Hong Kong’s Advantages over Singapore in the Startup Game

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Having lived both in Hong Kong and Singapore, perhaps this is one of the most often asked question: Which is better, Hong Kong or Singapore? You’ll find loads of blogs and banter, even charts and lists drilling down to which city is better. To me, it’s really whether you like durians or stinky tofu.

When we were working on the Oddup Hong Kong Ecosystem Report and Oddup Singapore Ecosystem Report, this question came up again. So which is better? Hong Kong or Singapore? So this is how it all began. We mulled and stewed over it, and drew out the entire picture of the startup ecosystems in Hong Kong and Singapore the way we saw it. The opportunities, the deals, the exits, the who’s who, the entrepreneurs, the investors, the regulators, and of course – the coffee.

When looking at the ecosystem, we need to look at without any bias.

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The #1 Startup Ecosystem in the World

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What is the best startup ecosystem?

There’s no shortage of reports trying to answer that question.

Take your pick for 2015.

We crave these lists because our education system, culture and business world have all taught us to appreciate the value of competition. And it does have some value.

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Looking Back to the Future on the Hong Kong Startup Scene

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As a startup ecosystem champion and connector I get asked to do many interviews about startups in Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific (i’m in fact going to be talking about this at the East Meets West 2016 conference in Hawaii next week) I know I have been extremely lax on blogging about the ecosystem so when asked to do an interview I pick ones that will hopefully reach out to the audience intended and generate more awareness for the startup ecosystem.

I was interviewed recently by the Alibaba Morning Post South China Morning Post recently, only to find 1% of it made it into the story that had not much to do with what the story was pitched to me as. So I’ve decided to post the full email interview here in its entirety so you can read my thoughts.

No, nothing controversial just some thoughts that you might like to read in their entirety. Full of typos and all.

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