All Episodes

ASP Selection | Inside the VC Mind: The rise of Fintech in China, with Wei Hopeman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arbor Ventures

Inside the VC Mind: The Rise of Technification in Southeast Asia, with Peng T. Ong, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Monk's Hill Ventures (rebroadcast)

Inside the VC Mind: Technification in South Asia: Internationalisation of Indian SaaS Startups, with Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures (rebroadcast)

Inside the VC Mind: Technification in SEA - Examining the Fundamentals of the Marketplace Business Model with James Tan, Managing Partner at Quest Ventures (rebroadcast)

The Circular Economy in a World of Planned Obsolescence with Johnson Yeh, Founder and CEO of ROEHL

The Uberization of Drone Tech with Kamarul Muhamed, Founder and CEO of Aerodyne Group

The Future of NFTs Beyond Collectibles, w/ Robby Yung, Co-founder and CEO of Animoca Brands

Understanding the business model behind open-source services w/ Neil Han, Head of APAC for PingCAP [World’s most valued NewSQL company]

Internationalisation of Indian SaaS Startups, with Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures

How to Start a Venture Fund in China, with Chris Lerner, Managing Partner at MSA Capital

Building Bangladesh's Biggest Tech Startup with Hussain Elius, Founder and CEO of Pathao

Understanding What Impact Investment Truly Is, w/ Ilaria Chan, Advisor on Tech & Social Impact for Grab

Behind the Company that Catalysed Chinese Startups’ Global Ambitions, with Ronen Mense, APAC President and Managing Director of AppsFlyer

Examining the Fundamentals of the Marketplace Business Model with James Tan, Managing Partner at Quest Ventures

Understanding the Hype around NFTs with Mia Deng, Partner at Dragonfly Capital

Investigating China's Anti-Monopoly Enforcements on Tech Giants, with Rui Ma, founder of Tech Buzz China

Founder Brain Food: Building Trust with Customers, and Non-market Strategic Thinking; w/ Victoria Hoang and Jack Ren

Setting your Startup for Success: VCs Perspective on Chinese startups expanding across borders, Becoming Investible, and Leveraging Investors; w/ Rui Ma, Kal Patel and Nichapat Ark

Inside the Mobile Esports Business in Southeast Asia, with Allan Phang, Regional Head of Marketing PR at EVOS Esports

Building the Biggest Used-car Marketplace in SEA, with Aaron Tan, founder of Carro

Why Experimentation is Imperative to a Startup's Success with Mukesh Bansal, Co-founder of Phable, and Riaz Mehta, Founder of allrites

Evaluating the Rise of SaaS in China with Shao Lee, Partner at Global Founders Capital

Secret Sauce of ByteDance’s Massive Boom with Matthew Brennan, Book Author of “Attention Factory; The story of TikTok and China’s ByteDance”

The Rise of Technification in Southeast Asia, with Peng T. Ong, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Monk's Hill Ventures

Is the GameStop saga a defining moment for DeFi with Michael Friedman, CFO of Xinhua Pictures; and Aaron Choi, VP of Global Business Development at Kava Labs

Capping off 2020 with a Big Announcement

Building a Growth Mindset; Storytelling 101 for Startups; and Lessons from the Pandemic: 8x8 Global Speaker Series (3/3) with Yara Paoli, Adam Najberg, and Shamik Talukder

The Making of Airbnb’s China Dream with Sean Pan, Former Head of China Operations at Airbnb

Lessons to Avoid Failure in M&As & Marriages; and Framework to Invest in Lifestyle Startups: 8x8 Global Speaker Series (1/3) with Shannon Kalayanamitr and Per Welinder

Open Innovation in Healthcare from Academia to Corporates to Startups: She Loves Tech Series with Dr. Yongqin Zeng, Senior Director Innovation Lead at Philips Venture

Rapid Accession of China’s Capital Market Post COVID with Benjamin Qiu, Legal Expert on Cross-border Investment

Inside the VC Mind Ep2: Billion-dollar Opportunities That Investors Missed (Remington Ong, Ray Yang, William Bao Bean)

China's Cross-Border Luxury Ecommerce: The Past & The Present, with Claire Chung, Former China GM of Yoox Net-A-Porter Group

