Yeah, I had to put my real name on the ONO website, so it's official now.
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of energy, discovery and new opportunities. Everything happened so fast and quite by accident. I didn't go looking for a career, but a mission found me. To me, this is more like a mission, not a job.
So it's now official, I'm leading the international operations at ONO. This means that I am doing everything to make sure that the social ecosystem of ONO gets created in an optimal way. We will see if I can rise to the occasion and find people who are just as inspired as I am about this project. I will need your help, of course, as this cannot be done by one person alone.
The way this all happened is rather curious, and also by accident. It started when i wrote that Hackernoon article about Ke Xe, CEO and Founder of ONO. I asked her for an interview in Telegram and she said yes. After the article came out, and the ONO team was getting a bit of exposure from my article, that's when things changed.
I cannot remember the exact moment when Ke Xu and went from interviewer to working partners, but sometimes in life, you have a feeling of destiny and you meet someone who is a resonating force that just won't go away. Meeting Ke Xu was like that for me. She's an incredibly deep, intelligent and passionate person who is driven not just by monetary gain, but by a desire to create freedom for people. This is her driving force. I was very surprised to learn that Ke Xu has turned down lots of investor money for ONO. You might think this is strange, but I understand why she has turned it down.
Investors, once they give you their money, want to control a project. She learned tough lessons from her previous app, ERA, which was a successful venture, having 10 million users at its height, but which was influenced too much by investors. She wants to build ONO in a sustainable and organic way, with the social ecosystem construction being the primary focus. She understands the inherent vulnerability in a new social atmosphere. So, after the social ecosystem is built, then the investors can contribute. She understands timing.
My role will be developing the international division and I definitely know this will be a huge challenge and maybe the most difficult thing I've ever decided to take on, ever. So far, I have learned so much knowledge from Ke Xu and the ONO team and my degree in East Asian Studies is actually being used. I lived in Japan on several occasions, and even though Japanese and Chinese culture is quite different, the work ethic and dedication to study is quite similar. Ke and her team work constantly, and it's safe to say that she fits into the entrepreneur mold, in that she rarely sleeps.
Here's the website as it looks:
Official site: https://www.ono.chat/
So, most of you will be wondering when the international version is released. It's set to release in May. And then when EOS launches, ONO will be migrated to the EOS blockchain.
We are developing a lot as we go along, and using the principles of compassionate guidance as we build the ONO social ecosystem. There will be of course major challenges, but the ONO team believes in transparency, and admitting mistakes when they happen. This is the same belief system I operate on. Nothing will ever be perfect as long as humans are involved. But we can be honest about our challenges, and learn from them, giving people the knowledge and information they deserve.
Some interesting facts so far about the official ONO app launch for the Chinese market: invitation codes are being sold on the black market for upwards of $200 each. The way that ONO launched their app is through invitation only. The invitations were given to the Super Partners and I believe community partners, so it traveled along friend networks. They didn't release them to the general public on purpose. They want to build out the social fabric first, before opening it up to everyone.
I will be moving my Slothicorn project to ONO when the time is right, and yes, I will still be posting here on Steem about new developments in this ever evolving project which has basically consumed my every waking moment.
I wasn't looking for a career, but I found a mission that I believe in.
I want to mention that we are in serious need of Chinese and English bilingual people. If you understand both languages and are interested in this, reach out to me here. We have a lot of need in this area.
Thank you and Cheers,
Stellabelle
ONO Official Links
Official website: https://www.ono.chat
Telegram Chinese: https://t.me/ONOCN
Telegram English: https://t.me/ONOUS
Sina Weibo: https://weibo.com/ONOofficial
WeChat official account: onogogo
Twitter：https://twitter.com/onosocial
Medium: https://medium.com/@ONOsocial
Steemit: https://steemit.com/@onosocial
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ONOofficial
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/onosocial
Congratulations, Leah, and best wishes with it!
Hi @stellabella, what is your need in terms of Chinese and English bilinguals? I am fluent in both and would be interested to help.
good luck, let me know if you got invites to give away. want to try it
great experience, you consider this a mission and therefore I am sure you will succeed with your mission, I will always support you @stellabelle
Congrats and all the best!
I keep hearing nice things about ono so I decided to download it : )
I received an error before (but I was on mobile data so I will try again)
It is exciting for me too, so I will make sure to share as much as possible after I use it a bit and get the hang of it!
