Date: April 3, 3:00 pm BST/4:00 pm CEST/7:00 am PST/10:00 am EST/10:00 pm BJT
Format: Virtual (Zoom)
Language: English
Join us for an informative workshop on scaling up to a unicorn company. Understanding how unicorn companies reach success and how their lessons can be applied to other enterprises is particularly important for founders and decision-makers of start-ups and multinational companies alike, who are looking to build new revenue, bolster resilience, and find growth opportunities. Throughout this workshop, we will explore ways in which CKGSB can help you tap into or become a next generation unicorn.
CKGSB is the first business school globally since 2015 to offer programs designed for unicorn and soon-to-be-unicorn founders. In collaboration with esteemed institutions such as Columbia Engineering, ESCP, UC San Diego,Stanford, SDA Bocconi and others, we are spearheading initiatives in AI, digital transformation, sustainability, healthcare and technology innovation, to offer founders of companies with at least Series A funding the knowledge, network and strategies that they need to scale up.
By participating in these pioneering programs, you will become part of a dynamic community of entrepreneurs who have benefited from CKGSB’s expertise and network. 1,200 founders with at least Series A funding, including founders of 151 unicorn companies and 41 unicorn companies listed on CB Insights (2017 to 2022), have studied at CKGSB.
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how our programs can empower you to thrive in today’s competitive landscape, whether you are a founder, investor, or senior executive.
Dr. Xiang Bing is the Founding Dean and Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of China Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Since 2002, he has built CKGSB into one of China’s most influential, and globally recognized business schools.
Widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese business and economy, Dr. Xiang has been a distinguished recurring keynote speaker at top U.S. university-led China forums for recent years. He has delivered exclusive keynotes at the Penn Wharton China Summit (opening keynotes in 2023 & 2026, and closing keynote in 2024 & 2025), the Harvard College China Forum (opening keynotes in 2018, 2019 & 2023, and closing keynotes in 2017 & 2024), and the Columbia China Forum (closing keynote 2024).
Dr. Xiang has also shared his unique insights with top global corporations and their senior executive leaders, including serving as a special lecturer addressing 200-300 chairmen, board members, and C-suite executives at Malaysia’s Financial Institutions Directors’ Education Forum (FIDE Forum) (January 2026); the only keynote speaker for top executive leaders from 36 major enterprises across Sweden and Finland at the Combient Senior Executive China Deep Dive (November 2025); exclusive speaker for Morgan Stanley Briefing (August 2025); one of the four opening keynote speakers at the Indonesia Economic Summit (February 2025); keynote speaker at the Morgan Stanley Twenty-First Century Asia Pacific Summit (September 2022); and the only closing keynote speaker at the SCMP China Conference: United States, celebrating the 40th anniversary of US-China Relations in New York City (December 2019).
Dr. Xiang is also a prominent participant in high-level global closed-door forums and conferences, including the Twentieth Edition of Roundtable Japan (2025), Ditchley Foundation Annual Forum (2010, 2012, 2018 and 2021-where he served as First Co-Chairman in 2018), Rome Roundtable (2017-2020, 2022, 2024), and the invitation-only Yale CEO Summit in New York City (2016).
Dr. Xiang has served as an independent board member to multiple listed companies, including four Fortune Global 500 companies. He was a member of the Global Board of Trustees for United Way Worldwide (U.S.) (2011-2017) and currently sits on the Advisory Board of Asia House (London) and acts as Counselor for One Young World Summit (Dublin).
Under Dr. Xiang’s leadership, CKGSB has developed a distinctive model of management education that integrates the humanities, philanthropy, and social innovation into its degree and executive programs. Since first incorporating the humanities into its curriculum in 2005, CKGSB has made philanthropy and social innovation central across its programs, launched the Ji’an poverty-alleviation initiative, and received China Philanthropy Times’ “Annual Philanthropic Enterprise” award five times (2017–2020, 2023).
Dr. Xiang’s research focuses on how countries and enterprises navigate periods of profound economic, technological and geopolitical change. His work spans global development models, economic disruption, China-U.S. relations, global trade and investment, and the transformation of Chinese enterprises, with particular attention to scaling, globally relevant business models, and the emergence of “Groundbreaking Innovation.”
Hau L. Lee is the Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His areas of specialization include global value chain innovations, supply chain management, global logistics, inventory modeling, and environmental and social responsibility. He is also the faculty advisor for the Stanford Institute for Innovations in Developing Economies, and is a co-director of the Stanford Value Chain Innovation Initiative. Professor Lee has published widely in journals, such as Management Science, Operations Research, Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review, and served on the editorial boards of many international journals.