Inside the VC Mind Ep1: The Top Mistake that Founders Make During Fundraising (Helen Wong, Gary Yang, Jeff Chi)

Design’s Strategic Value for Business with Yiying Lu, “Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business”

Managing a $1 billion pre-IPO fund, with Sophie Yao, China General Manager of Pegasus Tech Ventures

Digital Transformation: Converting Consumer Data into Gold; with Kevin Lee (IKEA), Alexis Richez (ZTP), German Torrado (Genetsis) and Abel Zhao (Travelflan)

How Citybox Finds Own Position Among Fierce Unmanned Retail Competitions, with Co-founder & COO Neo Lv

Demystifying the World of DeFi, with Cao Yin, Founding Partner of Digital Renaissance Foundation

China's Changing Regulations on Gaming, with Greg Pilarowski, Legal Expert & Founder of Pillar Legal

Building the world's leading mobile analytics platform from China, with Bertrand Schmitt, Co-founder and Chairman of App Annie

Unraveling Digital Ads: The Cash Cow for Alibaba, with Donna Li, Digital Advertising Veteran

Scaling WeChat to One Billion Users Globally, with Stephen Wang, Former User Growth & Engagement Director at WeChat

Evolution of Internet in China (1990s-2000s) and Staying Ahead of the Competition with Fritz Demopoulos, Co-founder of Qunar.com

Building from Zero for Government, Venture Capital and Tech Startups; and Lessons from Storeroom to Super App: 8x8 Global Speaker Series (3/3) with Yaw Yeo and Cheryl Goh

Being Focused, The Inspiration for Business Ideas, Why Mental Health Matters for Founders; 8x8 Global Speakers Series (2/3) with Patrick Lee, Fritz Demopoulos, and Patrick Riley

Fundraising during COVID-19: Dos and Don’ts, Transforming Crisis into Opportunity with Design, and How to Survive COVID-19 as a Travel Company; 8x8 Global Speakers Series (1/3) with Edith Yeung, Yiying Lu and Abel Zhao

China’s Ambition on Electric Cars and The Brutal Competition, with Tu Le, Founder and Managing Director of Sino Auto Insights

How China Regulates Internet Economy and New Technologies with Sam Cai, Internet Legal and Policy Expert

Unveil Impact Investing Under COVID-19, with Paul Meyers, Asian Digital Veteran and Investor

Investing in Risks with Peter Mao, Co-founder of Panda Capital

How Snapask Started with a Facebook Page, with Founder Timothy Yu

Enabling Smart Cities: The Tech in the Driver's Seat with Bruce Bateman, Chief Technical Advisor at Lite-On Technology

How to Recruit and Manage A Strong Startup Team with Lucas Englehardt, Serial Entrepreneur with Successful Exits

Gamification is Not Copying Games with Monte Singman, iDreamSky Technology

The Go-to-Market Playbook by NIU: a NASDAQ-listed Chinese Smart E-Scooter Company

Localizing in the Mobile-Only China Market, with David Chen, CEO & Co-founder of Strikingly

B2B Sales Strategies and Tactics with Jonathan Wu, VP of Sales and Co-founder of GrowingIO

How to Prevent PR Crisis in China, with Alex Duncan, co-founder of KAWO

Applying Design Thinking to Launch an IoT Product with Alvin Chiang, Founder of Gululu

What’s Next for Ctrip (Trip.com Group) with Margaret Feng, Head of Innovation

How to Understand Venture Capital in China with Victor Chao, Partner at SAIF

Building Community-Based Startups, "Dancing with Gorillas", How to Choose a Co-Founder; 8x8 Speakers Series (3/3) with Jill Tang, Shameen Prashantham, and Catherine Kang

Finding Opportunities in India, Doing Well By Doing Good (Impact Investing), How to Ruin Your Fundraising; 8x8 Speakers Series (2/3) with Shirley Mao, Paul Meyers, and Katherine Lui

8 Entrepreneurship Lessons, How to Hire Better, Growth Simplified; 8x8 Speakers Series (1/3) with T.R. Harrington, Sarah Keenlyside, and Guy Sivan

How to Succeed in China B2B with Olivier d'Arros, Investor and Serial Entrepreneur

