Tag: business

Looking to get your Hong Kong based startup funded? A great place to start is knowing a few inside tips from founders and investors familiar with the turf. 1. Explain How You’ll Expand Outside Hong Kong If your startup is based in Hong Kong – which has ... ( read original story ...)

Venture capitalists in Hong Kong are calling for stronger support from governments, corporations and banks to strengthen the start-up ecosystem and boost innovation in the city. Speaking at the StartmeupHK venture forum on Tuesday, a panel of venture ... ( read original story ...)

During his final policy address today, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun Ying is expected to announce the scrapping of the Mandatory Provident Fund offsetting mechanism. In a statement released on Tuesday, five business groups protest the plan ... ( read original story ...)

This StartmeupHK Venture Forum brings together innovative start-ups, entrepreneurs, investors, students and thought leaders from Hong Kong and overseas to celebrate the world’s most vibrant start-up ecosystems. My colleagues at InvestHK have lined up an ... ( read original story ...)

Brett King wears many hats: he’s a best-selling author, radio host (his show and podcast Breaking Banks is the top-ranked fintech (financial technology) show, start-up founder (CEO of mobile-based banking app Moven) and a contributor to The Huffington ... ( read original story ...)

European FinTech hubs have traditionally been taking leading places among the hottest FinTech communities globally. Nonetheless, in recent years, European FinTech startups faced certain hardships due to political, economic and regulatory changes, affecting ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong shares bounced back on Tuesday from the previous day's spill, but gains were capped as investors awaited British Prime Minister Theresa May's speech on Brexit later in the day and Friday's inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president. ( read original story ...)

When Louis Chen, in his 20s, quit his headhunting job recently to start his own business he found the most viable path to success is to go out on his own and out of Hong Kong. Carmen Ho reports. His first step was to move to Shanghai with plans to open a ... ( read ...

Brett King wears many hats: he’s a best-selling author, radio host (his show and podcast Breaking Banks is the top-ranked fintech (financial technology) show, start-up founder (CEO of mobile-based banking app Moven) and a contributor to The Huffington ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - A group led by Hong Kong billionaire tycoon Li Ka-shing's infrastructure business said Monday it is buying Australian energy company Duet in a multibillion dollar deal. Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. and Li's property and power ... ( read original story ...)

Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. It’s not easy to joke about economic models based on rational utility maximisation, but I tried by linking similar woes that confront both Hong Kong and the US. Chinese people aren’t fans of irony, but nothing is more ... ( read original story ...)

there is genuine caring about the people and a desire to put our city at the forefront of scientific and business innovation. It is in the best interests of the city to pull together and stick together, for, in the long run, Hong Kong’s economy and ... ( read original story ...)

In 2013, facing soaring rents in Hong Kong, the chefs moved the original Tim Ho Wan to a ... they face a similar problem as rising Manhattan rents force restaurants out of business. "We're known as the cheapest Michelin star restaurant [in the U.S ... ( read original story ...)

According to an online biography, he moved to Hong Kong in 1996 to head up HarbourVest’s Asian branch. He also serves on the Board of Visitors of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Harvard Business School’s Asia Pacific Advisory Board. ( read original story ...)