Asia Tech Podcast

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Paul Jackson, Regional Managing Director of APAC Cyber Security & Investigations at Kroll.  Kroll leverages its unique insights, data, and technology to help clients stay ahead of complex demands. Some topics discussed by Paul:  How working for the Hong Kong Police felt like winning the lottery for Paul How the pandemic changed many companies' methods of operating The two reasons why the percentage of risk of breach of a company is lower in Asia The importance for a company to discuss what they want to protect and what the value is The emphasis on needing to understand how to use third parties the smart way and the need to practice scenarios to test readiness Some other titles we considered for this episode: Having Processes in Place With the Right People Is Critical How Much You Are Trying to Spend on Security vs What You Are Trying to Protect Protecting the Important Things Without Going Overboard on Spending on the Latest and Greatest Tools Speed is Everything This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng.

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an energetic conversation with Vishal Doshi, Founder and CEO of AUM Biosciences. AUM Biosciences is focused on advancing a clinical pipeline of precision oncology therapeutics designed to deploy multi-faceted inhibition strategies to reverse cancer resistance.  Some topics discussed by Vishal: Why Vishal swapped his lab coat for suits The motivational factors that are used to push a good scientist The bug inside Vishal’s family that was passed down into his DNA  How a regular part-time job contributes to a good entrepreneur  The 3 things needed to succeed in the BioTech industry Some other titles we considered for this episode: Finding Things That I Can Do Differently If You Want to Be the Boss, Learn How to Do the Smallest Job First It’s All About Relationships, Papers Are Crucial Trust Is the Biggest Thing That Makes You or Breaks You Starting Right at the Bottom of the Pyramid You Can’t Give the Memory Card to the Patient, You Have to Give the Drug Thought Processes Are Intentional but Actions Are Not This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

Asia Tech podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Chee Yeng Tan, Founder of Clicks™. Clicks™ aims to create an online network for everything related to real estate. Some topics discussed by Chee Yeng: Having a mid life crisis and taking the plunge How an iPod touch triggered Chee Yeng’s view on how technology was going to evolve Why the current real estate business is lagging quite badly Chee Yeng’s ultimate vision The rationale behind providing free listings for Clicks The unique factor of real estate business and its missing gap Some other titles we considered for this episode:  I Was Looking High and Low for Help but No One Was Able to Help Me Human Beings and Humans Psychology Is Something You Cannot Ignore Coexisting Beautifully This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Jonathan Tanner, CEO of MitchelLake Group. MitchelLake Group is a global, specialist provider of executive search, board & advisory solutions for ventures and innovation, from startups to global brands. Some of the topics Jonathan covered in this conversation:  The future of AI and running alongside human performance The importance of being absolutely present and positive in the market Playing the long game and staying curious Doing a lot with very little Some other titles we considered for this episode: If We Really Want to Succeed, We Have to Succeed Together Good People Attract Good Things This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng.

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Julia Zhou, the Head of Ventures at AlphaLab Capital. AlphaLab Capital is a technology-driven trading group that transacts over $2B daily in crypto assets on 40+ exchanges, both centralized and decentralized.  Some of the topics Julia covered in this conversation: What the early internet felt like for Julia in the early 2000s Benefitting from ambiguity and uncertainty How Julia found her entrepreneurship calling Julia’s turning point in her business The effectiveness of having an evaluation process and risks metrics Julia’s experience of working with a community of people who are building their vision Changing perspectives and feeling the difference Some other titles we considered for this episode: Institutional Investing Process Over Outcome In It for the Community I Feel Like I Can Make Things Happen This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

The Asia Tech Podcast reached out to Ganesh Kompella, a Founding Investment Partner at Tykhe Block Ventures, after reading a thought-provoking article he recently published on LinkedIn.  We enjoyed reading the article and wanted to dig a bit deeper with Ganesh. Some of the topics Ganesh covered in this conversation: The global macro environment and the impact of inflation Ganesh's introduction to blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and Ethereum Asset correlation and Bitcoin FTX, 3AC, Celsius Network Proof of reserves

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Victor Cho, CEO of Evite. Evite is the world's leading digital platform for bringing people together to celebrate their most important life moments.  Some of the topics discussed by Victor: How being immersed in coding help Victor understand what he wanted to be and do Victor’s take on why the social media system is very hard to correct How robots help promote more simulated interactions when parties are away from each other One of the biggest tensions that the society is going to face Companies only really scale when one builds leadership at every level The benefits of having a framework put in place Some other titles we considered for this episode: [Communication Becomes Way More Important] It’s Just Different Is That the Humanity We Want to Build? You Are in Way Less Control Finding Value Out of It This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

Andrew Zinchuk, Managing Partner at ZAS Ventures, shares his entrepreneur journey, the differences between Eastern European and US startups, the challenges faced by fully remote startups, and the growth of the Ukrainian startup ecosystem.

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Wally Wang,  Founding Partner at Scale Asia Ventures. Scale Asia Ventures is a Palo Alto-based American venture capital firm that aims to support startups at a global scale.  Some of the topics discussed by Wally:  The factors that influenced Wally into the startup world What got Wally interested in artificial intelligence and machine learning The significance of getting enough exposure to be able to instantly identify what’s missing from a startup  How a change of environment can instill traits of a founder The advancements in technology that help machines evolve themselves The similarities between the creations of a machine and a human Wally’s sneak peek at what’s coming Some other titles we considered for this episode:  Eating the Whole Internet and Coming Up With a More Intelligent and Better Internet Think About Change There’s So Many Things You Can Do This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng. 

Asia Tech Podcast recorded an interesting conversation with Fateh Ali, Co-founder and CEO of Kitcod. Kitcod is social-as-a-service that enables an in-app social community for consumer apps across industries, globally.  Some of the topics Fateh discussed: Fateh’s decision to leave school temporarily to support his family Fateh’s first tech gig with Pizza Hut Fateh’s first time exploring globally and first time working out of India with JP Morgan The emphasis on having side gigs The two factors that motivate Fateh to keep going Building a social community collaboration within any app Fateh’s learning takeaways from working with Antler What Fateh is trying to achieve with Kitcod Kitcod’s future wishes and what they want to achieve Some other titles we considered for this episode: If You Could Give Them Something Back in Return, It Might Really Be a Beautiful Thing Early in the Game This episode was produced by Stephanie Ng.