May 22, 2012 by SGE
After six months in Asia, sixteen flights to eight countries, and interviews with over 100 entrepreneurs, investors, and organizers, Kira Newman of Tech Cocktail has worked with Malaysia infographic startup Piktochart to come up with this graphical summary of her impressions of the Asian startup scene. She’ll be writing more about Asia in the future. Check it out: Read more
April 9, 2012 by Terence LEE
JigoCity, a daily deals site own by Penthouse publisher FriendFinder Networks (yes, that FriendFinder), has announced that it will not offer deals anymore in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Australia.
Notices were put up on the various country sites yesterday stating how JigoCity is “consolidating operations” and will only remain operational in “select countries”. They appear to be doubling down on Taiwan and the rest of China. Read more
March 21, 2012 by Terence LEE
Dr Ni Zhengdong (second from left) and Marc van der Chijs (second from right).
Depending on who you speak to, China is either a dead zone or the land of milk and honey for foreign entrepreneurs who want to set up a new enterprises there.
Firmly entrenched in the Avoid China camp is Marc van der Chijs, who, ironically enough, is the founder of Tudou, the second most popular video sharing site in China. It was recently bought over by Youku.
“There are less opportunities in China these days; the environment is not so positive anymore,” he says at the sidelines of DEMO Asia in Singapore, “I’ve been there for 12 years, had a great time. I still love the country. But doing business as a foreigner has become more difficult.” Read more
April 8, 2011 by SGE
The Business Angel Network Southeast Asia (BANSEA) is holding a workshop at the end of the month for startups, angel investors and anyone else who wants to venture into the Chinese market, with a focus on the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) sector. The program is divided into two parts to discuss, amongst others: current mainland China market status & trends, the Chinese internet; early stage ecosystem in China, local angels & VCs, resources and fundraising. Read more
November 11, 2010 by SGE
What is the hottest now in China? Micro-blogging? Groupons? Find out more in this speakers session, LIVE from Shanghai! Brought to you by NUS Enterprise, Chinese Entrepreneurship Organisation Singapore and SHEN (NUS Overseas College students in Shanghai). Read more
June 24, 2010 by SGE
The TWIA crew in our virtual studio, sets off this week on two major events: CommunicAsia 2010 & Nokia Connection. With a flurry of talking points on the future direction of Nokia and how the mobile landscape is shaping up in Philippines similar to the Indonesian one, the crew also looked at how InMobi, the Indian mobile ad network is moving into the US and the usual Chinese sightings: TenCent to acquire Comsenz? and FourSquare is now banned in China. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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June 7, 2010 by SGE
How is the venture incubator space emerging in China after Lee Kaifu’s departure from Google China to create Innovation Works? What is the current trends in the Chinese market and how does it differ from Singapore. Following our special interview series in conjunction with Echelon 2010, we have Chris Evdemon from Innovation Works & a business angel in Singapore on our show to discuss this issues and his expectations on Echelon 2010. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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June 1, 2010 by SGE
Following the special interview series in conjunction with Echelon 2010, we have Benjamin Joffe, partner from CMUNE and co-founder of Plus Eight Star to speak to us about what is currently interesting for both mobile and social gaming in China. He also tells us about his current project, CMUNE where they develop games that can cross into different platforms at one go and the latest trends ongoing in China. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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May 2, 2010 by SGE
The TWIA crew returns without our moderator, John Lim. In his place, our co-producer Mike Foong has taken the helm and drive the discussion on the important news that rocked Asia this week. With our guest, Chew Lin Kay (@BlinkBl_nk) from BlinkBl-nk.com and Hackerspace SG, we surveyed the happenings from Barcamp KL, BlinkBl_nk to the launch of Amazon AWS in Asia, and moved to the important news of the week: (i) Ushi.cn, a Chinese Linkedin clone after BL’s rant in the live show that there is no linkedin clone in China from the live show? (ii) Yahoo! Japan and DeNA to run social game site, Yahoo! Mobage, (iii) Japan to adopt Chinese standards for 4G, (iv) Microsoft plans to invest in Kaixin001 and finally (v) Baidu filling up the vacuum for Google China now. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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April 2, 2010 by SGE
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