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.
Three Things I learned about Asia and Hong Kong Different from The Valley
I’ve spent the last ten years working with some of the most exciting startups, founders, and investors in ‘The Valley’. After two failed startups, one successful exit, eight equity positions as an adv...
Three Things I learned about Asia and Hong Kong Different from The Valley
I’ve spent the last ten years working with some of the most exciting startups, founders, and investors in ‘The Valley’. After two failed startups, one successful exit, eight equity positions as an adv...
Hong Kong Startups Come Together to Bring Relief Items to Nepal
source: @KellyPhotos On April 25th, the worst earthquake in over 80 years struck Nepal, killing over 7,000 people. The death toll continues to rise. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left home...
Hong Kong Startups Come Together to Bring Relief Items to Nepal
source: @KellyPhotos On April 25th, the worst earthquake in over 80 years struck Nepal, killing over 7,000 people. The death toll continues to rise. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left home...
The 500 Startups Accelerator Experience
With so much attention being paid to startup accelerators over the last several years, entrepreneurs are clamouring to earn a spot in top tier programs as a first step for their startup. Our base city...
The 500 Startups Accelerator Experience
With so much attention being paid to startup accelerators over the last several years, entrepreneurs are clamouring to earn a spot in top tier programs as a first step for their startup. Our base city...
Tales of Startup Inspiration: The Invite-Only Beta
In my previous post I explained why we created swapit and what is the idea behind swapit. At the moment, swapit is an invite only beta (request your invite here:) and sometimes I am asked why we are r...
5 Questions With Camilo Paredes, Co-Founder and CEO of Grouvly
UPDATE: Grouvly will have its invite-only launch party on April 22nd 7-9pm @ a secret location. ~~Here’s how to get an invite.~~ – FULL HOUSE Grouvly’s Co-founder & CEO Camilo Paredes is a young seria...
5 Questions with Tommaso Tamburnotti, Co-founder of Easyship
Tommaso Tamburnotti (pictured on the left, Reuben Philip Abraham centre, Augustin Ceyrac on the right) is a Co-Founder of Easyship, a platform that offers on-demand logistics solution to eCommerce sel...
Why Bitcoin Should Matter to You and Hong Kong
Almost everything in our life has been impacted by technology that changes the way we do things to be better, faster, cheaper, safer, and smarter—be it in transportation, architecture, communication, ...
Why Bitcoin Should Matter to You and Hong Kong
Almost everything in our life has been impacted by technology that changes the way we do things to be better, faster, cheaper, safer, and smarter—be it in transportation, architecture, communication, ...
Startup Lessons Worth Listening To. Maybe.
You have an idea, a prototype, you’ve launched an MVP or are now public. Customers are knocking on your door, so are investors…or maybe not. You’re probably planning now to hustle hard and get off the...
Startup Lessons Worth Listening To. Maybe.
You have an idea, a prototype, you’ve launched an MVP or are now public. Customers are knocking on your door, so are investors…or maybe not. You’re probably planning now to hustle hard and get off the...
Eye of the Distro Tigers: 500 Startups Growth Lessons Learned in Hong Kong
I just got back to the Valley from a Distro Tour of Asia with a group of mentors from 500 Startups. It sounds glamorous… AND IT WAS. Aside from doing lots of eating, we also helped 60+ companies in Ta...
Eye of the Distro Tigers: 500 Startups Growth Lessons Learned in Hong Kong
I just got back to the Valley from a Distro Tour of Asia with a group of mentors from 500 Startups. It sounds glamorous… AND IT WAS. Aside from doing lots of eating, we also helped 60+ companies in Ta...
Are You Not Entertained? How to Win a Startup Pitch Competition in 5 Steps
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...
Tales of Startup Inspiration: How Having a Baby Inspired My New Startup
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...
Founder to Founder: Shopline Shares Startup Story with Asia Venture Club [AUDIO]
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...
From Startup Founder to Book Author: An Entrepreneur’s Journey from Wall Street to Business in China
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...
The Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem: What’s Next?
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...