John Kaller | The Evolving KOL And Influencer Market In China & Unpacking The Future Of Artificial Intelligence

<p><strong>Topics Discussed and Key Points:</strong></p><p>●      How changes in China’s economy and business landscape over the last four years influenced John’s work</p><p>●      Challenges faced by foreign versus local Chinese startup entrepreneurs</p><p>●      Potential advantages for foreign startup owners in China</p><p>●      Changes in the education space in China</p><p>●      The evolution KOLs and influencer marketing in China</p><p>●      Problems that unpackAI aims to solve</p><p>●      What AI is really capable of and how China is exploring these capabilities compared to America</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Episode Summary:</strong></p><p>Today on The Negotiation, we speak with John Kaller, a German entrepreneur based in China with an extensive background in AI Product Management.</p><p>John is the Co-Founder of unpackAI, an e-learning startup that makes AI and deep learning education as accessible as possible by offering affordable, virtual, and project-based bootcamps to business professionals.</p><p>He is also a Program Consultant for The Startup Yard, a global Think Tank that provides a pre-accelerator bootcamp for international budding entrepreneurs looking to kick-off their startup in China.</p><p>John volunteers his time as the Managing Director for The German Innovators in China (GINN), a nonprofit that seeks to build bridges between entrepreneurs and innovators from German-speaking countries and the innovation landscape in China.</p><p>Looking back over his four years in China so far, John has observed that “the market reorganizes itself” at a speed much faster than in Western markets. That is, in a few short years as an entrepreneur in China, John has seen trends come and go, and technological and logistical innovation is a regular occurrence. He also foresees a new wave of foreign entrepreneurs making their way into the China market in a post-COVID world.</p><p>On succeeding as a foreign startup entrepreneur in China, the biggest challenge is almost always navigating cul