Peking University Alumni Association of Northern California

Career Development Series Presents: 

Five years at Baidu: Eric Xu’s personal journey as an entrepreneur in China 

Baidu is an icon that represents Chinese internet accomplishment. Baidu is an inspiration for millions of young entrepreneurs. Baidu is also a mystery. How was it able to transform itself from a relatively less known startup to a major powerhouse in less than six years? How was it able to sustain its advantage among fierce competition? Most importantly, how do its founders make all this happen? 

Now we have a rare opportunity to ask the founder himself.  We are pleased to announce that, Eric Xu, a Peking University alumnus and co-founder of Baidu.com, will come to bay area and join us for an interactive discussion. Eric will be introducing his startup experience with Baidu and sharing his insights into how to build solid fundamentals for hi-tech startup companies in China. 

We are also delighted to announce that Richard Lim, managing director of GSR venture, will also come and share his perspective on Chinese internet market.  

We would like to thanks David Lee and Orrick for supporting this event. 

Special Guest Speaker: 

Eric Xu:  Baidu co-founder

Richard Lim:  Managing Director, GSR Ventures 

Moderator: 

David Lee:  Partner, Orrick 

Time:  July 6^th, Friday

            7:00pm to 9:00pm 

Location: Orrick

            1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 

Cost:  Free 
 

Agenda:  

7:00-7:15:  Registration and refreshment

7:15-8:30:  Introduction:     by David Lee

             Chinese internet market overview:  by Richard Lim

                   Five years at Baidu:    by Eric Xu

8:30-9:00:  Q&A 

Speaker and Moderator BIO 

Eric Xu 

Eric was co-founder of Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU), the largest Chinese Internet search engine in the world. He served as Baidu’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer from 1999-2004.  

Prior to Baidu, Eric worked at two biotech companies in the US, QIAGEN, Inc. and Stratagene, Inc., in technical support, sales and marketing. During 1998-1999, Eric was one of the producers of the TV documentary “A Journey to Silicon Valley� ('Zou Jin Gui Gu').  

Eric received BS and MS degrees in biology from Beijing University, Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, and post-doctorate from UC-Berkeley. He is a candidate of the Sloan Master Program of Stanford Graduate School of Business. Since he left Baidu at the end of 2004, Eric has been advisor and investor of several hi-tech and biotech startup companies in China.

 

Richard Lim 

Richard manages the GSR Silicon Valley office, and focuses on investments in the Internet and semiconductor component sectors. Prior to GSR, Richard was an entrepreneur and was involved in founding three U.S. internet startups: iMarket (acquired by Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB)), Quickdot and Co- nect (acquired by Pearson (NYSE:PSO)). He was also an executive at Lotus Development Corporation.

Richard grew up in Singapore and has a MBA from Stanford University (Arjay Miller Scholar) and a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MD equivalent) from the National University of Singapore.

Richard is a Charter member of Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA).

David Lee

David Lee, a partner in the Silicon Valley office, is a member of Orrick’s Emerging Companies Group, which advises emerging companies and venture capital firms.  Mr. Lee practices in the areas of corporate formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, public company securities, and technology licensing transactions.

Mr. Lee has an active practice representing China-focused emerging companies, both in the United States and in China, and heads Orrick's China Emerging Companies Group.  Mr. Lee has represented one of China's leading Internet companies, Sina Corporation, since its initial public offering.  In addition, Mr. Lee's practice involves a broad network of entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists that are active in developing China-focused companies.

Mr. Lee's company clients have been backed by, among others, AsiaVest, Accel, China Venture Mgt, Doll Capital, Draper Fisher, Gobi Partners, Granite Global, GSR Ventures, Hummer Winblad, Lightspeed, Mayfield, NEA, Northern Light, Oak Investment, Redpoint, Sequoia, Sequoia China, Sierra, Softbank, Walden, and Venrock.