Nice things are happening, it feels amazing to be able to be part of them!
you have to be in China for the first release of their app
Stick the #cn tag onto it to attract some bilingual Chinese people to this post.
Cg
Congratulations Stella and it is great when similar minds connect and see a wonderful vision of what could be.
I am pretty excited about Ono and what it could achieve and with you leading the international end I know it is going to be awesome.
Thanks, I appreciate it.....we have good things coming.
Thank you for pushing the English version. All the best in your new venture. EOS will replace all the badness Steemit will never fix.
Please follow back
Congratulations!
👏😇
Just realized this may also be great for EOS - as will provide a working example of how an entire project can transition over to EOS after having started on something else - surely a migration others may be curious about, especially should Ethereum drag its ass in scaling...
What yay that is so freaking cool!!!! Congrats Stellabelle i couldn't think of anyone better for the mission x
Thanks for sharing with us ❤️ @stellabelle
Awesome news! Congratulations! I can't wait to start adding an ONO module to #blockpress.
Good luck in your new role. Looks like it's going to be an exciting ride
thanks Steve, wow, we are like the early early ones still here!
I'm sticking with Steemit for now. I love the community.
Hey @steevc - you can do both!
If only I had the time...
I can hear you - time is always the issue :-)
I will try both. Good to have some EOS as well as Steem
Great job. Congratulations!
Wow.. This is just huge.. Congratulations @stellabelle, i believe this project will be successful with honest people in it.. I wish you luck.
I'm happy for you. Congratulations. I know you are up to the task. Keep flying
Congrt @stellabelle, i am good with English, how do i join?
I just added all the links above. Mostly the English speakers are in Telegram.
This really great and congratulations to you on your new appointment.
I heard that the ONO social ecosystem on EOS will be meant for the Asians and that gets me wondering why?
As a decentralized social network, it should be made open for all irrespective of your location like steemit and a few others. I may be wrong anyway, but I stand to be corrected all the same.
No, the international version will be launched in May. The Chinese market is the first one, as the team is Chinese, but she's aiming for inclusion, and millions of users. I believe there are 1 million people waiting to get in, right now. 50,000 people joined on the launch day.
they want to build social ecosystems first.....
Simply amazing! I look forward to seeing how this grows even more now knowing an outstanding person such as your self has created the opportunity to get more involved. It sounds like one heck of a passion project. Way to go!!!!
Thank you
This sounds so exciting @stellabelle and congratulation for the new mission. I am pretty sure the mission going to be super hit with so much enthusiasm seen from your post.
Let me know if i can be helpful in any part of the mission. ...i am from India and using steemit since oct'17
thank you. We will need help for sure. You can join us in Telegram if you're interested.
Here you go...i joined the english ono channel....eager to make it a better place 👍
Congrats @stellabelle.......By the way I just put up a BLOG post and I mentioned you and @ackza and @surfyogi in the posting and all of the Wonderful Things you do in Support of STEEM GHANA. I Dared Everyone to come UP VOTE the post so I can give a big chunk of the funds to Zach to use to progress the STEEM Ghana members.
Ok, i will check it out.
Congratulations, well deserved. The real people recognise real when they see one.
haha, thanks for your always supportive comments. I am glad we met on here!
Thanks a lot. I like the progress you are making this space. This is goodbye to 9 to 5 grind :)
hahaha... and hello 24/7 grind! There isn't much sleep going on in the Stella household at the moment I am quite sure!
That's true, but it is more fulfilling
Oh wow!
Congratulations!
I read the article linked above the other day and thought it was a great write-up!
This seems like a perfect role for you to get stuck into, best of luck, and I guess I'll see you on the EOS BC at some point 😁🥇x
hahahaha, yeah thank you! I'm enjoying the ride, and if for some reason, I feel overwhelmed, I will be riding along into the mysteries of life...
You'd have be silly not to try and ride this wave, but I can understand that it may feel like a lot to take on - I think they will be happy you contacted them 😁
I'm looking forward to may for the launching of the international version. Congratulations @stellabelle on this milestone achievement, this is goodnews, well done
thank you!
You're welcome
You rock @stellabelle! Congratulations on the position and congratulations to ONO for having this powerful lady on board.
Let's make human values great again :-)
Btw I'm super stoked to check out the English version of the ONO app in May!
Seeing your excitement, I suggest you try your hands on chinese language till then😄
Eeeeehm, I guess I can wait.....:-D
#fullexcitement - yes!