How China's Beating the West in Innovation with Richard Turrin, FinTech expert, author of "Innovation Lab Excellence" and former head of IBM's Cognitive Studio

Investigating Live Streaming's Social Impact with Hao Wu, Director of "People's Republic of Desire"

Investing in Interactive Entertainment with Richie Zhu, Partner at Makers Fund

Understanding Influencer Marketing in China with Hillary Han, Director of iResearch Training Academy

Growth Hacking an Audio Sharing Platform with Tian Sun, Vice President of Business Intelligence Center at Ximalaya App

The Making of Airbnb’s China Dream with Sean Pan, Head of China Operations at Airbnb

Creating a "Great Place to Work" with Alicia Tung, Chief Operating Officer at Great Place to Work, Greater China

Playing to Create a Mentally Healthy World with Enoch Li, Founder of BEARAPY

Entering the Realm of Co-working Space in China with Yintao Feng, Founder and CEO of MIXPACE

Building a Holistic Ideal Experience for Your Customers with Michael Lai, PhD, Dean of X Academy & Partner at TANG

Burning Your Money; Pitching to the Media; Art of X-thinking Design; 8X8 Speakers Series (4/4) with Maggie Tan, Russell Flannery and Michael Lai

8Ps of Entrepreneurship, Your Customer Experience Sucks and Simple is Good; 8X8 Speakers Series (3/4) with Alvin Graylin, Neil Liang and Lucas Englehardt

Braving the Winter, Conquering the Fear, Managing the Reality; 8X8 Speakers Series (2/4) with Lu Guo, Jane Lin-Baden and Yintao Feng

Know Your Customers, Be Your Own Salesperson, Follow Your Passion; 2019 Spring 8x8 Speaker Series (1/4) with Dirk Eschenbacher, Rhea See and Jaeson Ma

Why community matters, even for developers with Ricky Ng-Adam and Frederic Bazin, Co-founders of Coderbunker

Behind the Scenes of China Music Industry with Kenny Bloom, 40-year Music Guru and “Zero-man” for Warner in China

Live recorded from MWC 2019: China, Copycat, Creator with Yossi Vardi, Israel’s Hi-tech Godfather and Chairman of 4YFN

Reinventing entertainment through social commerce with Greig Charlton, CEO at 247tickets

Make yourself visible for exits with Benjamin Joffe, Partner at HAX

What Corporate VCs Get Wrong About Startups with Andrew Gaule, CEO of Aimava

Tackling the healthcare challenges of the China's aging society with Mark Spitalnik , CEO of China Senior Care

How Can Failure Make You Strong; 8X8 Speakers Series (2/2) with Sophie Yao, Gen Kanai, and Prakhar Khanduj (PK)

Know Yourself and Be Yourself; 8X8 Speakers Series (1/2) with Dalida Turkovic, Em Roblin and Andrew Schorr

China’s Role in 4 Investment Areas with Sean O’Sullivan, Managing General Partner of SOSV

How VCs do due diligence: blockchain and priorities with Aly Madhavji and Mansoor Madhavji, Partners of Blockchain Founders Fund

How VCs do due diligence: metrics and team with Carman Chan, Founder & Managing Partner of Click Ventures

UX Best Practices and Product Localization for Chinese Consumers with Samuel Jesse, Co-Founder of UXSPOT

Bridging the gap between China-India startup ecosystems with PK, co-founder of InstaLively and Pulse (Acquired by Hike Messenger)

Managing from Zero to IPO, with Ben Hu, Co-Founder, CTO and Head of Adult English of Liulishuo

Leveraging WeChat ecosystem to build a profitable cross-border product with Drew Kirchhoff, Co-Founder and Head of Product of Yoli

How China's Media Digitalization Innovates Startups with Philip Beck, Chairman of Dubeta

The Breakthroughs of Voice AI Technologies with Chen Wei, Senior Director and Chief Scientist of Sogou Voice Interaction Technology Centre

The rise of Pinduoduo and how it is disrupting Chinese e-commerce with Nicolas du Cray, Partner at Cathay Capital

The Growth Story of An Emerging E-Commerce Startup with Lu Guo, Founder of Shopal

