Benjamin Joffe
Benjamin Joffe (@benjaminjoffe – benjamin@plus8star.com) is a renowned expert on Asia’s digital scene. During the past 10 years, he has been part of Japan’s mobile revolution, Korea’s Internet boom and the rise of China as a digital superpower.
As CEO of the strategy consultancy +8* (www.plus8star.com) he brings the best practices from Asia’s digital scene to MNCs and startups worldwide (e.g. Microsoft, Adidas, China Mobile, Harvard Business School, IMVU, Tumblr).
Bridging technology, sociology and anthropology, his research covers virtual economies, digital third places, artificial artificial intelligence (AAI) and online social dynamics.
Benjamin shared insights in over 100 talks across 17 countries, has been quoted in Forbes, The Economist, CNN and the New York Times and was selected among China’s Top 100 Mobile Industry Influencers in 2007 and 2008 as founder of Mobile Monday in Beijing.
Last, he is an angel investor in Asia-based startups, including Cmune (www.cmune.com), the “Zynga of console-like games”, and MyGengo (www.mygengo.com), a global human translation platform.
