Spread Your Wings in Asia
Angel Financing in Asia Pacific is the first book to take a telescope, and then a microscope, to Angel investing in Asia. Author John Y. Lo, an experienced Hong Kong lawyer and Angel Investor, looks at Asia Pacific and its place in the global Angel Investing scene, and then looks at major markets in the region. His Asia stretches...
Financial Advice R-Evolution
FinTech author Paolo Sironi discusses how technology and regulation will team up to radically change banks’ business models. PAOLO SIRONI FinTech Thought Leader for IBM Watson Financial Services Regulation is a fundamental engine for innovation in Financial Services. Regulation not only creates the incentive for traditional institutions to invest and transform their business model through technology, but it also creates the...
High Impact Micro Angels Bridging Gaps
The time is ripe for new vehicles that can increase the impact of micro-investing, where small investors can reap large gains. Prof Ketikidis and Adriane Thrash explain. PROF. PANAYIOTIS H. KETIKIDIS Chairman, South East European Research Centre ADRIANE THRASH Co-Founder, Innovation Farm In more advanced ecosystems, Angel Investors are a well-developed link in the startup finance chain. But in early-stage ecosystems, where the conditions...
President Trump Chooses India
India’s first Global Entrepreneurship Summit sets the scene for movers and shakers in 2018. DR NIKHIL AGARWAL Convener of IndiaGlobal November 2017 saw the first Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) hosted by the Trump administration find a new home in Hyderabad, India; a vibrant tech town with hundreds of years of history. GES is organised annually, and is jointly hosted by the US...
The Global Development of Chinese Entrepreneurs
Insights from one of China’s top entrepreneurs on the country’s growing culture of entrepreneurship, domestically and abroad. WANG HUI Director, International Department of Macro-Euro China Entrepreneurs’ Club In the past five years, Chinese companies, chambers and associations, and the Chinese government have all experienced much greater challenges than ever before. They have faced new and complex situations head on, without a...
Luxembourg’s Rocketing Space Business Industry
To some, outer space is an unexplored frontier. To others, it’s a whole new world of opportunity. Luxembourg is driving the globe’s space business industry. ÉTIENNE SCHNEIDER Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of the Economy, Luxembourg On a visit to California in 2012, Luxembourg’s Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, met Dr Simon Worden, then Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center....
Peppers & Rogers
MBAN President, Dr Abdul Malek Al Jabaar profiles leading management consulting firm Peppers & Rogers, who is leading the way in the innovation of the global customer experience. Could you give us some background about Peppers & Rogers Group? Peppers & Rogers Group is a management consulting company, recognised as the world‘s leading thought leader on customer experience (CX) strategies...
Don’t Take the Bull by the Horns
Angel Investor extraordinaire and experienced tech entrepreneur, Ari Korhonen, shares his methodology for making good investment decisions. ARI KORHONEN Co-Founder of the Finnish Business Angels Network EU-Startups recently had the chance to interview Ari Korhonen. He is among Europe’s most successful Angel Investors and venture capitalists, and is the founder of Lagoon Capital Investment Company. Ari is based in Helsinki and...
Joing the Dots
Bostjan Skalar paints a picture of the interconnected system in which IPAs, entrepreneurs, and Angel Investors co-operate for ecosystem prosperity. What is the role of Investment Promotion Agencies and WAIPA? Usually IPAs are the faces of governments or regions. In short, they play various important roles in attracting foreign direct investments but also in promoting a country or a region. We...
Shreding the Conventions of Scaleup & Exit
Experienced entrepreneur, investor and best selling author, Callum Laing discusses his unconventional approach to marrying capital with small business owners. From the penthouse overlooking Singapore’s incredible Marina Bay, this short interview takes a fresh look both at small business, inefficient capital markets and a wider opportunity to do significant good in the world. It may challenge some perceptions you have,...
