George Godula is an Internet entrepreneur and angel investor with a focus on e-commerce. He currently acts as CEO of Shanghai-based digital marketing agency & TP (âTaobao Partnerâ) Web2Asia (http://www.web2asia.com) â a company he started in 2006. At the same time George is shareholding partner at global website creator & eShop solution Jimdo (http://www.jimdo.com), a startup founded in 2007 by former classmates from Gothenburg University, and which is now among the top 3 largest players globally in this industry with offices in Hamburg, Shanghai, Tokyo and San Francisco. Jimdo triggered Georgeâs passion for Internet & e-commerce startups and he is an active mentor and angel investor at CHINACCELERATOR (https://www.chinaccelerator.com) and AngelVest (http://www.angelvestgroup.com) â both based in Shanghai.He frequently publishes and speaks on the topic of China Multi-Channel, E-Commerce and Digital Marketing and has been featured in among others The Washington Post, The New York Times, Reuters, Techcrunch, Mashable, Pando Daily, The Next Web and Venture Beat.Â
Prior to moving to China in 2006, George was Business Development Manager and Head of Special Projects at OMICRON Electronics in Austria. He holds a Masterâs Degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Innsbruck, Austria and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. George is an Austrian national, but has spent most of his professional life as expatriate and speaks German, English, Swedish, French, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
Favorite quote: âThe world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think that itâs real because thatâs how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills, and itâs very brightly coloured, and itâs very loud and itâs fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question â is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us. They say âHey! Donât worry, donât be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride.â âBill Hicks
