Casey talks to Arthur Chow, co-founder of 6WAVES one of Asia’s most successful mobile game publishers about starting a game company in Asia, the differences between from Facebook and mobile games, competing with the game titans of Japan and an

RISE Cast 11: Fritz Demopulos of Queen's Road Capital

May 17th, 2017 48m 6s

This week Casey talks to Fritz Demopoulos of Queens Road Capital an early stage startup funding investing in China and South East Asia technology companies. We talk about exiting Qunar.com, building a startup in China when you’re the only white

RISE Cast 10: Runway to RISE - Hong Kong

May 2nd, 2017 1h 23m

In this week's RISEcast, we feature the audio version of the Runway to RISE: Hong Kong event held at Blueprint on April 27, 2017. 7 HK startups pitch for the 2 spots on the BREAKTHROUGH stage at RISE with 1 winner going to Web Summit! Plus “Wha

RISE Cast 09: Yat Siu of Outblaze

Apr 25th, 2017 52m 46s

Casey talks to Yat Siu the founder of Outblaze and talks about literally everything to do with tech - from gaming to email to education to the future of China tech brands to startups to divergent thinking. Show notes:Outblaze: www.outblaze.c

RISE Cast 08: Sam Gellman of Uber

Apr 18th, 2017 40m 2s

Casey talks to Sam Gellman the new Global head of Photography of Uber about starting the Hong Kong office for Uber and how he’s helping to build internal culture that showcases the global nature of its people and its drivers.Show notesUber:

RISE Cast 07: Bay McLaughlin of Brinc.io

Apr 11th, 2017 46m 49s

This week Bay McLaughlin of Brinc.io and I talk about the future of hardware, the internet of everything and how you can join us on a special pre-RISE trip to Shenzhen to get an authentic taste of China's hardware world!Show notes:Brinc.io:

RISE Cast 06: Julian Lee of Ambi & Tony Wong of Shopline

Apr 4th, 2017 43m 28s

Ambi is a hardware startup and Shopline is a SaaS - both use startup conferences in similar ways and on this episode, Casey talks to Julian Lee co-founder of Ambi and Tony Wong co-founder of Shopline on their best practices on hacking startup c

RISE Cast 05: Ev Tchebotarev of 500px

Mar 28th, 2017 44m 40s

Casey talks to Ev Tchebotarv the Russian-Canadian founder of popular photo site 500px during a visit in Hong Kong recently about starting another photo sharing site back in 2004, the Canadian startup ecosystem, what happens when your board kick

RISE Cast 04: Michelle Buultjens of Blueprint

Mar 27th, 2017 43m 28s

Casey sits down with Michelle Buultjens, Head of Operations, blueprint by Swire Properties to talk about co-workspace in Hong Kong, corporates working with startups, B2B business models in Asia and the future of their accelerator. Show notes:

RISE Cast 03: Alan Chan of Vectr Ventures

Mar 15th, 2017 56m

This episode of the RISE cast I sit down with Alan Chan of Vectr Ventures a Hong Kong-based VC that invests in different technology verticals around the world but in this podcast episode we focus on the Asia startup ecosystem and the investment

RISE Cast 02: Ray Chan of 9GAG

Mar 6th, 2017 47m 2s

I sit down with co-founder and CEO Ray Chan of 9Gag to discuss starting up in Hong Kong, going global from Asia, Silicon Valley startup accelerators and the most important topic currently gripping the world: pen-pineapple-apple-pen on this week

RISE Cast 01: Dave McClure of 500 Startups

Feb 25th, 2017 42m 52s

In the premiere episode of the RISEcast - the official podcast of RISE - host Casey Lau interviews Dave McClure of 500 Startups.Show notes:www.500startups.comDave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemcclureDave on Instagram: https://www.in