Analyse Asia With Bernard Leong

In this episode recorded during the RISE Conference, we got the shortest interview in our podcast history with Jenny Lee from GGV Capital. In this episode, Jenny Lee discussed how she started in venture capital and offered her perspectives on start-up investments from US to China, from how both cultures differ from management styles to The post Episode 49: The Shortest Interview with Jenny Lee from GGV Capital appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Jamie Metzl, currently a senior advisor to Cranemere LLC & a senior fellow of the Atlantic Council, joined us to dissect the economical and geopolitical landscape of Asia. Drawing from his illustrious career and experience in foreign relations and international diplomacy (Asia Society, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee under Senator & now Vice President Joe The post Episode 48: Decoding the Asia Landscape with Jamie Metzl appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Yu Junde, Vice President, Asia Pacific from App Annie joined us to discuss the footprint of App Annie in Asia Pacific. Starting from the origins of App Annie and how the company went from Beijing to San Francisco, Junde shared why Asia is the most interesting market in the world for mobile. We also discuss The post Episode 47: App Annie in Asia with Yu Junde appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Ben Bajarin from Techpinions and Creative Strategies joined us again to discuss the different market dynamics for smartphones in China and India, the recent debate on Apple Watch sales based on non-sequitur numbers, and the hot technology bubble discussion in US as to the consequences to the Asian market. We also discussed how the research The post Episode 46: Smartphones, Watches & Bubbles in China & India with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.

With Mike Harvey, head of strategic communications from Web Summit, we discuss “behind the scenes” for the upcoming Rise Conference 2015 in Hong Kong and his thoughts on the Asia digital landscape. We hear the story of why they decide to bring the conference to Asia, the key people who will be speaking in the The post Episode 45: The Rise Conference 2015 with Mike Harvey appeared first on Analyse Asia.

William Bao Bean, partner of SOS Ventures and Chinaccelerator, joined us on Analyse Asia to discuss how their accelerator and venture fund spurred the entrepreneurial ecosystem in China. We discussed the interesting companies under his portfolio, how they are working on growth hacks in Wechat and also why media is an exciting category in China. The post Episode 44: The China Ecosystem with William Bao Bean of SOS Ventures appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Benedict Evans, partner from Andreessen Horowitz, is here to discuss all things mobile, beginning from the different approaches from Google and Apple to dominate the next phase of the mobile ecosystems, with new perspectives arising from his questions on the shifting layers of interaction, Google’s vision of Android, Google Android vs AOSP. We also discussed The post Episode 43: All on Mobile with Benedict Evans appeared first on Analyse Asia.

In this episode, Rama Mamuaya, founder of DailySocial.net discussed the fierce competition on ecommerce in Indonesia between two powers: Lazada (Rocket Internet) vs MatahariMall (Lippo Group). What are the implications to the whole Indonesia ecommerce market? Rama dissects how the war between both ecommerce entities will play out and how it affects the other ecommerce The post Episode 42: Lazada vs MatahariMall in Indonesia with Rama Mamuaya appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Edith Yeung from 500 Startups joined us for a chat on all things mobile and an overview of the mobile landscape all over the world. Drawing from her career experience with Dolphin and BiztechDay, she explained her investment thesis: how it continued to evolve with a ever-changing landscape of mobile and how she looked at The post Episode 41: The 500 Mobile Collective with Edith Yeung of 500 Startups appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Sameer Singh from Tech-thoughts.net, also a long time recurring guest, joined Bernard for an awesome discussion on post Google I/O and Apple WWDC 2015, and how some of the announcements from the two major conferences of the year will impact Asia as a whole. We have a brief and short chat on Softbank’s recent launch The post Episode 40: Is there a bubble in Asia? with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Porter Erisman, the author of “Alibaba’s World” and filmmaker of “Crocodile in the Yangtze”, joined us to offer an insider’s perspective to the early days of Alibaba, now the largest ecommerce company in the world. We discussed the interesting period of his tenure in Alibaba from the company taking the funding from Yahoo! to the The post Episode 39: Alibaba’s World with Porter Erisman appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Jan Dawson from Jackdaw Research & a regular contributor of Techpinions joined us on the podcast to offer a broad perspective on how the messaging apps in Asia are operating as platforms and ecosystems against their western counterparts. In the same conversation, he discuss the unpleasant economics of “free to play” games which originate from The post Episode 38: Messaging Apps, Games & Platforms with Jan Dawson appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Josh Horwitz from Quartz joined us to discuss all things Uber in Asia. From how Uber ramp up their operations to their recent troubles with regulation in Asian markets, we analysed how they are shaping up against their Asian competitors in China, India & Southeast Asia: Kuaidi-Didi Dache, Grabtaxi, Olacabs and Gogovan. After our Uber The post Episode 37: All on Uber in Asia with Josh Horwitz appeared first on Analyse Asia.

With Michael Dempsey from CB Insights, we decipher the trends that are shaping venture capital investments across Asia for 2014 and look at the current movement this year. We also discussed the verticals: ecommerce and on demand mobile apps; the major players: Tiger Global, Sequoia and Softbank and the impact of Rocket Internet in the The post Episode 36: Venture Capital Asia with Michael Dempsey of CB Insights appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Charlie Custer, editor of Tech In Asia joined us to talk on everything about Wechat by Tencent, the most popular messaging app in China by one of the top Chinese internet companies and why Facebook and Snapchat are now focused on cloning it for the western markets. We discuss why Wechat is so successful not The post Episode 35: All about Wechat with Charlie Custer appeared first on Analyse Asia.

We interview Bryan Ma, Vice President for IDC’s Asia Pacific client devices research group to have an insightful discussion on three interesting topics: (a) the rise of the chinese smartphone makers and where they are heading with a short discussion on why Xiaomi is adapting their strategy to overseas markets, (b) the tablets and PC The post Episode 34: The Rise of China Smartphone Makers with Bryan Ma appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Horace Dediu, current fellow of the Clayton Christensen Institute and founder of Asymco.com joined us for an epic and insightful discussion focusing on few key interesting topics: (a) new market disruption theories, (b) Apple in China and the luxury market and (c) the Japanese automotive industry and how it shapes up against disruption from Tesla, The post Episode 33: The Asymco Trilogy with Horace Dediu Part 3 – The Asian Cars Edition appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Horace Dediu, current fellow of the Clayton Christensen Institute and founder of Asymco.com joined us for an epic and insightful discussion focusing on few key interesting topics: (a) new market disruption theories, (b) Apple in China and the luxury market and (c) the Japanese automotive industry and how it shapes up against disruption from Tesla, The post Episode 32: The Asymco Trilogy with Horace Dediu Part 2 – Apple in Asia & Luxury appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Horace Dediu, current fellow of the Clayton Christensen Institute and founder of Asymco.com joined us for an epic and insightful discussion focusing on few key interesting topics: (a) new market disruption theories, (b) Apple in China and the luxury market and (c) the Japanese automotive industry and how it shapes up against disruption from Tesla, The post Episode 31: The Asymco Trilogy with Horace Dediu Part 1 – New Market Disruption appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Aliza Knox, the managing director for online sales for Asia Pacific (APAC) & Latin America (LATAM) joined us for an interesting to discuss Twitter’s footprint in Asia Pacific. Aliza offer insights to how twitter is used in Asia Pacific from all walks of life, from citizens using it to communicate during major disasters (for e.g. The post Episode 30: Twitter in Asia Pacific with Aliza Knox appeared first on Analyse Asia.