Synopsis
Dissecting the pulse of business, technology & media in Asia
Episodes
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Episode 147: Twilio in Asia and Product Management with Patrick Malatack - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
28/11/2016 Duration: 22minPatrick Malatack, vice president of product management from Twilio joined us in a conversation to discuss the footprint of the communications platform company in Asia Pacific. We discussed the various products and services of Twilio and how they have evolved over the years, and how traditional and technology companies are building interesting business applications on The post Episode 147: Twilio in Asia and Product Management with Patrick Malatack appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 146: Singularity University Labs and The Heretic with Pascal Finette - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
23/11/2016 Duration: 34minPascal Finette joined us for a conversation on the story behind Singularity University Labs and how they work startups with exponential technologies focusing on different global grand challenges out there. We also discussed his new book “The Heretic” and his reflections on the Silicon Valley ecosystem and why it has been difficult to be replicated elsewhere in The post Episode 146: Singularity University Labs and The Heretic with Pascal Finette appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 145: An Uncertain Technology World with Ben Bajarin - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
18/11/2016 Duration: 17minWe conclude with the second part of our conversation with Ben Bajarin from Creative Strategies and Techpinions. We examined the uncertain future of different technologies from wearables, VR & AR and home automation after the smartphone platform. We also looked at the evolution of AI and the key trends for the coming year. Here are The post Episode 145: An Uncertain Technology World with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 144: The October Surprises from Google, Apple & Microsoft with Ben Bajarin - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
13/11/2016 Duration: 41minBen Bajarin from Creative Strategies & Techpinions joined us in a two parter conversation about the ongoing trends of technologies globally. We began the first conversation on the October announcements that emerge from Google, Microsoft and Apple, and discussed their road ahead with their philosophies in different products and the impact to the Asian OEMs from The post Episode 144: The October Surprises from Google, Apple & Microsoft with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 143: Alibaba vs Amazon in Southeast Asia with Jon Russell - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
08/11/2016 Duration: 27minJon Russell from TechCrunch who broke the two big stories on Lazada’s acquisition of Redmart and Amazon’s foray into Southeast Asia starting with Singapore next year, joined us on a conversation to discuss the backstory behind the event. We discussed the implications of the acquisition and how it is setting up the narrative of Alibaba The post Episode 143: Alibaba vs Amazon in Southeast Asia with Jon Russell appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 142: PALF and EdTech Startups in Asia with T T Nguyen Duc - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
03/11/2016 Duration: 36minT.T. Nguyen Duc, Head of Asia for Pearson Affordable Learning Fund (PALF) joined us for a conversation on the coverage of their funds focusing on education (or edtech) startups globally. She shared with us the investment thesis of PALF & how they evaluate the education startups with metrics pertaining to their mission to help uplift The post Episode 142: PALF and EdTech Startups in Asia with T T Nguyen Duc appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 141: Reflections on China with Kaiser Kuo - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
30/10/2016 Duration: 37minKaiser Kuo, co-founder & host of the Sinica Podcast and formerly from Baidu, joined us to share his reflections on China after 20 years of stay and how he has changed from living within the Great Firewall of China to observe the middle kingdom from the outside. We examined a variety of topics from how The post Episode 141: Reflections on China with Kaiser Kuo appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 140: Greylock, Mozilla & Blitzscaling with John Lilly - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
27/10/2016 Duration: 20minJohn Lilly, partner at Greylock in Silicon Valley and former CEO of Mozilla joined us for an interesting conversation about his current stint as a venture capitalist, and the backstory of how the team from Mozilla orchestrated the onslaught against Microsoft in the browser wars may years back. He also shared how technology enabled blitzscaling The post Episode 140: Greylock, Mozilla & Blitzscaling with John Lilly appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 139: Live-streaming in China with Eva Xiao - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
18/10/2016 Duration: 35minEva Xiao from Tech In Asia joined us in a discussion on the live-streaming ecosystem within China and debunked the major misconceptions by western media on the phenomenon itself. We dived deep to the major live-streaming apps, the business models for the live-streaming platforms, celebrities and online users and how digital gifting has become the The post Episode 139: Live-streaming in China with Eva Xiao appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 138: Xpressbees & Logistics in India with Amitava Saha - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
13/10/2016 Duration: 23minAmitava Saha, co-founder and CEO of Xpressbees joined us in an interesting conversation on the story of his company and shared his perspectives on the state of logistics in India. We began a discussion of how Xpressbees has evolved from Firstcry which he has co-founded, and how they tackle the challenges of infrastructure on logistics The post Episode 138: Xpressbees & Logistics in India with Amitava Saha appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 137: Map of the Money in Southeast Asia with Arnaud Bonzom - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
