Hi there, I am now writing this post in a spacious sunny room with good coffee and cute potted plants around. Outside the window I can oversee the heritage site of the old Central Police Station and famous art & design galleries downstairs. Next to me are two gentlemen, Michael and Rick, two of the co-founders of this brand new co-working space in Lan Kwai Fong – WYND.
If you can get 300+ Hongkongers to take an entire day off work to attend a sell-out conference on innovation then I would hardly say entrepreneurship in this town is dead. On the contrary, it’s alive, kickin’, and poised for explosive growth.
The conference, dubbed Tipping Point Hong Kong and moderated by Prof. Gregg Li, is the product of Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong (BPF), where Li serves as Vice Chairman. The events’ aims are to promote innovation in Hong Kong, bridge gaps between industry and government, and encourage students to participate in the process of innovation. A dominating theme I’ve been hearing in the business community, and today was no exception, is that Hong Kong needs to diversify away from banking and real estate and invest more in innovation and entrepreneurship. This should be encouraging for those of us supporting or running startups.
A common question that my clients ask me is: My customers use a few features on my website only. Why don’t my customers use other good features on my website? Maybe you ask a similar question like my clients, so I’d like to share how I usually start to respond to the question. I usually start to evaluate the low-usage features based on the following questions: [Read more…]
