Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China that until 1997 was a colony of the United Kingdom. Considered one of the cities with more economic freedom in the world, Hong Kong has one of the highest incomes per capita in the world.
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Hong Kong
Area: 1,108 km2
GDP per capita: $55,100 (2014 est.)
Inflation: 4.4% (2014 est.)
Unemployment: 3.2% (2014 est.)
HDI: 0.891 - 15º position (2013)
Clasificación Doing Business 2015: 5 / 189
% Social Media Active Users: 64% (2015)
Facebook: 4.4 millions MAUs (2015)
Ranking Social Platforms: Whatsapp (41%), Facebook (33%), WeChat (23%), Google+ (12%) & Instagram (11%)
Top Tech and Startup Summits in Asia
Attending events always help the networking and are the perfect excuse to connect with people in your industry. Regarding the entrepreneurial ecosystem, the different types of events held are important because: Events are a good showcase for new startups, so they can...
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Everything you need to know about Internet of Things
Prevention of heart attacks thanks to Internet of Things (IoT)? The end of the morning snoozze? A better hearing thanks to a external device? It's been only a couple of months since we had the opportunity to speak with some of the teams in Brinc, the hardware startups...
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Young startups at Startup Weekend Hong Kong
We had the opportunity to assist to the Startup Weekend Hong Kong and there we met two young men who had just launched to the entrepreneurial world. With very different business ideas, they shared the desire to do things, the enthusiasm for a growing sector and the...
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IoT and the challenges of hardware startups by Bay McLaughlin
It is not the first time we hear that "hardware" has the word "hard" for a reason. However, I have not met anyone who talks about IoT and the challenges of hardware startups with more energy than Bay McLaughlin, co-founder of Brinc, the main accelerator of IoT in Hong...
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Startups in Hong Kong, a small guide: a conversation with Michael Michelini
We had the opportunity to talk to Michael Michelini in his office in Hong Kong. He is an entrepreneur (China Accelerator alumni), he founded Social Agent (a mobile app thant makes easier social introductions & referrals. Although it is a profesional app, he met...
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The Maker scene in Hong Kong with Cesar Harada (MakerBay)
Two months since we started the project and we had not talked about the MAKER movement in Asia yet. I could not imagine a better person to open this subject that Cesar Harada. Franco-Japanese entrepreneur, environmentalist, TED fellow and inventor with whom we had the...
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