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This document discusses the startup ecosystems across Asia. It provides an overview of the infrastructure, regulations, financing, talent, and culture that support startups in countries like Singapore, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, and several Southeast Asian countries. It also summarizes the growth of co-working spaces and investments in Hong Kong's startup scene from 2009 to present day. The document concludes that Asia provides many opportunities to expand, build, or find talent for startups.
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The Brighton School of Business and Management recently released an infographic that revealed the top 10 places to launch a startup. I recently came across an article where the author interviewed the head of Seedstars, who published the infographic, to understand what makes each of these cities so great for startups.
Building Innovative Country
The document outlines a proposed 6-month "Bangkok Beta" pilot program to prototype strategies for building Thailand's digital economy and tech startup ecosystem. It would assemble a dream team to research and implement proven "low hanging fruit" solutions over 4 months, with an initial 1-month planning period and 1-month wrap-up period. A 3-day design lab with an advisory panel would deeply dive into 5 key challenges, and small diversified groups would tackle each challenge. The goal is to test drive solutions, engage stakeholders, and keep momentum going to successfully launch Thailand 3.0.
Chinaccelerator 10 x10 Beijing, Spring 2014
Chinaccelerator, in cooperation with Tech Temple and GWC, once again hosted their program-annual 10X10 Beijing on March 8th, 2014.
The Geeks on a Train tour takes the Chinaccelerator startups on a ride from Shanghai to Beijing, then back down to Hangzhou before returning to Shanghai.
As part of the tour, the 10x10 conference brings attendees 10 tech pioneers (in this case we had 12!) and top VC's from the startup ecosystem in China. This is an amazing opportunity for attendees to have a peek at the first startup accelerator program in China, meet interesting people and listen to amazing speakers.
As always, each of them takes attendees on a 10-minute tour of their own startup trials and tribulations, wins and losses, then give some great advice and maybe a secret or two about what they learned to help make them the superstars they are today.
These are their slides, we hope you enjoy them. Thank you for supporting Chinaccelerator and entrepreneurship worldwide.
Digital Business Model 20182 W9 Lean Startup
This document discusses the Lean Startup methodology. It provides background on Eric Ries and Steve Blank, who developed the Lean Startup approach. The key aspects of Lean Startup are testing business assumptions iteratively through minimum viable products to validate product-market fit, eliminating waste. Examples discussed include how Dropbox used Lean Startup in their first 3 launches, learning from each iteration. The document also outlines Lean Canvas, key metrics, build-measure-learn loops, and customer development as Lean Startup techniques. It notes a lack of explicit Lean Startup case studies in Indonesia.
500 Startups Tour
An overview of 500 Startups for a Japanese audience, as well as my experience starting GinzaMetrics in Japan and getting funded by 500 Startups. I close with some comparisons between Japan and Silicon Valley and provide some advice and observations to Japanese entrepreneurs.
Technopreneurship and the Early Stage Ecosystem in China in 2013
20 slides about everything you should know on the state of the Chinese internet, the start-up community and resources available to entrepreneurs in China in 2013.
Startup Guide: Chicago
Guide to the Chicago startup community for entrepreneurs, investors, and others.
[Updated January 2014]
Startup Guide: Chicago
The document provides an overview of the Chicago startup ecosystem. It begins with quotes highlighting Chicago's diversity and potential for building long-term, revenue-focused companies. It then introduces the authors and provides a table of contents for the guide's sections. The sections cover the history of innovation in Chicago, notable current companies and startups, resources for learning, collaborating and incubating ideas, sources of funding, and larger companies that can help startups scale. The guide aims to provide navigational information for entrepreneurs and investors interested in the growing Chicago startup community.
Ride the tide
It was my privilege to talk at Attock Developer Conference. These slides were presented in conference to share some insights about transition in tech industry and motivate audience to come out of their safe zone.
#eRozgaar #ComsatsAttock #ADC #AttockDeveloperConference
#CompanyReBuilding - Asian Disruptors
Huawei has grown to become a global leader in telecommunications equipment through focusing on customer needs, innovation, and building an employee-owned company culture. Founded in 1987 in Shenzhen, China, Huawei now employs over 180,000 people and invests heavily in research and development. The company's founder, Ren Zhengfei, established a vision of enriching life through communication and a mission of providing excellent ICT solutions.
How Can Fukuoka Become The Next Silicon Valley
This document discusses how Fukuoka, Japan can become the next Silicon Valley by attracting creative talent and fostering innovation. It analyzes factors like technology communities, patents, income, and diversity in Fukuoka compared to other cities. The author believes Fukuoka lacks ambitious people and job opportunities that utilize a variety of skills. To become more like Silicon Valley, Fukuoka needs to attract and retain talented people, increase diversity, invest in education/R&D, and promote an environment where people feel they can make an impact.
Zen Hackathon, Rakuten Profile
Rakuten is a global company that operates various online services across 25 countries. It is hiring engineers and encourages applicants to be hackers who can make the world a better place. Rakuten will host a technology conference on October 25th in Tokyo and other cities to highlight speakers and sessions on engineering topics, as well as yoga and social events. Rakuten aims to empower people through technology and innovation.
An Introduction to Southeast Asia’s Startup Ecosystems
SCB has established DigitalVentures to invest in Southeast Asia's growing startup ecosystems. DigitalVentures focuses on fintech, infrastructure, and deep tech startups across seed to Series C. While startup density and VC funding in Southeast Asia still lag global leaders, the region is developing rapidly, driven by a mobile-first, internet-connected population of over 600 million. Several large tech companies are also investing heavily in the region, which is transforming in a manner similar to China's development over the past decade.
