Fashion and apps go together like Louis Vuitton and a Hong Kong Tai Tai’s, just ask Benoit Lavaud, the founder of Zoolook. Benoit worked for 3 years in the LVMH group, then 12 years in the L’Oreal group including 7 years in Japan before founding Zoolook.
We sat down with Benoit to find out what his inspiration is for his popular fashion app:
Lots of news links across the media today – here are a few of the highlights this week:
Startup Scenes Across Asia: Let’s Look At 11 Of Asia’s Top Tech Cities from TechInAsia.com.
Hong Kong tech start-ups need more active help from South China Morning Post.
A zeal for risky business from China Daily.
We always get requests from startups to find designers – well here we go: tech startup meet design startup: a match made in heaven.
Sean Okihiro, founder of Kobo Design here in Hong Kong has always been an independent type, doing his own thing and making stuff. He’s been a web developer, a designer, a wine salesman, even a professional sake brewer in Japan. All throughout his professional life he’s always wanted to try building his own business so one day he quit my job and did it; how hard could it be right?
