- hong kong, in spite of western fake media's contrary coverage, has taken over as sdg youth coalition startup epicentre gravitating entrepreneurial revolution required for millennia to be first sustainable generation - exponentially integral as tow thirds of people ate asian and ever since economist first reports of asia rising in 1962(Economist 1962)
perhaps most amazingly the ideology that youth need energise any nations start up culture didnt arrive in hong kong to 2015 when a confluence of inspirational happenings were webbed
first ever startup summit keynoted by elon musk
hong kong realised that in spite of jack ma's best efforts g20 hangzhou 2015-6 western naysayers wouldnt ever make hangzhou the edutech epicentre of zooming every issing curriculum needed to get back on sdg orbit
two wonderful testimonies zoomed out of startuphk around the world on 7/7/20
ms kerena belin on how whub became a unicorn by celebrating startup connected cities as well as 3 things unique to hong kong 7 million ;people as the greatest collaboration entrepreneurs of any 0.1% seeking to unite human race
how the guy Savio Kwan from GE who had stgeadied jack ma's company when around 2003 (see podcast) it only had 5 months cashflow to live has like jack retired from ecommerce alibaba with twin working assignments - help 300 startups on chinese mainland ; build hong kong alibaba entrepreneur fund
1-2-3 hi trust networking has never riangilarised like this
1 hk's 75 million smart makers neighborhood is now 30 minutes drive away - this is also Tencent hope resion- the T of the BAT triple ecosystem which some compare to US GAF respects hong kong as a win-win with its own triple-win odyssey
(Baidu-Alibaba-Tencent :: Google-Amazon-Facebook)
2 hong kong is already seen by whole of asean as regions most blessed connectors- you can come from almost anywhere in asean to pilot whether citizens get your startup passion- hk is probably the one place in world you can use best of google and best of chinese tech- dont forget too that when it comes to drones - one chinese startup owns 75% of personal-entrepreneurial customers and its foundation of drones for good is part of how asia can now trace viruses be they agricultural or human
3 in hong kong sustainability startup empower focused sdg-moon racers who are not designing a financial vehicle to exit from but a life times odyssey- when dad surveyed silicon valley in 1982 venture capitalists believed in conscious moon races not exits- we will not rank a west coast place as top 10 in entrepreneurial revolution until clearer explanations emerge as to why west coast usa dropped baton on big data virus and big data of edutech valuing youth ,livelihoods
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more on whub, and angelhub - the first investment crowdfunding platform to receive a license from a Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong
- - and euro compass of cofounders K& K
angelhub connects with whub described liked this
FinTech accelerates change and disruption due to technological innovation such as Blockchain, AI / Machine Learning, Big Data Analysis and Cloud Computing. With an average FinTech adoption rate that has doubled in the past 3 years from 16% to 33%, FinTech has achieved initial mass adoption in most countries. Hong Kong is one of the top IPO hubs in the world, with a stock market capitalisation at around 11.5 times its GDP.
Whub/Angelhub became the 9th homegrown Unicorn alongside "Currently SenseTime, WeLab, Lalamove, Tink Labs, BitMEX, GoGoVan, Klook, TNG Wallet and AirWallex are the 8 homegrown stars in Hong Kong confirmed as unicorns"
Tinky Bike | Smart Farm Assistance | mymizu | SilveryNanos "HAPITO" | InfyU LABS | EYELIKE Platform (LabSD, Inc.) | Life Origin | Safewheel | Shuttle Bangladesh | ShareRO | Clear Plate | Digital Saathi | Flare of MASHAL | Share a book (Erised Works) | Shop.141 | Pur.Di.Ya | Moner Bondhu | Peace Maker Studio | AntiMatLab
Looking forward to Tech For Good Startup Showcase - IoT/Physical at the Startup Impact Summit hosted by Invest Hong Kong and WHub with my fellow Cynthia Cheung at the Youth Co:Lab, an initiative co-led by the UNDP and Citi. Tune in to listen to these brilliant pitches this Wednesday at 3pm HKT!
Expert panelists:
- Jo Chan, AngelHub
- Diane de Beaudrap, WHub
- Sylvia KONG, Gobi Partners China
- Nesh S., Accelerating Asia
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