John Celestian is the CEO of Further Electronics/Asien. Prior to that, he was the founder of Universal Parts. John has been living in mainland China 13 years and has done his own companies from the 1990s when he attended Stanford University in the PhD program while the world wide web was just becoming a thing. He has started his own software company and raised capital as well a traditional brick and mortar company both of which have done business more than 20 years.

He has experience pitching to silicon valley VC firms as well as watching pitches given by many companies including those of Chinaccelerator in Shanghai and Beijing as well as several Demo day presentations.

“I have hobbies and passion in health, music, food and things that affect the daily habits especially of those living in China. Recently relocating to Taiwan, I’m ready to start making new friends here. Looking forward to how I can help your startup!”

Favorite Quote: “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”-Tony Hsieh