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.
I’ve either attended, judged or put together so many pitch competitions I thought it would be a good time to share 5 main points on how to win one. Yes, there is a formula and I’ve seen it work on big...
I just recently became a dad to an incredibly adorable baby girl. Several months before our new sunshine was born, my wife assigned the tasks of getting large baby items to me. At the same time, my lo...
Introducing Dennis Grady, founder of Asia Venture Club – a new member to the StartupsHK community. Dennis publishes a podcast on startups and entrepreneurship and we are happy to have him as one of ou...
I remember Startup Mondays hosted by StartupsHK back in 2010/2011 days in the Hong Kong startup scene. Each week awesome stories from awesome entrepreneurs. I was invited to speak at one and was so ne...
Before looking at the future of the Hong Kong startup ecosystem, it’s important to begin with the past. The Hong Kong startup ecosystem has seen tremendous progress during the past five years. The mos...
I was asked to moderate a panel at Blueprint’s 500 Startups Day event on how startups can engage the media to cover news about their startups – and there were some interesting discoveries made that I ...
On Friday, StartupsHK hosted the legendary Walt Mossberg — former principal technology columnist at the Wall Street Journal, creator of AllThingsD and the co-executive editor of Re/Code. Casey Lau, kn...
Above: Hackers get into their groove at AngelHack Hong Kong, 2013 Between Chinese New Year and the end of March this year six hackathons will have taken place in Hong Kong. From the HK Budget Hackatho...
Appedu aims to make learning easier than ever. By providing a crowdsourcing mobile app that allows students to ask any question in one click, Appedu is creating an accessible and high quality learning...
The man, the legend, the sitter in red chairs: Walt Mossberg – returns to Hong Kong for an intimate and interactive evening on March 20 to discuss technology and startups at the Qube at PMQ in Central...
Startups do not have many ways to build a strong competitive advantage in the early days. But startup hiring is one area where this is possible because the hiring process at most large companies is br...
Just a quick reminder that you have 1 day left to submit your pitch to join the Tech in Asia Pitch Day on March 10. This is a great deal for Hong Kong startups, as the winner gets flown in and put up ...
[](https://www.ideatory.co/dbs-hackathon/) UPDATE: An info session will be held at Garage Society this Friday 13th Feb On March 4 to 6 of this year, DBS will be bringing DBS Hackathons to Hong Kong fo...
In what seems like a whole bunch of eating going on – just last June we saw Koziness acquire an old-school food delivery platform Dial-a-Dinner (see Online Food Ordering and Delivery Platform Koziness...
Hardware startups are popping up all over Hong Kong – and it’s easier when you have creative children around you all the time. We chat with Hugh Bell a former a software developer that moved to Hong K...
Today Shopline announced closing it’s seed round of US$1.2 million! Congrats Team Shopline – Raymond, Tony and Fiona! Some more details include: Completed the 500 Startups Accelerator program in San F...
Paddy Cosgrave put Dublin on the tech map 4 short years ago with The Web Summit – probably the most popular tech conference outside the interactive portion of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas – and...
Of all 35+ spaces that have opened since the original BootHK and The Hive (who we still hold as the gold standard that showed everyone how co-workspace is done here in Hong Kong) nothing has made us m...
There are a number of reasons why a company might want to buy a startup, whether it’s joining forces with the competition or absorbing the talent and the technology. As for the Australia-based Crowd M...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VinOnly-Wine-Box.jpg) As ‘Asia’s World City,’ Hong Kong has its share of international bragging rights which includes consuming the most wine in 2012. Still, ...