Don’t like to learn a new language?🤔
I love to learn new languages, but currently don't have the time
okay.
Wow... the part where you mentioned you found a mission you believed in is thrilling. Am happy for all your projects; they are all wonderful ones. I wish you great favours. Am happy for you @stellabelle you deserve all the prosperities.
thanks @gloglo! I appreciate you stopping by.
The pleasure is all mine dear @stellabelle
I’m looking forward to updates and how you all are going to work with the pushy investors ...ha! Congratulations 🌺
Good. that I admit, and I keep trying to give an understanding of the mistakes that occurred. once again i apologize buddy @reddust.
Congratulations! I'm sure you will do great as their International Operations coordinator. I look forward to seeing how ONO progresses. Perhaps we can find some synergy with cross-posting via MASDACS.io once it has successfully moved to EOSIO in a few months.
Congratulations friend, I am proud of your achievements and I trust you'll do excellently well.
You are perfect for ONO - fab leader and one can feel your heart is driving this forward.
These lines resonates so much with me!!!!
Congratulations on this achievement. Let the wonderful experience begin. We shall keep surpporting you!
ONO!!!
Congrats @stellabelle
I am IMPRESSED!
Keep STEEM N ON,
Frank
Congratulations ma'am, and i wish you all the best. This promises to be exciting. You are always championing a worthy cause. Mission found you. Well done.
Good to know your real name. :)
Congratulations! I am very excited about ONO ever since I read about them and would have really loved to help out the team, sadly I am no "techie" :(
Great job Stella!
Let me know if ONO Social needs a mannequin-blogger ;-)
Big hug
Steemitri The Mannequin
i will let you know!
Congratulations! Can not wait to learn more about it!!! So happy I only have to wait until May; I thought bit would be much longer. Genuinely Excited!!
Congratulations! I look forward to seeing what you develop there and will be happy to provide my input. I must confess that in my two short months on Steemit I've come to love this platform, but I'm still open to learning new platforms that will be even better environments for growing real community and getting quality content creators fairly compensated for their content.
Onward and upward!
Congratulations @stellabelle. I was wondering how Ono will be different from Steemit apart from being on distinct blockchains and starting with Chinese language first rather than English. Will there be concepts of ono power, voting and rewards?
Will there eventually be free setups? Can I get the @leprechaun nick there?
ONO is more like a combo of Facebook, Twitter and WeChat i think. I don't have answers to your other question about 'free setup'. I have not used the dApp yet.
congratulations with this fantastic new challenge..
Congratulations dude. Good luck and god bless you
Woah this is so exciting! You two seem like a match made in heaven! I can't wait to see what ono brings :D
buena suerte , me encanta cuando personas como tu progresan buena suerte
Hopefully this will be a success in the west too. I'm waiting for the release in North America.
Congratulations.
Congrats! I was planning on reading the whitepaper soon.
thanks Teamsteem!
Congratulations to you @stellabelle.
ONO is super lucky to have you.
thanks dear @tojukaka!
congradtulations Stella!! Wow!!
@stellbelle, I am from Canada (Chinese-Canadian), fluent in both English and Cantonese Chinese, actually came from Hong Kong. Just came across your post from Hackernoon actually, this is the first article I read about ONO. If you need any help I am more than eager to help. (I am new to Steemit, wasn't even sure if I want to disclose my gender yet, but here it is. I am a female). So I am exciting to see more women in the field and taking the lead on something this exciting. Not sure how to contact you from here though.
It would be good to find out more about one another and possibly work together. Find me on twitter @stellabelle
I'm stoked about your new mission!
Hey @stellabelle,
From the little I've learnt of ONO so far, I was already pretty excited. Now knowing a bit about Ke Xu's history, I'm even more interested.
As a kid I ran a little business selling frozen treats to kids during recess. One of my teachers was basically my biggest investor, as she provided a portion of the supplies and the refrigerator.
Later on, she started forcing me to sell at lower rates to her kids, who would in turn buy up all my stock and sell it higher to other kids. I told her about it and she basically turned a deaf ear.
I eventually closed down running at a loss, learning later it was the teacher who told her kids to buy and resell my stuff 😒
Anyway, the summary of this is that I'd like to help. I'm not even remotely bilingual, but I'm a pretty decent writer, and I make the best frozen treats this side of the equator. 😁
P.S. Congrats on your new job, break a leg!
@barrister-batman
@steellabelle, Congratulations, Go go eos😙😙😙