Samson Chen is an inspiration for technical entrepreneurs in Asia. He pioneered free wifi as a service back home in Taiwan when founding Wishfi after many years mastering Internet technologies and living abroad in California. Read more…
Software outsourcing is promising for Vietnam, says Minh-Tuan VU from VietGest
Helping Vietnam to become a world-class software development destination is a dream that Minh-Tuan VU, co-founder of VietGest, is pursuing. Starting a software company in Hanoi has been a fulfilling experience for him. Read more…
Starting a software business in Malaysia has been a good experience, says JeeShen Lee from BizVise
Interviewing serial entrepreneur JeeShen Lee in Malacca Malaysia (or Melaka) has shown me one thing: starting a tech company in a small industrial town requires lots of courage and determination. JeeShen has started a software solutions company called BizVise, Read more…
Building an Internet business is like making pancakes, says Meng Weng Wong from JFDI
While an undergraduate at UPenn, Meng Weng Wong spent his early career in the United States starting pobox.com, the first commercial email service. He helped pioneer an antispam standard called SPF – a standard which Hotmail and Gmail still use today. Read more…
Scaling a mobile payment business is possible in Singapore, says Zi Yong CHUA from Stream Media
Singapore-born Zi Yong CHUA is an inspiration for those who want to start up a scalable company in Asia. He has overcome many challenges founding Stream Media, a company building the Movend payment platform for mobile gaming Read more…
Visas for Entrepreneurs are needed for Silicon Valley to keep the lead
According to the Economist, it is easier for entrepreneurs to immigrate to Australia, Canada, the New Zealand and Chile than in the United States. The article also hints that obtaining an immigration visa is more flexible in the UK, Singapore and Ireland. Read more…
Denmark meets Silicon Valley: Interview with Sunil Maulik from the Danish Innovation Center
This post is for all of those who wish to have an exciting career in Silicon Valley. I had the chance to get to know Sunil Maulik, a biophysicist by training now working in software, during my Silicon Valley experience. Read more…
Block 71: Singapore’s innovation secret
This post is for all of those who haven’t embraced Singapore‘s entrepreneurial ambition. Block 71, across the street from INSEAD, has a charm that is difficult to parallel in Singapore. Read more…
Mobileye, a successful Israeli start-up with a non-traditional VC model
As part of the course “Discover Israel, The Startup Nation,” I met many interesting start-ups there, each with a particular flavor of the Israeli start-up culture. I encountered a great company called MobileEye that is revolutionalizing how car collision detection is made. Read more…