Professor Lee has consulted extensively in the public and private sectors. He is a co-founder of DemandTec, which went public in 2007. He is on the board and advisory board of several logistics services and supply chain software companies. Professor Lee obtained his B.Soc.Sc. degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Hong Kong in 1974, his M.Sc. degree in Operational Research from the London School of Economics in 1975, and his MS and PhD degrees in Operations Research from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1983.
Alan Chen is an accomplished education professional with extensive experience in program management, business development, and executive education. He currently serves as the Assistant Dean for Global Programs at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, where he provides strategic direction for the global program portfolio and leads the corporate solutions team across the three overseas offices in London, New York, and Hong Kong. In addition, he is leading the establishment of a new campus in the UAE.
Previously, Alan served as the Executive Director of Wharton San Francisco, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the campus facilities with oversight of its IT, HR, Operations and Finance groups. He also supported the Vice Dean on Asia initiatives and engaged the alumni community in the Bay Area. Before Wharton San Francisco, Alan served as the Senior Director of Business Development for Wharton Executive Education, where he led business development for individual and customized corporate training programs.
Alan’s previous experience includes serving as the Director of MBA Program for CKGSB (Beijing) and Director of CKGSB Americas. Alan started his career in Executive Education as the Associate Director of Client Relations at Columbia Business School.
Alan holds a BA degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California (USC), an MS in Negotiations and Conflict Resolutions from Columbia University, and a Global EMBA offered jointly by Columbia Business School (CBS), London Business School (LBS), and Hong Kong University Business School (HKU). He most recently completed his Doctoral of Education from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Alan currently serves on the Board of UNICON, the global consortium of university-based executive education organizations, where he helps advance innovation, collaboration, and the impact of executive education worldwide.
Bo Ji is the Founder of China Start, an inspiring TEDx speaker, a China expert, an advocate of EU-China trade, Author of “5G Changes the World” , and Co-Founder of “Impact 17+1” Club.
Bo is currently the Assistant Dean of Global Executive Education & Chief Representative for Europe at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), a top business school with more than 18,000 chairman/CEO level alumni. Bo had an over-25-year successful business career in Global Business Development, Innovation, Strategy, Supply Chain Management, M&A, etc. He served as the senior executive at the headquarters of many fortune 500 companies such as Monsanto, Cargill, Pfizer, Wrigley and Mars. After a long corporate life, Bo became a serial entrepreneur and investor. Bo founded the “China Start” to bring global startups and scaleups to China. He created a paradigm shift for global startups to expand to China instead of Silicon Valley.
Combining his extensive business experiences and in-depth knowledge, Bo taught EMBA/MBA from some of the world’s most prestigious business schools such as INSEAD, Esade, MIT, New York University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Technology University of Munich, Tsinghua University, CKGSB, Zhejiang University, Sun Yet-Sen University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Taiwan’s National Chengchi University etc.
Bo is a well sought inspiring speaker at renowned international conferences, forums, TV media and annual corporate meetings. He frequently appears at large scale tech/startup conferences around the world as keynote speaker, such as Mobile World Congress (Spain), London Tech Week (UK), Pioneers 18’(Austria), Wolves Summit (Poland), Horasis Global Meeting (Portugal), UN Empretec Global Summit (Turkey), Arctic 15 (Finland), Info Share (Poland), Startup Village (Russia), Lean Startup Europe (Netherland), Campus Party (Italy), European Startup Days (Poland), OurCrowd Global Investor Summit (Israel), Technology Innovation Summit (China), Startup LaunchPad (Hong Kong), India Blockchain Week (India) etc.
Xiang Bing, Founding Dean and Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of China Business and Globalization, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Hau Lee, Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Marek Stawinski, Founder and CEO, NaviParking
(CKGSB Global Unicorn Program – Dubai Participant)
Alan Chen, Assistant Dean of Global Programs, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Ji Bo, Chief Representative for CKGSB Europe, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
In partnership with Columbia Engineering
This program is designed to equip senior executives with the strategic insights and tools necessary to lead in this transformative era.
In partnership with Stanford Engineering Center for Global & Online Education
This CKGSB program equips entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and key stakeholders with the tools, insights, and skills necessary to lead a new generation of unicorn companies.
In partnership with UC Berkeley College of Engineering
This program equips participants with proven strategies, cutting-edge research, and the best-in-class advice to fuel innovation, seize emerging tech developments, and catalyse transformation within your organization.
