E2 is Hong Kong’s First Tech x Social Pitching Event on April 21

April 12, 2013 by StartupsHK

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  • Are you an entrepreneur with big ideas?
  • Are you a tech entrepreneur that aims at creating innovative tech products?
  • Are you a social entrepreneur that aims at solving social problems with social innovation?

Why not achieve all goals? Think out of the box to solve social problems with innovative technology by joining E2, the first Tech X Social Event in Hong Kong!

E2 is a pitching event for entrepreneurs to achieve both goals of tech innovation and social impact. It aims to encourage entrepreneurs to create crossover ideas and products and enable entrepreneurs to extend their horizons.

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6 Judges, 10 Startups and 200+ Audience Reach for the Stars at the Echelon 2013 Hong Kong Satellite

April 11, 2013 by StartupsHK

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e27.co is one of the leading tech blogs covering Asian startups and their annual event Echelon is one of the bigger events focused on startups. To showcase their devotion in finding the very best startups around Asia they are holding satellite events in 9 major cities and last night was Hong Kong’s turn.

We helped do the last one in 2011 but missed last year – so we made up for it by helping them put on a great show at The Good Lab where 10 startups battled it out to be picked to represent Hong Kong at Echelon 2013 in Singapore in June.

We heard pitches from:

  • Decision Fuel
  • English Adventureland
  • GoIDD
  • Hotel Quickly
  • Perpetu
  • SocialAgent.me
  • StampUp
  • Verbase
  • Vimantra
  • PhatRice

Over 200 people packed into The Good Lab to hear the pitches and the winner by the audience reaction and the judges pick was…

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Free Mobile User Experience General Assembly Class for Startups

April 9, 2013 by StartupsHK

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One of the reasons we’re so proud to call Hong Kong home is it boasts the highest smartphone penetration rate in the world.  That means if you don’t like doing something from your mobile, you’re probably not going to do it that often.  

If you want to learn more about what that means for your app or your startup, here’s a freebie class from General Assembly that covers the basics of the mobile user experience. Sign up here and they’ll send you the video before April 10th: Understanding Mobile User Experience.

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