TEDxMongKok is on May 24: Register Now #TEDx #MongKok #HK

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Great line-up of speakers and its free  (just click the NO option when it shows the price on the sign-up page): http://www.tedxmongkok.com/

WHAT IS TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is TEDxMongKok, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in an intimate group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

#SUMHK April 30 – Startup Weekend Global Winner AfterShip presenting at Boot HK

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A Smart Guy

:   Hey, I have an idea better than Instagram, worth at least 1 billion.
Mr. Startup:      Have you found any good developers and designers?
A Smart Guy:   No…..
Mr. Startup:      Signup the Startup Weekend Hong Kong in May!
Startup Weekend is an intensive 54 hour event to launch a startup – “No Talk, All Action”.  [Read more…]

#SUMHK APRIL 23RD – MIKE HASKAMP: NO GUTS, NO GLORY, STARTING A BUSINESS IN A DOWNTURN

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Starting a business takes guts. The older you get, the more strength and courage you will need to do that. This coming Monday you will have a chance to hear from a guy who not only started a business in a financial crisis but did so when he was at the lowest point of his life having been laid off and divorced. So what propelled him to go against the odds and take a different direction in life despite having graduated from Harvard undergrad and Columbia MBA?

Come to #SUMHK on Monday to find out. Mike Haskamp and his partner, founded Legend Fighting Championship (Legend), Hong Kong’s first professional mixed martial arts competition in July 2009. After two and a half years, Legend has held 8 events across Hong Kong, Macau and this past weekend in Jakarta Indonesia. Initially, their revenues came from ticket sales. Today, it’s a combination of television licensing, sponsorships, ad sales and ticket sales.

The meeting will be held at BootHK, 19/f, 231 Queen’s Road East at 7:30pm.