The Challenges of Chinese Companies Going Global, with Omid Scheybani, Former Global Head of Partnerships and Business Development at ofo

The Importance of Mindfulness and how it can improve your business, with Brandon Mehrgut, founder of Shanghai Mindfulness

The Initiatives of Business Sustainability in China with Richard Brubaker, Founder of Collective Responsibility and HandsOn China

Embrace the New Retail Wave in China with Stephane Monsallier, Founder of Shops of the Future

The Myth of An Early Exit with Bruno Bensaid, Investor and Co-Founder of Shanghaivest

Breaking Down Barriers and Establishing a Global Startup Community, with Chen Wang, CEO at Slush China

The Rise of Fintech with Wei Hopeman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arbor Ventures

Market Localization of the Highest Valued Unicorn with Sam Gellman, First Foreign Employee of Uber China

The Golden Rule of WeChat Marketing with the “Ronin of Marketing and Agency Work” Kenneth Cheung, Co-Founder at Actionable Data

Principles of Investment with Jörn Helms, Senior Advisor at Bank of Taizhou

The Bumps You’ll Run Into on Your Entrepreneurship Journey; 2018 8x8 Speaker Series (3/3) with Nishtha Mehta, Ziv Rotenberg, and James Lalonde

5 Mistakes Raising Money and How NOT to Run Your Business; 2018 8x8 Speaker Series (2/3) with Trevor Owens, Rich Bishop, and Kenneth Cheung

The Power of Focus, the Hidden Benefits of a Mid-Life Crisis, and the Importance of Having Fun; 2018 8x8 Speaker Series (1/3) with Ilya Cheremnikh, Tim Coghlan, and Curt Shi

What is Blockchain and What Does its Future Hold? With Darren Camas, Senior Advisor at Emurgo

Building a dockless bikesharing kingdom with Florian Bohnert, head of Global Partnerships for Mobike

Navigating the Pitfalls of being an Aspiring Entrepreneur in China with Mike Burns, Founding Partner of Asia Growth Solutions and Executive Coach

Is ICO, the way to go, or too hot for it's own good. We find out with Miranda Tan, CEO and Founder of Robin 8

Why RISE has helped break down social barriers with Casey Lau, Co-host for the largest tech conference in Asia.

Connecting 1 million entrepreneurs all over the world; with Jan Smejkal, China & APAC Community Director of Startup Grind

How to build a Star Trek team with Alan Clayton, Roaming mentor of SOSV

How technology is boosting China's creativity industry with Steve Wang, Co-Founder and CPO of Tezign特赞

In the eyes of 3 foreigners, China's great changes in the past decade; with Kapil Kane, Geoffrey Handley and Oscar Ramos

Creating a perfect marriage between food and technology with Kevin Yu, CEO of Sidechef, a serial tech entrepreneur and a three-time TEDx speaker

Exploring the future of working, learning and living; with Fei Yao, Co-Founder & COO of QLC

Driving the next 100 years of Innovation in China with Brian Tam, Founder of Let’s Make Great, a 3x Tedx speaker and creator of PROTO innovation cards

A stepping stone to "maturalize" your ideas before accelerators; with Albert Liang, Founder and CEO of IGENESIIS Group

Why we create a community for women in China with Michelle Li, Founder and CEO of Sorority China

One startup, one voice and a huge market! Today we talk about Health Insurtech in China with Sébastien Gaudin, CEO and Co-Founder of the CareVoice

How DESIGN helps to validate your business ideas; with Grace Ng, Co-Founder of Lean Startup Machine

Startup like a rolling stone; trailblazing within the China music and event industry with Archie Hamilton founder and CEO of Split Works.

