5 Questions with Jerome Tam, Co-Founder of Rush Hour Media

September 11, 2014 by Iris Leung

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Rush Hour Media co-founders Jerome Tam (pictured right in above image) and Jake Sharp met at the University of Leeds, where they were studying Aviation and New Media, respectively.

While Jake worked for several UK web agencies while pursuing a master’s in computer science, Jerome sold insurance in Hong Kong – still keeping his dreams of becoming a pilot at the forefront. In fact, he got as far as the flight grading process for Cathay Pacific and was one of the final eight candidates of that year.

Instead, life steered Jerome towards entrepreneurship as he worked in a sales role for NecesCity, a media startup catering to exclusive men’s lifestyle. Combining his sales experience and passion for startups with Jake’s engineering background and web agency experience – the two created Rush Hour Media.

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Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Jake Sharp, Jerome Tam, Rush Hour Media

How Will Apple’s New Watch and iPhone 6 Change Hong Kong Startups?

September 10, 2014 by StartupsHK

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Apple launched their new iDevices today in Cupertino – specifically 2 new bigger iPhones and an Apple Watch the phones due in Hong Kong next week and the Watch in early 2015.

Both of these new devices will change the world’s landscape again and we’re wondering what startup founders in Hong Kong are working on now that they’ve seen the new devices?

Snaptee and Spottly will no doubt easily scale up their graphics for the new size, but how does a watch play into tshirt design and finding new places to eat at?

We’ve met a handful of new iBeacon startups in Hong Kong, Apple’s other new technology and we’ve met some startups developing new add-ons for iOS8 – but how does Apple Pay play into Bindo‘s future? Will 8 Securities allow us to buy stocks from our Apple Watches?

Please post some interesting things you may be working on or think could come out of this new technology below.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: apple, Apple Watch, iPhone 6

New Google x CUHK Study Says Hong Kong’s Startup Scene Has Grown 300% Since 2009

September 9, 2014 by Iris Leung

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A joint study done by Google and CUHK’s Center for Entrepreneurship shows that Hong Kong’s startup scene has grown almost 300% since 2009.

The study surveyed over 600 young entrepreneurs, interviewed a panel of 12 local experts (whose names were not revealed) and took into account analysis from international databases and reports.

Appearing to be a more local vs. expat focused report, the snapshot of the ‘typical Hong Kong entrepreneur’ is male (72%), between ages 21 – 25 years old (38%), holds a B.A (58%) and has graduated from a local university (83%).

The study indicates that these Hong Kong entrepreneurs were more ‘ideas people’ or ‘biz dev’ types, citing major strengths in business management in presentation skills. Fundraising, coding and actual experience in doing a startup were some of their weak points.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: CUHK, google, Hong Kong
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