Adrien L. Beaulieu

Founding businesses, the creative way

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Passion

Passion is where everything starts from. It is as indispensable as water for me in order to survive.

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Grit

Grit is the right mix between courage, tenacity, endurance… and a badass, never give up attitude.

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Resilience

Resilience is my “Whatever happens, I’ll get back on my feet, and still follow my path” life saving moto.

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Congruence

Congruence is what makes everything sticks, bringing me a never ending experience of flow.

Skillset 1: Build Organizations & Businesses from Scratch – Write, Publish and Produce

Consulting, trading, manufacturing, winemaking, publishing.

France – Canada – China.

CCIL Beijing Office – China

Co-founder
Achievements : started Lyon Chamber of Commerce in Beijing from scratch; managed 8 years; 300+ french orgs supported; bilateral agreements; business seminars, exhibitions; new businesses launched.

Plan Project
Interview Customers
Market
Network
Represent
Promote

DX Ltd / Trade – China

Co-founder
Achievements : Hundreds of French companies supported in their China business development. Services = Purchasing, quality control, and trade. Operations = Buy/manufacture/sell products for the European market.

Plan Project
Interview Customers
Build Mission & Report
Train
Market
Advise

DX Ltd / Production – China

Co-founder
Achievements : Started an entire metal mesh baskets workshop from scratch for the European horticulture industry, managed 15 years (2016). Dalian, Liaoning province. Operations, staff training, marketing and sales management.

Plan Project
Interview Customers
Design / Make / Create
Sell
Manufacture
Train

AKB Innovation – France

Founder
Achievements : startups funding (some still in operation (from the 90s); technology transfer; feasibility studies; mentoring, coaching, advising.

Fund or Help fund
Mentor – Coach
Research Center Industry collab.
Train
Business Plan
Advise

AB Éditions

Founder
Achievements : fiction & non-fiction books, reports, essays; 3 different book collections.
See Amazon author page for details.

Write
Create Book covers
Createspace+Amazon
Publish
Market
Promote

Monte Cristo / Wine – China

Co-founder
Achievements: 12 wines, 4 books, 16 distributors; 90 days ROI; 20x better than the competition
see Monte Cristo site for details.

Self fund
Design
Market
Storytell
Distribute
Train

The Picaud Adventure

Founder
Achievements : research, essays, novel, movie script, trailers (details below).

Research
Essays
Movie script
Documentary project

Skillset 2: Source, Trade, Quality Control, Train

Sourcing, trading, manufacturing, from scratch.

Advising customers to build China businesses wisely.

Sourcing

Foundry Industry

Trading

Furniture Industry

Quality Control

Garment Industry

Skillset 3: Manufacture & Get Hands Dirty

Building and transferring low-tech operations to China.

Build Facilities

Adapt a Construction Building

Set Equipment

Piece by piece with bare hands

Mechanical Assembly

With parts modified on the fly

Training

Give people training and a job

Skillset 4: Train Board of Administrations, MBA Execs & Top Executives

France – China business opportunities seminars, training, and coaching.

French top IT Companies

China IT Business Seminar

Board of Administration 1

Cross Cultural Differences Seminar

MBA – Top Exec Seminar

Doing Business in China Training

Board of Administration 2

China Venture Launch Seminar

MPM Wuhan

China Top Executives Seminar

MPM Lyon

Business Owners Seminar

CCIFC Beijing

IT China Seminar

Board of Administration 3

China Startup Seminar

Skillset 5: Build Bilateral Economic Links, Advise & Facilitate

Bilateral achievements.

CCI Lyon and CCPIT

Bilateral Treaties Signature

French Embassy – Beijing

French Ambassador 1

French Embassy – Beijing

French Ambassador 2

Made in France Promotion

Maisons à vivre with French Minister

Rhône-Alpes – Guangzhou

Bilateral Partnerships Signature

Trade Mission

Shenyang Government

Trade Mission

Shenyang Government

Made in France Promotion

China TV Channel

Bilateral Partnerhips

Dalian City Mayor

Trade Mission

CCIL President tour in China

Aderly – Invest in France

France Investment Promotion

Lyon city Promotion in China

Lyon city Mayor

Xiamen Business Meetings

Entry Event Speech

Europasia Board

120 Chinese CEOs in Lyon

French Exhibition in Beijing

Economy Minister C. Lagarde

EuropAsia Conference

Lyon City

INSA vs TSINGHUA

Sino-French Universities

China Environment Exhib.

CIEPEC National

Trade Mission

Rhône-Alpes Officials

Grand-Lyon China Tour

Grand-Lyon Vice-Chairman

Skillset 6: Design Way Beyond a Mere Business

Creating a concept, building a narrative, creating a complete wine catalog,

Writing 4 essays, 1 novel, 1 movie script, editing 2 trailers…

Perform interviews, co-design a wardrobe, source, and co-design 2 horse saddle packs,

Build 2 websites, and many derivatives products… while building a business.

Creating a Promotional Video

From grapes to wine: the whole MC wine process.

From Idea to Concept

From a worldwide-known character and novel (the Count of Monte Cristo) to a whole business and creative almost transmedia adventure.
Building a Dumas Father cultural association in France.
Creating a Monte Cristo Badminton Team in China.
Creating trailers and training sessions, producing Video Material, publishing recipe books.