Archived content from StartupsHK, the community that helped build Hong Kong's startup ecosystem. Explore the history, interviews, and stories from the early days of the GBA tech scene.
Hong Kong’s immigration environment is far from unfriendly. According to the Immigration Department’s facts and statistics, almost 29,000 professionals from all sectors and nearly 100 countries receiv...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Elaine1.jpg) A short jaunt from Central station is The Garage Society – yet another new co-working space. This two-floored, 8,500 square-foot space was co-fou...
This is a guest post from Deepak Madnani, founder of Sheung Wan-based co-working space and startup academy Paperclip. Startup Accelerators are attaining almost mythical status as the ‘promised land’ f...
Mark down April 15th on your calendar for the massive Silicon Dragon Hong Kong 2014 event at Cyberport! As a member of the StartupsHK network, Silicon Dragon is offering 20% off the standard ticket pr...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IBM3.jpg) We’ve spoken to investors and veteran entrepreneurs alike and advice for first-time founders is unanimous: when building your business, you need to ...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Apple-Joint.png) Getting your startup off the ground can be tricky business. Instead of having your tech-savvy people handling the IT troubleshooting, you’d p...
In the past couple months, the Bitcoin space in Hong Kong has been teeming with competition, with Bitcoin Group HK launching the city’s first ATM on Friday. According to the SCMP, Bitcoin exchange ANX...
This is a guest post from senior usability consultantAda Yuen and she examines what Dark Patterns mean from the end user and business owner point of view. According to DarkPatterns.org, Dark Patterns ...
With its low internet censorship and peak broadband speeds, Hong Kong’s has a highly developed infrastructure for eCommerce startups. Combine that with a population obsessed with shopping, convenience...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Hive1.png) Yet another co-working space has arrived in Hong Kong. This time it’s a Kennedy Town version of Wan Chai’s The Hive. Just two years ago, founder Co...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jason-Ngan.jpg) Retail platform Bindo is a cloud-based inventory indexing tool that brings merchants online through an iPad Point-of-Sale system. A NYC startu...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Simon-Squibb.jpg) NEST, Hong Kong’s people-focused investment incubator, is a local driving force in developing Hong Kong as a global hub. With a track record...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Simon-Squibb.jpg) NEST, Hong Kong’s people-focused investment incubator, is a local driving force in developing Hong Kong as a global hub. With a track record...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStartup1.png) Over the last one and a half year or so, startups started to appear on the radar of the Hong Kong government. Slowly a realisation started that...
Ready for Hong Kong Satellite tomorrow night? We’re partnering with tech blog e27 to host Echelon Hong Kong Satellite, a pitching event preliminary to this year’s Echelon. Satellites are pitch events ...
As a home-grown entrepreneur-led business, do you know you can leverage cloud to scale up your business into a global operation? Join the free IBM Cloud Event 2014 on March 17 to hear more real case e...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/GA012-1.jpeg) Alongside the wisdom Hong Kong startup scene pioneers have to impart, those relatively new to the ecosystem also bring disruptive ideas and much...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2013-12-30-at-3.30.27-pm.png) Hong Kong startup Spacious has stepped in to fill the gap in Hong Kong’s market for a property platform with a great...
Hong Kong’s new hardware startup meet-up StartWareHK met for the first time ever yesterday. Hosted by active hardware startup founders Julian Lee of Ambi Climate, Jon Buford of Makible and Martin Kess...
Startbase.HK, our daily-updated directory for Hong Kong’s ecosystem, which is a new and powerful resource for those looking to get connected to startups and people in Hong Kong – whether it’s that fou...
