Category Archives: Start-up Trends
Microsoft China plagiarises Plurk design and code!
Last night, I caught a glimpse of a few Tweets that mentioned Microsoft ripping off Plurk… and decided I’d do some digging this morning. It turns out, I didn’t have to dig too far, Plurk’s blog post kind of say’s it all. TechCrunch, NYT, WSJ and many others have also covered this news. To put
TokyoCamp.. a huge success..
The latest TechCrunch TokyoCamp was held last Friday and by the looks of it, it was a resounding success with some great Japanese (and 1 Singaporean and 1 South Korean) startups demo-ing their wares. This also includes some demos by previous Asian startup who had presented at TechCrunch50. Here is the list of startups that
Tudou.com – Aiming to be the YouTube in China
China never fails to amaze me with the number of “copycat” websites adapting successful business model in the US for use in China. Was reading this article on TechCrunch on Tudou.com – aiming to be the YouTube in China. Tudou is one of two companies left fighting it out to be the YouTube of China
TechCrunch TokyoCamp on November 6th…
TechCrunch Japan is hosting another TokyoCamp on Friday November 6. TokyoCamp is the Japanese equivalent of TechCrunch’s TC50 event which invites a number of startups to demo their Software, Service or Product in a ‘Demo Pit’ followed by lots of networking with key Web and Tech influencers. This is the 2nd ever TokyoCamp, and
Ex-Google China head eyes mobile, cloud computing
Lee Kai-Fu, who recently left Google China to start his own company – Innovation Works is now eyeing cloud computing, e-commerce and the mobile platform industry for some of his first investments (See interview with Reuters, Hong Kong). The fund hopes to fill a gap in China for seed capital and aims to nurture 20
Healthcare Reform – Startups in China
Few weeks ago, I wrote on China being the next Silicon Valley and the potential of new business models being incubated that is specific to the Chinese market – well saw this interesting article on TechCrunch “Healthcare Reform, Chinese Startup Style” – Seems like business model that is specific to China is starting to sprout
This week in Sydney: Australian Web Week…
It’s Australian Web Week this week… with a whole host of interesting events for anyone involved in the web. From pure geeks, to entrepreneurs to startup incubators… all are invited to join a number of social and professional gatherings. Unfortunately, due to my full time job, I only have time to attend 1 evening event
Listen up APAC Startups… Google is back on acquisition trail…
“It’s clear that the worst is behind us,” he said. “What we see at Google is some level of improvement and what is more important is we see it not just in the United States but outside the United States.” That’s what Eric Schmidt told Reuters in an interview last week. According to the article,
China – The next Silicon Valley?
Will China be the next Silicon Valley? Being an occasional traveler to China, I have always been awed by the speed of economic development in such a vast country. The online channel has develop at such a pace that China is currently home to around 253 million Internet users and in terms of unique visitors,
Top 10 Asian-Run companies in the US
Inc, the magazine dedicated to start-ups and the entrepreneurial spirit has a great slide-show of the Top 10 Asian run companies in the US. While this does not relate to the Asian market itself, I thought it would be great to share as it does reflect the far-reaching entrepreneurial skills of Asians abroad. You can
