Qi Lu's guest appearances

Qi Lu

Y Combinator

Reid Hoffman

Elon Musk

Casey Neistat

Tim Urban

Emily Weiss

Brett Hagler

Liz Wessel

Anu Hariharan

Austen Allred

Geoff Ralston

Elad Gil

Mathilde Collin

Jocko Willink

Jack Dorsey

Ali Rowghani

OwlTail

Cindy Mi

Cindy Mi is the founder and CEO of VIPKID. VIPKID is a 1-on-1 teaching platform where children in China learn english from North American teachers.Qi Lu is the CEO of YC China and Head of YC Research.***Topics00:23 - Qi's intro00:38 - Cindy's intro1:38 - Moving to a new province as a teenager4:38 - Being an educator and an entrepreneur 8:23 - Starting VIPKid in a hyper-competitive market14:53 - Metrics for measuring product market fit21:43 - How did she find the business model?26:53 - What things did she try that didn't work?30:38 - Strategy for product expansion33:03 - Content expansion for Mandarin learning34:53 - Building global companies41:23 - Creating a global culture44:13 - The future of education48:08 - How should engineers and product managers think about edtech?51:33 - Thoughts on AI54:33 - Advice for entrepreneurs

<a href="https://twitter.com/wenjuan_mi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cindy Mi</a> is the founder and CEO of <a href="https://t.vipkid.com.cn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VIPKID</a>. VIPKID is a 1-on-1 teaching platform where children in China learn english from North American teachers. <a href="https://twitter.com/qilu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Qi Lu</a> is the CEO of YC China and Head of YC Research. *** Topics 00:23 - Qi's intro 00:38 - Cindy's intro 1:38 - Moving to a new province as a teenager 4:38 - Being an educator and an entrepreneur 8:23 - Starting VIPKid in a hyper-competitive market 14:53 - Metrics for measuring product market fit 21:43 - How did she find the business model? 26:53 - What things did she try that didn't work? 30:38 - Strategy for product expansion 33:03 - Content expansion for Mandarin learning 34:53 - Building global companies 41:23 - Creating a global culture 44:13 - The future of education 48:08 - How should engineers and product managers think about edtech? 51:33 - Thoughts on AI 54:33 - Advice for entrepreneurs

#108 - Cindy Mi and Qi Lu

Daniel Gross

Qi Lu is the COO of Baidu.Daniel Gross is a Partner at YC.

<a href=" https://twitter.com/qilu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Qi Lu</a> is the COO of <a href="http://www.baidu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baidu</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/danielgross" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Gross</a> is a Partner at YC.

#47 - Baidu's COO, Qi Lu Discusses AI with Daniel Gross