Asia Tech Podcast

[10:45] It's easy to fall into your comfort zone. Why should every entrepreneur get out into the field and spend time with the people you are creating solutions for? [21:30] A look inside the sales process of selling software to different sectors e.g. food delivery and retail [55:00] Joining a start up instead of a regular job. How do you address that issue when your parents have mapped out your career for you? Advice for the young start up founder about having that dinner-table conversation with the folks.

[11:00] The pharmaceutical companies are unavoidably wasteful in their R&D because there are countless variables and you're also dealing with human beings. How can AI be used to help reduce that waste in the drug discovery process? [49:30] Can centralized governments have an active role in innovating technologies and ideas in the future? Can innovation ever benefit from that top-down approach? [56:02] How does attitude towards blockchain and cryptocurrency vary by country in Asia?

[02:05] The "Next Billion" comes online - The number of new internet users around the world in 2017 was 248 million. What does that mean for tech companies around the world? [10:36] Can you use Facebook if you're illiterate? Simon explores the options. What does that mean for companies like Facebook, Google etc who want to tap the "Next Billion"? [47:10] There are a large amount of social media users in Indonesia, but half of them are not online! What’s going on?!

188: Graham Brown - 50 Trends Asia 2018 Audiobook Part 3 by Graham Brown

[14:08] Chinese entrepreneurs are starting to be recognized outside of China on the global stage - what does that mean for the startup ecosystem? [34:40] Can a top down, structured approached to building ecosystems, as seen in Asia, create sustainable innovation? [52:29] The ability of young people in China to think outside the box and Chinese parents investing in education outside of school

[01:10] Why would a foreign entrepreneur coming to Vietnam choose to base a startup in Hanoi not Ho Chi Minh City? [19:00] Thoughts on raising money, regrets on not raising money and building tech startups without funding [36:00] How has the Vietnam startup ecosystem changed in the last 5 years?

[06:10] What's it like to experience China's Greater Bay Area for the first time? Kyle Ellicott shares his story of how entering Shenzhen and Greater Bay was like walking into a new world. [14:15] Comparisons between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. How are these startup ecosystems both similar and different? What can these startup ecosystems learn from each other? [24:45] Doing business in China. How does China and doing business with the Chinese compare with business in the US

[02:00] The 3 wave Cultural Acceptance of Asia. How entrepreneurs moving to Asia are changing in their reasons for migrating - Pioneers, Opportunists and Followers [12:00] When massive change happens, we rarely have the ability to identify and name it, example being The Reformation (nobody called it The Reformation when it was happening). Are we seeing a similar change in the shift from West to East? [45:05] Now Jack Ma has blazed a trail, will the Western Media entertain more entrepreneurs from Asia?

183: Graham Brown - 50 Trends Asia 2018 Audiobook Part 2 by Graham Brown

182: Graham Brown - 50 Trends Asia 2018 Audiobook Part 1 by Graham Brown

[03:24] What do we need to know about the Chinese e-commerce phenomenon that is 11/11, 'Singles Day'? [15:17] What is the O2O trend in China all about? A look at offline shops running on big data technology and livestreaming from hair salons [23:30] How are department stores in China using Alipay and facial recognition technology to create a better customer experience?

[03:50] Can VR be used in some kind of desensitization therapy e.g. curing a real-life fear of heights? [12:45] What is the key question VCs and angels should consider when investing in VR startups? [38:20] What's going to happen to VR in 2018?

[00:05] Introduction to UPS2 - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey - UpSchool Book Reviews with Graham D Brown [00:30] What does the 7 Habits teach entrepreneurs about success that many books get wrong? [00:55] Why do most people not like habits? [02:00] Habit 1 - Be Proactive [02:50] Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind [04:50] Habit 3 - Put First Things First (The important/urgent quadrant) [05:55] Habit 4 - Think Win-Win [07:25] Habit 5 - Seek First to Understand then Be Understood [08:45] Habit 6 - Synergize [09:45] Habit 7 - Sharpen the Saw

[00:50] A first look at Ashley Galina Dudarenok's new book about China: Unlocking the World's Largest E-Market [16:30] Different Chinese mobile payments systems and how embedded they are in day-to-day life. Will China become the world's first cashless society? [42:50] What are some of the common misconceptions about China and Chinese consumers?

[23:00] Everything being said about China now was once said about Japan (world's biggest economy, world's most advanced market, world's most sophisticated consumer etc). [28:30] China is going to become the world's largest economy in 2020. What is hype and what is fact? [42:50] What are the parallels between the NTT DoCoMo telecoms industry in Japan of the 1980s/90s and the WeChat internet industry of China today?