The US has always been the front runner in IoT innovation. Currently there is little to no sign of that title being stripped. In fact, Samsung announced a $1.2 billion dollar investment in the US last year with half the investment going into US IoT startups and the other half into its US facilities for technology...
“There are so many opportunities right now in China, I feel like I’m in an all-you-can-eat buffet where I am just tempted to grab way too many dishes!” says Steve Hoffman, captain of Founders Space, which has just opened in Shanghai.
Viewpoint: The reality is, despite its great allure, U.S. companies are more likely to lose their shirts than make their fortune in China.
The #1 startup ecosystem in the world is not Silicon Valley but a network of connected hubs of leading tech hotspots.
Unicorns don’t like Winter! by Bruno Bensaid, Founder, ShanghaiVest Here we are again, another down cycle, or so we think. After all, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index took a beating this Summer, from 5,166 (June 12, 2015) to 3,005 (Sept. 15, 2015), wiping out the equivalent of the combined GDP of several smaller European countries....
Hardware startups in China move quite and very differently. Here are 8 key differences, as viewed by Benjamin Joffe of Shenzhen accelerator HAX.
By Mark Kolier, The Way I See It This past Monday evening I attended my fourth NYC Silicon Dragon event hosted by Rebecca Fannin of Silicon Dragon. Rebecca (author of the 2011 book Start-up Asia and 2008 book Silicon Dragon) always puts together an interesting program and she conducts these programs all over the globe but...
China’s government launched its “Made in China 2025” program in late May. Viewpoint by Gordon Orr, Chairman, Asia, McKinsey & Co. With its 10 priority industries and milestones for creativity, quality, digitization and greenness, there is a lot for anyone operating in these industries in China or elsewhere to look at. We can be certain that...
Leaping into the future is hard enough as it is with all the myriad of obstacles that try to block our ability to advance in our external world. However, I have observed that the most difficult barriers exist in our own minds. Mental barriers of old ideas that we can’t let go of. Emotional barriers of...
I have recently been asked by the Institute of Directors in Hong Kong China to detail the difficulties of starting a business in Hong Kong. I have been starting businesses from scratch pretty much for my whole working life from my recent firm NEST, an early stage startup investment firm, to my earlier business, agency Fluid www.fluidhk.com. I had to think long...
Every successful technology company raises money throughout its lifecycle, perhaps starting with a seed investment and progressing through Series A, B, C, late-stage investments, and, for the most successful companies, an IPO. Historically, different financial institutions specialized in different stages, because the assessment of risk and opportunity was considered unique at each stage — for example,...
Once upon a time Hong Kong was close to making itself home to one of the world’s most innovative companies – but eventually missed the golden opportunity for both political and economic reasons. Even more sadly, apparently almost no one in Hong Kong realised or cared about the missed opportunity until recently when “start-up” became the...
Silicon Heartland (Penguin Random House, 2022)
Tech Titans of China: How China's Tech Sector is Challenging the World by Innovating Faster, Working Harder and Going Global (Hachette Book Group, 2019)
Startup Asia: Top Strategies for Cashing in on Asia's Innovation Boom
Silicon Dragon: How China Is Winning the Tech Race