How to Startup, Step 1; with Trevor Owens, Co-Founder of The Lean Startup Machine

Seeking and Taming the Unicorn Startup; 8x8 Speaker Series (3/3) with Peter Davison and David Chen, Unicorn Investors

Mindful Entrepreneurism and the Unicorn Start-up Fantasy; with Geoffrey Handley, Founding General Partner at China Scot Fund

Riding that Bitcoin Wave; with Arthur Hayes, CEO & Co-Founder of Bitmex

Artificial Intelligence is Not Intelligent; Wechat Conference series (1/2); with Andrew Schorr, Co-Founder of Grata, and Edaan Getzel, Co-Founder of Rikai Labs

Zero to Hero; Wechat Hacks for User Growth; 8X8 Speaker Series (2/3) with Jenny Zhu, Co-Founder of Open Language

CopyChina Mobile Payment Solutions; with Tobias Pfütze, Partner at China FinTech

Becoming the Superhero Entrepreneur; 8X8 Speaker Series (1/3) with SiokSiok and James Fong, Storytelling Film Makers

China Startup Crunch; with Ned Desmond, COO of TechCrunch

Throwing Parties For a Living, with Stephane de Montgros, Co-Founder of Riviera Events & The Hotelier Awards

Learn By Doing. Fail Faster. Succeed Faster; with Kevin Chen, Co-Founder of Italki

"Made in China" to "Made by China", with Jacob Rothman, Founding Partner of Platform88

Bitcoin Unchained: Blockchain without the Bitcoin; with Remington Ong, Partner of Fenbushi Capital

Coffee, Bagels & Beer Oh My! with David Seminsky, Founder of Sumerian Coffee and Dogtown

Digging Under the Great Firewall, Steve Mushero, Co-Fouder of ChinaNetCloud

The Solo Bootstrapper, with Ronan Berder, CEO and Founder of Wiredcraft

The Hard Thing about Hard (China) Things, TR Harrington, Founder of Darwin Marketing

3D Printing a Better World ; with Lucio Pentagna Guimaraes Neto, Founder of XinFab

Winning With Attitude; with Jared Turner, Co-Founder of Cinnaswirl

Marketplace Lending in China; with Dr. Tharon Smith, Managing Director of Lendit China

China’s Bitcoin Obsession; with Bobby Lee, CEO of BTCC

Advertising the China Movement, with Milo Chao, Chief Strategy Officer at TBWA

Starting Up: It's A Marathon; with Greg Nance, founder of Dyad

China's Legal Landscape for Startups, with Benjamin Qiu, Partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP

Inside China's Tech World, with Dr. Lu Gang, founder of Technode

Crowdsourcing, co-founders and the first Chinese start-up to be accepted to Y-Combinator.

Investing in Humanity - with Sean O'Sullivan, Managing Director of SOSV the Accelerator VC

Power networking with female founder and future leader - Stephany Zoo

Cocktails, coding and coaching - How to run a sucessful IT business in China.

Digital Marketing in China - going beyond WeChat

Who needs a plan when you've got a big bag of hustle?!

"Maker to Market" - China's spin on the maker movement, with the legendary David Li

In with the Old, Out with the New! With guest Bunny Yan, founder and CEO of Squirrelz.

The elusive secret to creating killer content with Willie Chou, Co-founder and CEO of NeoNan.com

Raising a startup in China with mom-trepreneur Hong Cheng, Founder and CEO of Uparenting

Is the Holy Grail of marketing simply not marketing at all? This and more with world class word-of-mouth marketing expert Sina Farzaneh.

Raising an entrepreneur regardless of gender, with podcast superstar Jenny Zhu

From mini golf to Kickstarter - the power of storytelling; with serial entrepreneur Joe Constanty

The Great Wall of “guanxi” – Doing business the Chinese way with serial entrepreneur Alvin Wang Graylin

China’s mobile revolution with Justin Mallen, Founder & CEO of Silk Road Technologies

How to enter China – Everything about China’s startup ecosystem and VC scene with William Bao Bean of SOSV & Chinaccelerator

Hiring and retaining talent, enterprise selling, and data science (big data 2.0)

Work 3.0, the secret sauce behind a successful co-working space, and discussing the differing ecosystems across the PRC, with Bob Zheng, founder and CEO of People Squared

Banking on startups in China. We discuss Silicon Valley Bank's entry into China, internet banks, and the option of venture debt vs equity financing with Arman Zand founding partner at Red Lion Capital

Brewing up an F&B empire; going local and ever evolving with our guest Lee Tseng, founder of Boxing Cat Brewery and Liquid Laundry

Dragons in the East, WeChat, and cutting through red tape with guest Andrew Schorr, founder of Grata.

China, Volcanos, Sharks and Startups with guest Phillip Beck