08/10/2016 Duration: 29minArnaud Bonzom from 500 Startups joined us for a conversation on the launch of his recent project, “Map of the Money” version 4 jointly with Florian Cornu. We discussed the ongoing trends in venture capital and fundraising across Southeast Asia from how seed stage funds have matured to series A and B funds now to The post Episode 137: Map of the Money in Southeast Asia with Arnaud Bonzom appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 136: With Friends Like These, Who needs Enemies Edition with Sameer Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
24/09/2016 Duration: 27minContinuing from our first discussion, Sameer Singh from Tech-thoughts.net and our host analysed the changing alliances in both the transportation and gaming industry where allies within the space turn to rivalries in two interesting cases: Google versus Uber in ride-sharing and autonomous vehicles, and Niantic versus Nintendo in the mobile gaming space. We also dissected why The post Episode 136: With Friends Like These, Who needs Enemies Edition with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 135: The Apple iPhone 7 Event with Sameer Singh - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
16/09/2016 Duration: 26minSameer Singh from Tech-thoughts.net joined us for a two parter conversation on the recent major events in technology & their impact in Asia. In this episode, we discussed the recent announcements which came out of the Apple iPhone 7 event and their implications to the smartphone industry. We also examined whether the new iPhone offered The post Episode 135: The Apple iPhone 7 Event with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 134: The Open India Market Onslaught with Newley Purnell - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
12/09/2016 Duration: 22minNewley Purnell from Wall Street Journal joined us to discuss his current coverage on the India startup & technology ecosystem. We examine the day of reckoning for the India startup unicorns and their challenges from both funding and competition from US technology companies. We also discussed how the India startups are competing with the US The post Episode 134: The Open India Market Onslaught with Newley Purnell appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 133: SeedPlus in Southeast Asia with Michael Smith - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
02/09/2016 Duration: 31minMichael Smith aka Smithy, now partner of Jungle Ventures and their new fund, SeedPlus. We discussed the backstory in how the fund is assembled, the key people from LPs to partners and their investment thesis. We examined the broader Southeast Asia market and the key issues in how startups can scale across a highly fragmented The post Episode 133: SeedPlus in Southeast Asia with Michael Smith appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 132: The Alliance and Blitzscaling with Chris Yeh - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
29/08/2016 Duration: 33minChris Yeh from Wasabi Ventures joined us for a conversation on the future of employee & employer management and technology enabled blitzscaling. We discussed the book “The Alliance” which he co-authored with Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha and how the concepts are adapted to a new world where long term employment looked like a relic The post Episode 132: The Alliance and Blitzscaling with Chris Yeh appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 131: Play Bigger with Chris Lochhead - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
24/08/2016 Duration: 31minChristoper Lochhead joined us in the podcast to discuss his new book “Play Bigger” (co-authored with Ramadan, Peterson and Maney) during my stay here in Silicon Valley. We discussed the concept of category kings and why the modern tech startups and companies need to embrace category design in addition to product & company design to The post Episode 131: Play Bigger with Chris Lochhead appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 130: The Future of Xiaomi with Eva Xiao - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
21/08/2016 Duration: 21minEva Xiao from Technode continued our discussion on Xiaomi, focusing on what kind of company that Xiaomi truly is, and the current challenges they are facing to justify their US$45B valuation. We discussed the company’s recent failures to hit their 100M smartphones target, the loss of smartphone market share, failure to expand aggressively into international The post Episode 130: The Future of Xiaomi with Eva Xiao appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 129: Xiaomi – Team, History & Products with Eva Xiao - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
18/08/2016 Duration: 25minEva Xiao from Technode joined us in a two parter episodes on one of China’s top unicorns: Xiaomi. We traced the history of the company starting from the founders of the company, most notably Lei Jun and Bin Lin, and how they managed to bring in top talent such as Hugo Barra into the company. The post Episode 129: Xiaomi – Team, History & Products with Eva Xiao appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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Episode 128: The Uber and Didi deal with Josh Horwitz - Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong
09/08/2016 Duration: 30minJosh Horwitz from Quartz joined us to discuss the Uber and Didi deal in China and analysed the fallout that will impact the anti-Uber alliance. We discussed the potential reasons to why Uber sell their China business & operations to Didi and made a deal to let each other invest in one another, from investor The post Episode 128: The Uber and Didi deal with Josh Horwitz appeared first on Analyse Asia.