How South-East Asia startups fare on the global stage?
Some people often compare South-East Asia to Europe, in the way it’s an easy regional shortcut which embraces in reality countries with very different languages, cultures, habits and levels of development. And, just as in Europe, startup ecosystems wonder first what’s the strength of the local regional ecosystem, and then how it fares at a […]
Startup books #2: Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky, by Sarah Lacy
As we prepare our second year of travels to explore the startup ecosystems of the emerging markets, it’s the perfect timing to learn from previous explorers. “Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky – How the top 1% of Entrepreneurs profit from Global Chaos” (Amazon), is one of these post-exploration book which tries to wrap-up in 200-250 pages the […]
Startup books #1: How Asia Works, by Joe Studwell
We at Innovation is Everywhere are fans of history and economics, as we try during our travels to see why some countries succeed in developing their economic strengths and reap benefits in terms of growth, wealth and global influence. How Asia Works – Success and Failure in the World’s most dynamic region, by Joe Studwell (Amazon), […]
Top startups from Echelon 2014 tech festival
Echelon 2014 has again proved that its concept of Satellite events happening before the grand finale in Singapore is the best way to get credible startups on stage. After 3 months roaming the Asia-Pacific region with 10 competitions to get the best of fast-growing countries (Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Korea, Vietnam), the […]
Makers in the City – How 11 makerspaces around the world grow communities and hack urban issues
Cities are the future of mankind, with 60% of the world population expected to live there by 2030. It doesn’t come without new challenges, such as the integration of new migrants, the management of more waste and water consumption, and a global competition between world top cities to attract innovative companies and entrepreneurs to create […]
Mobile technology and politics in developing countries: case studies from Nigeria, India and South Africa
There’s no political “perfect state”, but in Africa especially, governance is a recurring issue. Corrupt or broken government make it hard for the population to get out of the poverty cycle, create value through entrepreneurship, or just take part in the political life of the country. There may still be solutions with the combination of […]
Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2013: How entrepreneurship is fit for Asia's electrifying youth
I’m always a bit wary of politicians’ speeches. After all, this is their profession. This morning, however, in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, I was amazed and enthused after Malaysia PM Najib Razak’s and US Secretary of State John Kerry’s speeches. Together, they launched the 4th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit immediately after the Global Youth Startup where 500 youths gathered to tackle the world’s […]
East African E-commerce: key findings from iHub Research team in Nairobi
The #Afrikoin conference is organized and hosted by iHub, Kenya’s famous and main innovation platform for web technologies. Their research arm, iHub Research, gave us a few insights on a research they have been running in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) on e-commerce. The first e-commerce ventures in East Africa used to focus on affluent costumers and the […]
Comparing or Connecting Startup Ecosystems?
Our project and mission in Kuala Lumpur is to learn how innovation ecosystems work all over the world, starting in year #1 with by visiting 10 countries over the next 10 months during their key events. We had covered our first ecosystem while attending Austin’s SXSW back in March 2013. We talked about a crowd funding campaign, tons of contents, contacts, […]
Building an Entrepreneurial University: Global Entrepreneurship Summit
A tale of 2 universities Some universities can be a place for innovators to learn and grow. Others are an obstacle to innovation. On the one hand, companies like Google are tightly intertwined with the support from their partner universities. They are a place to nurture ideas, spearhead research, establish patents and are sometimes first drivers for growth. On the other hand, many […]
