How can a dead man kill you? Josh Black has the answers, read on! What’s your story? It all started about 39 years ago in a suburb of Sydney, Australia. As a young lad my passion for business was fuelled by spending weekends and school holidays working the cash register …
Read More »Kevin Gantner, Owner of The Alaska Guys
It’s been great watching Kevin build his business up in Singapore and build so many raving fans for his fantastic seafood. What’s your story? I was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and grew up in Alaska. Life has been a wonderful adventure taking me around the world a few times and …
Read More »Noritaka Kobayashi, Founder & CEO of Diixi
I have twice had the privilege to go and present at Noritaka’s event ‘Chaos Asia’. As the name suggests, it is chaotic, eclectic, but a lot of fun. What’s your story? In 2012, I came to Singapore and set up two companies called Diixi and Yourwifi. My mission is to …
Read More »Kim Inglis, Managing Director of Tour Spin Golf
HSBC recently bought out a report stating: “The trends which will shape the future of golf are the same trends that are shaping the future of the planet: the shift towards Asia, the increasing feminisation of the public world, urbanisation, the spread of digital technology, and resource and sustainability pressures. …
Read More »Yod Chinsupakul, Founder of Wongnai
What’s your story? My name is Yod Chinsupakul, born and raised in Thailand. For the last 5 years, I have founded and run Wongnai.com, a leading restaurant review website based in Thailand (we are like the Yelp of Thailand). Wongnai now has over 1.6 million members and 400,000 reviews across …
Read More »Helianti Hilman, Founder of Javara
Unless you are familiar with Indonesia it is hard to explain both the opportunities but also the complexities of the country with 18,000+ islands and a quarter of a billion population. Half of that population is rural yet it is the fastest growing gaming market in the world and has …
Read More »Tomas Laboutka, CEO & Co-Founder of HotelQuickly
It’s been very interesting to see the rise of Bangkok as a city that is helping to foster tech startups. Unlike Singapore where the government is very proactive in this area, Thailand’s startup scene is much more grassroots and comes from a place of talented people choosing to create businesses …
Read More »César De Sainte Maresville, Founder of M&C ASIA
What’s your story? I’ve been in HK for more than 8 years now and I run a company of Import & Distribution of quality seafood that we created 5 years ago with a close friend. After an internship at the French Trade Commission of HK and a short experience in …
Read More »Clara Chen, Founder of influr.com
What’s your story? With only youth, hunger, creativity and common sense, I started in the digital media industry across Southeast Asia in 2004, had the privilege to work in media conglomerates like Viacom International Media Networks, Channel NewsAsia and Fox International Channels. It was during this time that I finally …
Read More »David Clive Price, Asia Business Consultant
It was great having the chance to connect and talk with David. We both work in similar areas and I’m sure there will be many chances to collaborate in the future. His extensive knowledge of the region would be a major boon to companies looking for regional expansion. What’s your …
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