A short jaunt from Central station is The Garage Society – yet another new co-working space. This two-floored, 8,500 square-foot space was co-founded by The Hive’s former director Elaine Tsung and private equity guru Edward Man, and will be celebrating their launch this afternoon.
We went by the space for a chat with Elaine, and she told us about the inspiration behind Garage Society’s name and the value it plans on bringing to Hong Kong’s ecosystem.
Mark down April 15th on your calendar for the massive Silicon Dragon Hong Kong 2014 event at Cyberport! As a member of the StartupsHK network, Silicon Dragon is offering 20% off the standard ticket price along with two complimentary guest passes.
Click here to pick up your tickets and make sure to enter in the promo code: SiliconDragonHKPartner. As a global venture capital and entrepreneur network, Silicon Dragon Ventures has connected over 10,000 founders, deal makers, VCs and those on the banking and legal side via news, events, consulting and research.
We’ve spoken to investors and veteran entrepreneurs alike and advice for first-time founders is unanimous: when building your business, you need to think globally. Thanks to innovations such as the internet, social networking and the Cloud – it has never been easier to grow and stay connected with your customers and collaborators.
On Monday’s IBM Cloud Event 2014, leaders within the investment, hardware, gaming, web, mobile, social and co-work space community came together in a Roundtable discussion on the pros and cons of Hong Kong’s ecosystem. In an exciting nexus point for major startup scene players, the Roundtable was an opportunity for key IBM/SoftLayer execs to understand how they can help Hong Kong’s ecosystem.
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