From General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt: 3 Key Takeaways from GE Digital Day Singapore

A year ago, I attended InnovFest Unbound, one of Singapore’s most attended tech conferences. InnovFest Unbound was founded by Yossi Vardi – the godfather of the Israel startup scene – in collaboration with NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The panel on corporate innovation included several companies – namely […]

What to remember from SXSW 2017? [Download Full Trends Report]

  South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual film, music, interactive media and conference-packed festival launched in 1987 and held in Austin, Texas (US). It has become an important place for startups to gain momentum. Indeed, over 50% of attendees from organisations are key decision-making individuals, and 63% of attendees are looking for new business opportunities […]

SEAMLESS 2017 Singapore : Join Us at the Front of Payments, E-Commerce and Retail

Want to know more about the latest developments in Fintech? About the revolution going on in the digital commerce space? About how technology is going to change the way retailers reach out to consumers? These are the questions that Seamless 2017, one of the largest business conventions in Singapore, is promising visitors to answer this […]

Thailand Startup Ecosystem Flourishes Amid Political Instability

With a population size of 68 million, Thailand has seen its fair share of political unrest in recent years. Under the leadership of a military junta, the nation has experienced many an ousting of people in power with the most recent being that of Yingluck Shinawatra, the 28th and first female Prime Minster of Thailand. […]

How to Organize a Learning Expedition in Asia That Will Inspire Your Teams?

Silicon Valley no longer has the monopoly on tech innovation: new startups in Asia are emerging with new ideas and technologies, diversifying innovative power to various ecosystems worldwide. Asia in particular is boiling hot and setting new trends. Just think of those two figures from 2016: China’s giant messaging app WeChat processed twice as much transactions […]

The top 6 growing Thai startups curated by Techsauce Summit 2016

Innovation is everywhere attended Techsauce Summit 2016, the biggest international tech conference in Thailand on July 23-24th 2016. Presented by Digital Ventures, the conference aims to attract up to 3,000+ attendees and the top startup founders, thought leaders, policy makers, investors and corporate innovators from across Asia. Aside from the numerous perspectives from the information given […]

Latest innovations in Asia for financial inclusion of the Bottom of Pyramid

According to World Bank data, 2 billion of the world’s population lack access to formal financial services, with 95% proportion of developing countries. Financial inclusion seeks to involve these people in the economic and social system to ensure stability and thus promote human development goals. With a good mix of public institutions, corporations and startups, […]

On the tracks of Asia Innovation and Entrepreneurship Immersion Program

I assisted a very exciting workshop on Wednesday 13th of July at NUS Enterprise as part of the Asia Innovation and Entrepreneurship Immersion Program. This three-week program enables 60 students from NUS Business School, Tsinghua University and The Indian School of Business to understand the startup ecosystems of three cities – Singapore, Beijing and Hyderabad. […]