Top startups in Bangladesh and Dhaka (2015)
Better late than sorry, as we say in French. Here’s our report on the the Top startups in Bangladesh and Dhaka, following our attendance at Innovation Xtreme, the first event fully dedicated to the startup scene of this 160m population country of South Asia, neighboring India and Myanmar. Top startups from Dhaka and Bangladesh 2015 […]
Bangladesh startup ecosystem in 2015: from branding to capacity building
The Bangladesh startup ecosystem is still in its infancy, and its birth could well be the Startup Dhaka video documentary, which spans the top players of the local scene with questions ranging from the funding capability to the country’s strengths and weaknesses. While attending Innovation Extreme a few weeks ago, we discussed with Mustafizur Khan, […]
Pakistan startup accelerator Invest2Innovate's founder shares her story
While in Dhaka for their tech event Innovation Xtreme, we’ve met with Kalsoom Lakhani, the founder of Invest2Innovate, a startup accelerator based in Pakistan. You’ve read our opinion on neighboring Bangladesh earlier on: we’re extremely positive about this frontier market which has the energy, the 160m population and the growth to be a very exciting […]
Shajgoj, a online community platform for Bangladeshi woman, in Bengali language
While attending and speaking at Innovation Xtreme in Dhaka, Bangladesh, we’ve met Shajgoj co-founder Milky Mahmud. In a nutshell, Shajgoj is an online community platform for women, with the particularity to be in Bengali language exclusively. Addressing women in a 250 million population Bengali speaking market In the early 2013, while researching about startups, […]
The Future of Coworking: coworking visas, corporate partnerships and real-estate specialists
The coworking phenomenon might not be very old, yet, it already has a lot of perspectives and questions to address for its near and long-term future. As we attended Asia’s first Coworking Unconference in Bali in January 2015, we heard a lot of the speakers (coworking operators for the biggest part) share their insights on […]
Coworking visa: helping digital nomads and teams to cross borders
As we attended Asia’s first Coworking Unconference in Bali in January, a recurring topic among the speakers and attendees from Asia, the Middle-East, Europe and the US was the idea of a coworking visa. Demographic foundations of the coworking phenomenon A few key demographic and work trends explain why so many people are discussing the […]
CES 2015 Report: Internet of Things, FrenchTech, and Zappos rules
The CES 2015 in Las Vegas broke all records with 170,000 attendees, so here’s our CES 2015 Report, from a dual perspective of a French entrepreneur and, as my partner says, « escort boy of corporates into the startup world ». Consumer electronic show (ces) 2015 report – Wearables, robots, smart home, and zappos ecosystem in las […]
The Future of Work – Wrap-up of the Asia’s 1st Coworking Unconference
We’ve attended the first Coworking Unconference of Asia, organized by Hubud (The Hub in Ubud, Bali) as again, we have this privileged feeling to have witnessed something new, half-way between a tectonic, societal move and the birth of an ecosystem of organisations willing to innovate in a new field. The event was co-organized by some […]
Places of Innovation – How tech giants, hackerspaces and corporates shape new places to foster innovation
The first Coworking Unconference of Asia was the opportunity for us to showcase part of the work we’ve done over the last 18 months around the world. One topic we have been exploring during our trips is the design of what we’ve called “Places of Innovation”. How do corporates create new places where their teams […]
SaaS Business Asia: Birth of yet another startup ecosystem
South-East Asia is a booming market for pretty much everything thanks to its huge economic and demographics growth. The Philippines were last year the 2nd Asian growth after China (CNBC), and Indonesia remains a 250 million population juggernaut with about 10 million more people entering the middle-class every year (BCG). As more companies serve these […]
