15 Hong Kong Entrepreneurial & Technology Networking Groups You Should Know in 2014

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As 2014 is just around the corner, and you’re planning your New Year’s Resolutions – we’re sure that every entrepreneur has “more networking” on their list of things to do more of in 2014 in Hong Kong – so we’ve compiled a handy list (that we plan to keep updating) of the different meet-ups, associations and communities that revolve around entrepreneurship and technology outside our own StartupsHK group so that you may find other people to network with on your startup journey.

There are a variety of entrepreneurial groups that are readily offering weekly and monthly meetups and talks, with you ( the new or seasoned entrepreneur), in mind – we’ve compiled a list of 10 entrepreneurial groups you should get to know while you’re building a company in Hong Kong:

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5 Questions With Sopheap Lao, CEO of Mobexo

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Sopheap Lao is an international serial entrepreneur and a father of 4, who was born in a Chinese-Cambodian-Vietnamese family. He was educated in France and worked as a consultant to global MNO’s for the last 16 years in over 10 countries. Now he is the founder and CEO of Mobexo, a mobile payment company that wants you to forget about payments and that actually is a one-stop-shop financial and added-value services provider for online and SME retailers. After 3.5 years of R&D in France and Vietnam, Sopheap moved to Hong Kong in May 2013 to launch Mobexo’s commercial operations, targeting 10,000+ users and 2,000+ merchants by Q1 2014.
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5 Questions with Simon Siu, Founder of Flytaxi

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Today we have Simon Siu, founder of Hong Kong taxi app Flytaxi who has years’ experience in leading mobile projects. Simon is a passionate entrepreneur in solving daily life problems. Recently he’s trying to solve this daily problem of calling a taxi in Hong Kong.
 
He is in charge of leading development team, negotiating deals with drivers and rolling out promotional campaign for customers. According to Simon, up to now 1,500+ HK taxi drivers have downloaded flytaxi driver apps.

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