As a home-grown entrepreneur-led business, do you know you can leverage cloud to scale up your business into a global operation? Join the free IBM Cloud Event 2014 on March 17 to hear more real case examples and explore the latest revenue-generation solution in Cloud. The event is suitable for entrepreneurs, startups, Internet and online gaming, digital advertising companies.
Here’s a run down of the afternoon’s activities:
Alongside the wisdom Hong Kong startup scene pioneers have to impart, those relatively new to the ecosystem also bring disruptive ideas and much needed expertise.
Take the tenacious Allison Baum for example. After singlehandedly bringing New York’s General Assembly to Hong Kong against all odds, she’s now working alongside Fresco Capital Advisors’ Tytus Michalski as their new managing director.
“I had really poured my heart and soul into getting General Assembly started – it was like my baby so it was hard to step away. But in many ways, it became much bigger than me,” said Allison. “That’s the most satisfying thing I think – that you’ve created something that can live on without you.”
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Hong Kong startup Spacious has stepped in to fill the gap in Hong Kong’s market for a property platform with a great user experience, and has secured seed funding of US $500k from a mix of family and friends.
We had a chat with co-founder and CTO Asif Ghafoor, and he told StartupsHK about his banking tech background, what makes Spacious unique and his plans for the future of his startup.
