StartupsHK Blog

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.

AngelVest x StartupsHK Networking Mixer on June 20th at Shore

6/5/2012

Hey we’re going to do more of these since the last one was so sucessful – but first up for June is the startups networking mixer we are doing with AngelVest – details are as follows: See the full gall...

AngelVest x StartupsHK Networking Mixer on June 20th at Shore

6/5/2012

Hey we’re going to do more of these since the last one was so sucessful – but first up for June is the startups networking mixer we are doing with AngelVest – details are as follows: See the full gall...

Pitch Night Wednesday May 16th – Haexagon Concepts, 10xEngineer.me, Note-in, and GroupIntent

5/16/2012 pitch night

Come out to Bisous tonight at 7 sharp and see these awesome startups battle it out for fame and prizes. See what our panel of judges think of their business models and plans. Meet and network with ent...

Judges for May 16th Pitch Night: Yat Siu, Morgan Parker, Andy Ann, Tony Chan

This is a golden opportunity to meet with some talented and experienced local entrepreneurs and see them grill the newest startups in town. Yat Siu, Founder and CEO of Outblaze Morgan Parker, Founder ...

Twitter Drinking Hong Kong’s 1st Anniversary Tweet Up on May 17 at Hyde – register now! #TDHK

5/7/2012

Since everyone had a great time at last month’s mixer mash-up we’re posting May’s #TDHK event here for all the start-ups that are interested in coming out to our May tweet-up at Hyde. Register here:...

May 16th – Book Launch and Pitch Night: Red Cross Benefit

Come and join us and Regus for an awesome night of pitching and talks from local startups and established entrepreneurs, celebrating the launch of the Regus book, Growth in a Difficult Decade – which ...

CANCELLED: #SUMHK June 11 – Founder of MangaHelpers Talks Community and Online Publishing

5/6/2012

Due to immigration problems – this event has been cancelled – instead Mr. Micheal Michellini will talk about Startup Weekend Shenzhen and the Southern China startups scene. How to successful grow a co...

Douglas Young, Founder of G.O.D. to Speak at First YDC Networking Event

5/6/2012

The first networking event of the Young Entrepreneurs Council is on May 24 at Linguini Fini in Central – its free and our friend Douglas Young is speaking (video from Startup Saturday 2010 posted abov...

TEDxMongKok is on May 24: Register Now #TEDx #MongKok #HK

5/6/2012

[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tedxmk.tiff.scaled1000.jpg) Great line-up of speakers and its free (just click the NO option when it shows the price on the sign-up page): WHAT IS TEDx? In th...

#SUMHK April 30 – Startup Weekend Global Winner AfterShip presenting at Boot HK

[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/AfterShipLaunchSF.JPG.scaled1000.jpg) A Smart Guy: Hey, I have an idea better than Instagram, worth at least 1 billion. Mr. Startup:Have you found any good de...

#SUMHK April 30 – Startup Weekend Global Winner AfterShip presenting at Boot HK

4/23/2012

[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/AfterShipLaunchSF.JPG.scaled1000.jpg) A Smart Guy: Hey, I have an idea better than Instagram, worth at least 1 billion. Mr. Startup:Have you found any good de...

#SUMHK April 30 – Startup Weekend Global Winner AfterShip presenting at Boot HK

[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/AfterShipLaunchSF.JPG.scaled1000.jpg) A Smart Guy: Hey, I have an idea better than Instagram, worth at least 1 billion. Mr. Startup:Have you found any good de...

#SUMHK APRIL 23RD – MIKE HASKAMP: NO GUTS, NO GLORY, STARTING A BUSINESS IN A DOWNTURN

Starting a business takes guts. The older you get, the more strength and courage you will need to do that. This coming Monday you will have a chance to hear from a guy who not only started a business ...

#SUMHK APRIL 16 – #4SQDAY CELEBRATION AT DROP LOUNGE, OPENBAR UPDATES, XISHI MASSAGE

4/13/2012 4sqDaySUMHK

[](http://skitch.com/genesoo/817xf/4sqdayxsuhk-1) This upcoming #SUMHK is going to land on #4sqDay so we have decided to have #SUMHK at the Drop Lounge in Central where we all can celebrate #4sqDay in...

Come out to our Spring Startup Mixer at FLY on April 19 hosted by @StartupsHK and #TDHK

4/10/2012

We haven’t seen everyone since Pitch Night back in February, so come on out for the Spring Startup Mixer on Thursday April 19th! We’ll have some startups from Silicon Valley in town attending, so a gr...

Come out to our Spring Startup Mixer at FLY on April 19 hosted by @StartupsHK and #TDHK

4/10/2012

We haven’t seen everyone since Pitch Night back in February, so come on out for the Spring Startup Mixer on Thursday April 19th! We’ll have some startups from Silicon Valley in town attending, so a gr...

Come out to our Spring Startup Mixer at FLY on April 19 hosted by @StartupsHK and #TDHK

4/10/2012

We haven’t seen everyone since Pitch Night back in February, so come on out for the Spring Startup Mixer on Thursday April 19th! We’ll have some startups from Silicon Valley in town attending, so a gr...

Startups: This Is How Design Works – a Visual Guide

4/7/2012

via startupsthisishowdesignworks.com Companies like Apple are making design impossible for startups to ignore. Startups like Path, Airbnb, Square, and Massive Health have design at the core of their b...

Join the StartupsHK LinkedIn group with over 700+ members

[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mediahttpwwwsocialqufIspz.jpg.scaled1000.jpg) We set up a group in LinkedIn to share links, contacts and information to the growing Hong Kong start-up communi...

TimeOut magazine interview with @StartUpsHK on newsstands and online now

4/7/2012

[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMG5100.JPG.scaled1000.jpg) If you want the paper version of the TimeOut article on HK’s tech and social media scene it’s at newwstands now – and the full art...