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Firms Move to Hold Virtual Meetings, Limit Travel Amid Coronavirus
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China’s Venture Capitalists Start Making Deals, Amid Signs of Recovery
A global epidemic that’s forcing billions of people to work and study from home, or wear masks whenever they go out, might not seem like the ideal time to sell cosmetics. […]
The Unique Challenges To Scaling Fintechs In Emerging Markets
Scaling startups is hard no matter where they are built. However, in emerging markets, entrepreneurs face a range of unique challenges to succeed. This topic is close to my heart and the subject of my upcoming book, Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs – from Delhi to Detroit – Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley (Harvard […]
China 2020: Rise of the AI driven Services
Over the last two decades we have witnessed the rapid rise of tech in China, which is now considered a world leader with technology giants such as Tencent, Alibaba and Bytedance. Now there are more than 200 unicorns in China, second only to the US. […]
Why 2020 Is The Year For Fintech
This month marked one of the largest fintech acquisitions of all times, Visa’s purchase of Plaid for $5.3 billion. It is a validation of fintech in a literal sense – Plaid is a key enabler to many of the leading fintech players, and critical in simplifying the onboarding flow and integration of players. […]
How Start-ups Became The Key To A Sustainable Economy
L’un des principaux moteurs de progrès se trouve dans la combinaison maintenant possible de plusieurs domaines scientifiques différents et trouvant une application sur une même plateforme digitale, pour créer de nouvelles générations de produits et de services qui seront fabriqués, distribués et consommés de façon plus durable. […]
3 Cathay Innovation Predictions for 2020
In today’s fast-paced world — it’s often difficult to pause for reflection. And while we all have our ideas or “resolutions” about how we can improve and be better — it’s equally important to reflect on the positive outcomes from the last year. At Cathay Innovation, 2019 was an exciting year of growth not only […]
Pourquoi les startups sont devenues la clé vers une économie durable
Le monde entier se tourne vers les acteurs économiques pour demander aux entreprises de jouer leur rôle dans la transition vers une économie durable. Les défis sociaux et environnementaux que nous devons relever aujourd’hui sont bien réels et énormes. Il reste beaucoup à faire pour résoudre ces défis majeurs, mais les avancées technologiques nouvelles mises […]
Web Summit 2019: 3 Take-Aways on the Future of Tech
While Web Summit has come and gone, many of the trends discussed in Lisbon every year are bellwethers for the years to come. While technologies like AI, 5G, Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Work continued to be trending topics at the show, I noticed several larger trends that I believe speak to where the […]