April 15th from 8pm til 10pm. As always there will be drink specials, no cover charge for entry, and no membership necessary to attend
We will be rewarding companies with complimentary advertisement for registration during the event, and individuals the chance to be a recipient of gifts from our valued sponsors. Ed Kim, co-founder of NextStep will be on hand to discuss The NextStepDirectory.
The NextStep team has been hard at work for you creating The NextStepDirectory, planning for forums that will be debuting in the months to come, and of course building a solid network of entrepreneurs and business executives in Shanghai. In addition to NextStep Tuesday, we will also be playing host to an international real estate forum on Friday, April 18th. We will be providing you more information on the real estate event in the coming days.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, April 15th at the The Collection from 8pm til 10pm.

Event Details

Tuesday, April 15th
8pm til 10pm
The Collection
XinTian Di, North Block
Building 2
181 TaiCang Lu, (Intersection with HuangPi South Rd.)
www.nextstepdirectory.com
www.nextstepshanghai.com

Cheers,
NextStep Organizers

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Hi everyone,

This Friday, an important event will be hold from 9 am till 7 pm at the JW Marriott Hotel. Paraiso Andaluz CEO Pablo Garcia will be in Shanghai to introduce his latest project in Andalousia, La Antigua development www.la-antigua.com. Throughout the day Mr Garcia will be presenting his project and answering questions around the model.

NextStep decided that it would have been interesting to have Mr Garcia facing a Real Estate expert focus on China. Mr Sam Crispin, Founder of Crispins Property Investment Management (CPIM). The business provides broking, consultancy, marketing, and asset acquisition services to multinationals, local government, Chinese property developers in the public and private sector, international developers and investors as well as individual buyers. Sam Crispin is presently the President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

The NextStep Round Table will be hold from 5.30 to 7 pm in the Room 08 of the 5/F of the JW Marriott Hotel.

Mr Crispin and Mr Garcia will be discussing of several interesting topics like:
-How to invest in Spanish real estate?
-How to promote real estate in various emerging markets such as China, Russia or Kazakhstan?
-What are the specificities of Shanghai real estate?
This round table will be moderated by Wen-Lee Ying , executive Vice President of The Copper Group Asia.
This event has really limited seats so please send a RSVP with contact information at Gregory.prudhommeaux@nextstepdirectory.com to sign up.

No Cover charge.

Mr Garcia’s biography:
Mr Pablo Garcia started his career in Paris, France, selling high-end properties, and quickly ranked among the best sellers in this segment. He then moved to the Costa Del Sol, specializing his business in high-end villas and apartments in Marbella and Malaga. With the backing of Spanish most important developers, Mr Garcia started to target Russian buyers, what he managed to do with great success. He is now targeting the Kazakh and Chinese communities, and as a consequence is traveling to Albany, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong on a regular basis. Mr Garcia chose Shanghai to launch the new La Antigua development, with many villas especially designed to fit Chinese tastes.

Event Details :
From 5.30 to 7 pm
Room 08, 5/F
JW Marriott Hotel
399 Nanjing Xi Lu, near HuangPi Bei Lu
399
To find more companies who could help you with your real estate project go online on www.NextStepDirectory.com

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Evenement deja complet... nous avons eu l'ensemble des sieges reserves en quelques heures.
Neanmoins, le reste de la journee reste accessible, avec differentes conferences toute la journee, wine tasting, presentation du projet de Mr Garcia, et differents autres partenaires de l'evenement comme Standard Chartered.

Inscrivez sur le Facebook Group pour etre tenu au courant plus rapidement.

Prochain NS Tuesday le 29 Avril au Park 97.

Cheers,
Greg
www.nextstepdirectory.com
www.nextstepshanghai.com

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