[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/How-to-get-BTC.png) The recent drop in Bitcoin’s price may signal you that it’s a good time to buy and invest in bitcoins. If time is money, then let’s not wa...
After explaining the idea behind swapit and why we launched it as an invite-only beta, I’d like to talk a bit about why we are keeping it free. Back in March I was pitching swapit to the vetting commi...
Hong Kong’s startup scene is still very young and too few computer science graduates decide to build something of their own or join a small young team that truly wants to change the world. However, on...
A recent report on “The Reality of Asia’s Talent Market” by CEB Asia, highlighted a triple threat to realizing the region’s growth potential. “Rising Costs and Competitive Pressures” combined with “Ta...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/anon.jpg) When perusing the tech blogs, you’ll often read about startup successes – billion dollar valuations, exits in the hundreds of millions and the lates...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/patti-in-workshop.jpg) Our UXpert Patti Hunt who has 15+ years of experience in roles spanning various disciplines of human-centered design including UX, serv...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bitcoin.jpg) This is a guest post from George Harrap, the founder and CEO of Bitcoin startup Bitspark. Bitcoin. You may have heard of it before in a number of...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/uxunicorn.png) Our Uxpert Patti Hunt has 15+ years of experience in roles spanning various disciplines of human-centered design including UX, service and stra...
