{"id":630,"date":"2021-10-27T16:25:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/?p=630"},"modified":"2022-11-07T10:25:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T10:25:49","slug":"blux-lianjun-shen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2021\/10\/27\/blux-lianjun-shen\/","title":{"rendered":"Blux LianJun Shen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">MBA 2021, Japan<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong><em>&#8220;What makes you comfortable destroys you, and it is only in a state of discomfort that you can keep growing.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I am the CEO of a Sports equipment company called \u2018Blue Earth\u2019 based in Japan. I have designed and imported outdoor sports equipment like bicycles, bullet trains and cameras from China for more than 15 years. My professional interest is to make my brand globally recognised.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, my hobbies include travel, photography and cycling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2013, I received the iF Design Gold Award at the Taiwan Cycle Show, which is showcased all over Japan<\/li>\n<li>In 2015, I launched the new outdoor company called \u2018EIGHT Corporation\u2019, our team grew to have five staff and sales about \u00a31.5 million annually, becoming a famous Camp brand in Japan within three years<\/li>\n<li>2020 I created my brand and sold it in five countries around the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to the Kent MBA programme and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The high ranking of the University in the UK. It is a relatively new school, so I can study an MBA with new ideas. Its&#8217; proximity to Europe allows me to make new friends with students from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were your motivations for undertaking an MBA?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to expand my brand globally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to learn branding and start a new career in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be afraid of tradition, don&#8217;t be afraid of losing, challenge yourself and get closer to your goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBA 2021, Japan &#8220;What makes you comfortable destroys you, and it is only in a state of discomfort that you can keep growing.&#8221; I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2021\/10\/27\/blux-lianjun-shen\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74554,"featured_media":653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[249096],"tags":[249102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":995,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}