3 Ingredients for an Ed Tech Ecosystem
This document outlines three key ingredients needed for a successful ed tech ecosystem: 1) People with experience in education, technology, and investing; 2) Connectivity through online platforms and infrastructure to reach users; and 3) Dedicated early-stage capital from investors incentivized by both financial returns and social impact. It discusses how the U.S. has led the way in developing these ingredients but there is opportunity to build global ecosystems by optimizing deal flow across borders and diversifying investment sources. A global approach can foster collaboration, maximize potential markets, and develop solutions to educate the 96% of students currently outside the U.S.
Seoul Space profile v11
The document provides information on the services offered by Seoul Space, which include operating divisions like an incubator, accelerator, media, and events. It also lists some of Seoul Space's portfolio companies and clients. Seoul Space aims to help startups in Korea launch onto the global stage by leveraging its global networks and implementing a curriculum combining global expertise with local knowledge.
The Dutch ecosystem - introduction & overview
Short presentation i gave to the 'Circle of Influence' of StartupDelta providing an overview of the Dutch tech-entrepreneurship ecosystem. Views expressed are my own.
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Casey Lau Startups in Asia
- 1. Startups ASIA byCASEYLAU.com EAST MEETS WEST 2014 in
- 2. • Born and raised in Vancouver, spent a few years in Kahala Elementary and been in HK since the handover. • Co-founded and sold HK’s first e-commerce Dotcom in 2000. • 3 more startups - 1 sold, 1 crashed and 1 continues without me.
- 4. STARTUPS in less than10 slides HK the story
- 5. HONG KONG AS TECH HUB ‣ Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently CYBERPORT 3X bigger than New York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin. London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. ‣ SV’s ecosystem has 22% more companies in the “scale stage” than in NYC and 54% more than in London. CIRCA 2009
- 7. STARTUP MONDAYS CIRCA 2009
- 8. BOOT HK HONG KONG’S FIRST STARTUP CO-WORKSPACE CIRCA 2010
- 9. STARTUP MONDAYS CIRCA 2010
- 11. 6 TO 6000 MEMBERS
- 16. INVESTMENTS ‣ MailTime: US$500K ‣ Notey: US$500K ‣ SnapTee: US$650K ‣ OpenBall: US$750K ‣ HotelQuickly: US$1.1 million ‣ Grana: US$1 million ‣ AfterShip: US$1 million ‣ Bindo: US$1.8 million ‣ 9Gag: US$2.8 million ‣ GoGoVan: US$6.5 million
- 17. EXITS
- 18. 18 5-MINUTE TOUR HONG KONG CO-WORKSPACES
- 19. THE HIVE
- 20. COCOON
- 21. THE GOOD LAB
- 22. ‣ PaperClipHK ‣ Sheung Wan ‣ Academy ‣ Desks ‣ Eventspace PAPERCLIP ACADEMY
- 23. GARAGE SOCIETY
- 24. SMART-SPACE
- 25. StartupsHK.com
- 26. Startbase.HK
- 27. Startup Jobs
- 30. SINGAPORE TAIPEI SEOUL TOKYO JAKARTA BORACAY
- 31. Startup Ecosystems in Asia Infrastruture Regulation Financing Talent Technology Culture China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea Malaysia Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand Vietnam
- 32. ASIAN CYNICISM ‣ Parental restrictions ‣ Property/Stocks ‣ Bank hiring ‣ Low tech education ‣ Role Models ‣ Globalization ‣ Fear of Failure
- 33. SINGAPORE ‣ Singapore government has allotted massive funding, schemes and matching budgets for startups. ‣ Lots of co-workspace. ‣ Lots of angels and investment groups. ‣ Government subsidies. ‣ Growth forces them to look Pan-Asia. ‣ English/Mandarin.
- 35. TAIWAN ‣ Low-cost, good English, Taipei is great. ‣ Major tech hardware brands. ‣ 23 million population. 17 million+ online. 60% Facebook penetration. ‣ Low seeds and NO Series A. ‣ Good place to start if you want to go global but NOT China.
- 37. CHINA ‣ Think big. Then think even bigger. Then x100. ‣ A billion dollar startup < 10 different billion dollar startups. ‣ Can create a hit in a single A-class city. ‣ Barriers to entry/exit. ‣ Beijing is Silicon Valley East. ‣ HK no longer a gateway to China: IF you want to go to China, GO to China!
- 39. KOREA ‣ Next big tech sector in Asia. ‣ K-Pop, Korean Dramas = viki.com = US$200million. ‣ Samsung not driving innovation. ‣ Government set aside $4B for creative economy, $400mm just for startups early stage investments. ‣ Not a market, Korean ideas don't always translate.
- 41. JAPAN ‣ What works in Japan not always scalable, cultural. ‣ Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka startup hubs. ‣ NOT a naturally entrepreneurial country. ‣ Amazing ideas, all in Japanese. ‣ Preach globalization, but long way to go, but who cares seed to IPO all in Japan.
- 43. SOUTH EAST ASIA ‣ Malaysia: Growing, angel funds, tax benefits. ‣ Thailand: Growing market. ‣ Indonesia: Mass growth market. ‣ Vietnam: Developing market. ‣ Philippines: Geeks on a Beach!
- 46. Startups
- 48. TAKEAWAYS • Look to Asia to expand your startup. • Look to Asia to build a startup (something missing in the cracks = A LOT!). • Look to Asia for talent.
- 49. WRAPPING IT ALL UP • APAC is growing super-fast. Korea and Singapore have money and drive. • SEA coming in fast with market boom. • Japan and China doing their own thing. • Hong Kong a soft landings but no longer a “gateway to China.” • Trends: Hardware, eCommerce, Uber of whatever.