TiEHK’s ‘Startup Story: From Idea To Exit’ Conference Enlightens New Group of Startups in Hong Kong

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The startup journey is a risky, grueling but extremely rewarding one. While everyone’s experience varies, one thing’s for certain – you shouldn’t go it alone. Besides your team, friends and family, having a strong network of mentors to mentally and financially back you up is essential.

TiEHK, a global entrepreneurship network, held the ‘Startup Story: From Idea to Exit’ conference on Friday. With a mix of government officials, founders and investors in attendance, the event was made up of a series of panels set to educate and inspire anyone thinking about starting their own company.

Following an inspiring keynote from Stephen Wang, the founder of Rotten Tomatoes and AliveNotDead.com (who recently exited), our own Casey Lau moderated the “Finding The Right Idea” panel featuring: Red Chapel AdvisorsFelix Lam, YouGov’s Patrick Corr and Life Projects’ Nishant Kapoor.

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StartupsHK Teams-Up with Recruit.Net to Launch ‘Startup Jobs’ on Startbase.HK; A Job Board for Startups and Technology Companies in Hong Kong

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On the startup side, finding the right people has been cited by Hong Kong founders as one of the biggest hiring challenges.

David Zhu, co-founder of Divide, says that although local talent is available, specialist roles in his NYC-headquartered startup might be tough to fill. “We try to hire talent that’s not local and certain specialized roles are hard to find in Hong Kong,” he said. “A big thing for us is culture –how we work is much more a Valley-style startup – so getting some of those attributes ingrained into the local team here is definitely a challenge.”

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“Hong Kong Business” Picks the 20 Hottest Startups of 2014

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Any business magazine picking tech startups in Hong Kong to feature on the cover of their print magazine is OK by us! Hong Kong Business did this list last year and so here are their picks for 2014.

  1. Exicon
  2. Mobexo
  3. Sodacard
  4. Toshi
  5. Snaptee
  6. Cenique
  7. Glam-It!
  8. Spottly
  9. ZaoZao
  10. Life Project
  11. Luxify
  12. BSD Academy
  13. Foodiequest
  14. Dimcook
  15. SurroundApp
  16. Skylab
  17. Eight52
  18. CallTracking
  19. Taxiwise
  20. Shopline

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