Join the Hardware Massive Shenzhen event Thursday at the Sino-Finnish Design Park. Everyone is invited to speak for two minutes to introduce their projects. Beer and pizzas are offered at the event.

    Leverage everything you have! Kickstarter and Amazon are nice, but there are still plenty of channels to tap into to diversify your sales strategy. The event will look at some case studies as well as tactics on how to prepare for a wider sales and marketing distribution strategy with speaker Michael Michelini.

    Michelini is a social media and e-commerce specialist who helps companies do business in China by leveraging the power of social media and e-commerce. He hosts the weekly podcast Global From Asia to help business persons understand how to do business in China and other parts of Asia. Michelini is also a consultant with Shadstone and recently organized the Cross Border Summit in Shenzhen.

    The sponsors are BSG Berkeley Sourcing Group, an international turnkey manufacture provider for hardware startups, and Shenzhen Industrial Design Profession Association (SIDA), an industry association for Shenzhen industrial designers.

    Time: 6:30-9:30 p.m., May 19

    Venue: Sino-Finnish Design Park, No. 113, Block B4, Funian Square, Futian Free Trade Zone (福田保税区福年广场B4栋113号中芬设计园)

    Metro: Yitian or Futian Checkpoint Station, and then take a taxi(SD News)