5 Questions with Jean-Marc Ly, Co-Founder of Taxiwise

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You know when the rain hits hard, and you can’t get a taxi? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could book one in advance where its not just a taxi, but also a cool driver? Well looks like it’s happening here in Hong Kong thanks to Jean-Marc Ly and his startup Taxiwise!

Jean-Marc Ly is startup founder from Silicon Valley. A wedding photographer and traveling lover. He came to Hong Kong to attend Paul Orlando’s bootcamp and AcceleratorHK and decided to stay here.

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The Hive Launches First ‘Concept Lab’ for Early-stage Startups to Pitch and Get Feedback on June 3

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The Hive asks: Is it an Invention or an Innovation?

Either or, “Concept Lab” will allow you to present your concept with given feedback from people who can think like your customers. This can be from the early stages of helping you shape a final product or maybe it might be a new website or app you want feedback on before you spend money on marketing it.

We all need a little help sometime, and this is the night to get it. The idea is quite relaxed; you will begin with a 10-minute presentation, in which a 20-minute discussion will follow. Your audience will be made up of handpicked members of the Hong Kong Entrepreneurial, Freelancer and Startup community, along with Angel Investors, who will be avidly providing you with quality feedback and discussion following your presentation, that you may need in order to take your concept to the next level.

The night is yours, so now is the time to blow the audience away with your concept.

  • The event will take place at 7pm
  • Monday 3rd June
  • at the Hive; 21F, The Phoenix, 23 Luard Road, Wan Chai.

If your are interested in presenting, please email [email protected]

StartLab.HK: The First Startup Bootcamp for Tertiary Students is June 1-8 in Hong Kong

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We’ve held lots of events in Hong Kong for entrepeneurs now its time to start inspiring the youth of Hong Kong – and StartLab Hong Kong is going to do this from June 1-8th.

StartLab Hong Kong (www.startlab.hk) is the first bootcamp target specifically at tertiary students and graduates (within 2 years) with the supports by 6 universities in Hong Kong. It is also the first bootcamp with the 5-day format in Hong Kong and at the scale to gather all the supports locally and overseas, with over 40 organizations and institutions. It is going to be held from 1st to 8th June 2013 co-organized by Internet Society Hong Kong, Cyberport and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation.

StartLab Hong Kong is the first open and neutral platform in Hong Kong to gather all the suport, locally and overseas, from different organizations, institutions and startup communities. It aims at fostering startups and its ecosystem in Hong Kong. We are the first 5-day startup bootcamp for tertiary students & graduates in Hong Kong. We target students and graduates within two years, who study design and engineering or computer science or with related knowledge, want to start their own businesses, are willing to experience and practise entrepreneurship with the application of Internet technologies, and learn quickly from and share with the community.

Opening Ceremony & Keynote Seminar

  • Date: 1 June 2013 (Sat)
  • Time: 2pm – 4:30pm
  • Venue: TU201, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Language: English – Ceremony; Cantonese – Keynote Seminar
  • REGISTER NOW!

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