
5 Weeks in Shanghai Behind The Great Firewall. My (Nonprofound) Learnings.
Unless you follow SaaStr on Quora, things may have looked a little quiet here for the last 5 weeks. Well, that’s because hosted WordPress (what Saastr.com is powered by), along with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a good chunk of Google, are all blocked in China by The Great Firewall. Quora for now is unblocked. You […]

Social Media is Really Tough in China. At Least There is Quora.
SaaStr is in Shanghai for the month of July. While I have internet access and an iPad … it’s tough to stay connected with the domestic SaaStr audience. Why? Well, first almost everything is blocked: Facebook, Twitter, WordPress (as an app and URL — individual sites with custom URLs sometimes barely work, sometimes not at […]