The Community Gurus: StartupsHK Featured in TimeOut Magazine

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The founders of StartupsHK – Gene Soo, Jon Buford, Casey Lau and Daniel Cheng – were interviewed by James Sibley for a feature in TimeOut Magazine Hong Kong.

Also featured in the article are some of our digital friends in Hong Kong like Digital Butter and Trufflepig.

Progressively, they gave us a PDF of the actual article so you can read online or on your tablet. Let us know in the comments what you think! 

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#SUMHK March 12th – Simon Newstead: Impossible is Nothing (Getting Angel Funding in Hong Kong and Singapore)

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You have a great product or idea, and you need some cash to make it happen. But where do you even start? I’ll share practical tips on what to do and what not to do when pitching Angels in HK/SG, and how to find them in the first place. 

Through it I’ll chat about my totally unsuccessful and then ultimately successful experience raising an angel round here. It should be a fun discussion.

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

#SUMHK March 5: Transitioning from a Bootstrapped Niche to Venture Backed Success

Most startups want to raise capital, but what about what happens after you do? Unfortunately there are fewer guides and talks about what to do after you raised the money and have to transition to a venture backed success.
Hear about the exciting adventure of Telerik, a successful developer tools vendor, that started as a small niche player in the European backwaters. Learn how they raised venture capital from a prominent firm and grew from a tiny company working in a small warehouse to 500 employees with offices in seven countries. See how the founders had to learn on the fly, particularly when acquiring companies and entering new markets. Telerik has started the difficult process of transitioning from the start-up phase to building a “real” company eyeing an eventual IPO. Learn from all of our mistakes! The story will be told by Stephen Forte, Telerik’s Chief Strategy Officer and Richard Campbell, a member of the board. 
The meeting will be held at BootHK, 19/f, 231 Queen’s Road East at 7:30pm.
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