THE DRAGON'S PATH

di Sunil Rajendran (Autore)

Sunil Rajendran, 2026

China does it differently. Not slightly differently, but completely. A Chinese founder starts with a supply chain, not a personal problem. They read a government Five-Year Plan the way others read a market research report. They test a product by putting it on sale, not by interviewing customers. They fight price wars to buy market position. In a little over two decades, that method built world leaders in electric vehicles, batteries, solar energy, drones, e-commerce, digital payments, and food delivery, and more recently in artificial intelligence and robotics. Yet very little explains this way of building companies as a method that founders elsewhere can study and use. The Dragon's Path does exactly that. Through more than a hundred real companies, including BYD, CATL, DJI, Xiaomi, Meituan, Pinduoduo, SHEIN, Luckin, Transsion, and DeepSeek, it follows the Chinese founder from spark to scale, sector by sector. It tells the failures, fines, and forced restructurings alongside the successes. The book is built in three parts Part One - The Dragon's Eye: how ideas are born in China. Assembly obsession, policy as a compass, China speed, deep dives into electric vehicles, platform commerce, fintech, and new consumer brands, and a codex of twenty-two sectors. Part Two - The Dragon's Crucible: how ideas are tested and funded. The Taobao test, the full-stack clone, the state as silent co-founder, the numbers-first pitch, price wars, regulatory whiplash, the cost of 996 working hours, and the shift of capital from dollars to renminbi. Part Three - The Dragon's Ascent: how companies scale and go global. Density as a moat, vertical integration through shortages, the hard-technology climb under sanctions, the global playbook, and building the brand rather than just the box. A three-way mirror in every chapter Each chapter asks what founders in India, the West, Southeast Asia, and the Global South should borrow, adapt, or refuse. Some of the Chinese method is worth copying. Some of it, such as extreme working hours and dependence on subsidies, should be firmly refused. Each chapter opens with a real story, gives you a named framework, works through documented cases, and closes with a practice exercise and takeaways. What you will take away How to read government policy as a map of demand, and see where money will flow next Why speed of iteration, more than invention, decides most Chinese markets How price wars, clones, and regulatory crackdowns play out, and who survives them How Chinese companies go abroad, and what that means for the markets they enter Who this book is for Founders who compete with, sell to, or source from Chinese companies Investors who back them, bet against them, or invest alongside them Policymakers studying how the state, capital, and start-ups work together Students and teachers of entrepreneurship and international business Written from India for the world, The Dragon's Path is built from published, documented sources, with estimates marked as estimates. It is a field guide to the companies you will meet in your market, whether you plan to compete with them, partner with them, or learn from them.

• Autore: Sunil Rajendran
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Sunil Rajendran
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237598315