The main reason many SMEs face difficulties obtaining funds from banks is that they are usually unable to show significant assets when they seek loans. Alex So, founder of Fastlane Group, and 5 other business leaders share their insights and wisdom through an interview with SCMP about how companies forge their path to prosperity and … Read more
Recently, Xero conducted an interview with Trent Innes, Xero Australia & Asia’s Managing Director. Trent discussed common pain points encountered for small business owners and how the utilization of Xero can assist on the various issues encountered. Trent particularly emphasized the importance of a successful cashflow management system as, “cash flow is the number one … Read more
In recent years, females have become more successful, progressive and ambitious in the workforce. There are also many cases of start-ups that are successful and blossoming in Hong Kong. Carman Chan, founder, and managing partner at Click Ventures, is one of the best examples of a female success story, and also a veteran in the … Read more
Hong’s Kong’s start-up community has grown in leaps and bounds. One of the drivers behind this exponential growth is WHub and AngelHub; an organisation that has connected passionate startups, helped them innovate and scale, and developed an online ecosystem to boost a start-up culture in the city. Karen Contet Farzam, co-founder & Chief Hustler WHub and … Read more
One of the rising stars of Hong Kong’s tech scene, Snaptee allows users to create highly-personalized t-shirts via app and kiosks in shopping malls. Wai Lun Hong, one of the company’s co-founders, discusses entrepreneurialism, the company’s history, expansion plans and why things are better on the cloud. What you will learn from this article: 1. … Read more
Stuart Moran has taken deep-rooted experience in the medical device industry, stemming back generations, and transformed it into a start-up that is causing shockwaves throughout the world of surgical instruments. How did he succeed in taking his passion and achieving a major breakthrough in an industry dominated by large-scale corporations? The journey has been wrought with strife and success. Moran has been in handheld laparoscopic (minimal invasive surgery) instruments … Read more
Bay McLaughlin, Co-Founder and COO at Brinc.io at the hardware accelerator, education platform and product development studio, ‘Brinc.io’. Bay went from the US east coast to Hong Kong via small start-ups and built a division at Apple. We talk to him about what makes an entrepreneur, Silicon Valley, and the tech scene in Asia. … Read more
It all started when Alex and Wilson met at the University of Technology in Sydney. Both were young, hungry, and in pursuit of a global experience that they could bring back to Hong Kong. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree of Business, with majors in Accounting and Finance, both Alex and Wilson each started their … Read more
Fintech is increasingly being driven by big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), and is being used for a range of applications from credit underwriting and banking compliance processes to the use of robo-advisers for investment recommendations. “People have become very interested in big data and AI and they are growing rapidly. Large enterprises … Read more
Over the last few weeks, our team has been visiting Xero customers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia, listening to their business stories and hearing first hand how cloud technology is helping make running their lives and business operations easier and more seamless. Behind every good startup is… a solid idea, a solid support … Read more