Bootstrapping Hong Kong’s Startup Community
It seems like there are a few re-occurring themes that pop up when talking about HK becoming a known startup location, and why people don’t see it happening. HK will never be Silicon Valley: + Persona...
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It seems like there are a few re-occurring themes that pop up when talking about HK becoming a known startup location, and why people don’t see it happening. HK will never be Silicon Valley: + Persona...
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> FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009 > > Achieving a failure > > We spend a lot of time planning. We even make contingency plans for what to do if the main plan goes wrong. But what if the plan goes right, and ...
via sprouter.com The team at Sprouter happily dishes about new start-ups, great small business resources, must-attend events and of course, upcoming features for the Sprouter community. Sprouter.com i...
Entrepreneurs dream to sell their products to large companies. At the same time, they are afraid of it: they’ve heard horror stories about the length of the sales cycle, unreasonable demands, or frust...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mediahttpwwwashmauryEzggw.png.scaled1000.png) via ashmaurya.com Another post by Ash Maurya that is a good read for anyone that is thinking about starting a st...
via fastcompany.com So you’ve got a great innovation on your hands–a new product or service that is going to change everything. Well, soon you’ll face your first battle: How to explain the thing. If i...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mediahttpsteveblankfpbFoH.jpg.scaled1000.jpg) via steveblank.com This post has a very good explanation of the difference between the kind of accounting that i...
> Long Tail iTunes Book Apps Are More Expensive > > by Ben Lorica | @dliman > | comments: 6 > > In an earlier post, I examined the average price of the Top 100 PAID apps and noted that the relationshi...
> > > Ash Maurya is the Founder of WiredReach, which is behind the bootstrapped startup Cloudfire. This post originally appeared on Venture Hacks; it is republished here with permission. > > What you ...
> [](http://www.screentoaster.com"ScreenToaster: Homepage") > > Home > | Record > | Register > | FAQ > | Forum via screentoaster.com This is a simple way of making and sharing screencasts to show off ...
via mobilecrunch.com This is an interesting post on a new type of start-up investor: RightSide explicitly claims on their website that they do not care about $100M exits. They are fine with a large nu...
> [](http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/empty-pockets.gif) > > Pepperdine has a new study > > out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researc...
> MINI offices > for lease / rent > > located in > heart of Causeway Bay/Tsim Sha Tsui > > 2 mins walk to > MTR station > > 1-4 > workstations > > rental only > start from HK$2000 all inclusive via so...
> MINI offices > for lease / rent > > located in > heart of Causeway Bay/Tsim Sha Tsui > > 2 mins walk to > MTR station > > 1-4 > workstations > > rental only > start from HK$2000 all inclusive via so...
via 99designs.com I know there are similar sites to this out there. This one was recommended by someone that is on a list I follow, had a good experience with them. Many startups don’t have the design...
via 99designs.com I know there are similar sites to this out there. This one was recommended by someone that is on a list I follow, had a good experience with them. Many startups don’t have the design...
I came across this feed of posts by Dave at a Seed Funding panel at the Founders Fund. It is a good summary of several incubators and seed level funds, including the amount invested and what that inve...
> After the Techcrunch Bump > > I see many consumer Internet pitches these days where the basic marketing strategy is to (1) get covered by Techcrunch, (2) get tens of thousands of users from the “Tec...