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Cyril Ebersweiler, the founder of HAXLR8R & venture partner of SOSventures, joins us to discuss the lean hardware startup in Asia and the metrics that investors look at to evaluate a hardware startup. He shares with us the concept of the lean hardware startup and why hardware is the new black. We also discuss the The post Episode 27: The Lean Hardware Startup with Cyril Ebersweiler appeared first on Analyse Asia.
Benjamin Joffe (@benjaminjoffe) from HAXLR8R joins us for an interesting discussion spanning from his travels around the world to his current role to help hardware companies to incubate and scale in the Shenzhen on-demand hardware global factory. In this discussion, Ben offered a primer to how entrepreneurs from all over the world can leverage on The post Episode 11: Ben and the Shenzhen Hardware Factory appeared first on Analyse Asia.
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These investors knew not to 'miss mobile' and many of them have made the transition to be early adopters on the venture side. Hear their thoughts and opinions on how the EU investment model shakes out in the next few years. Will the EU fall flat or will they see more Tapulous and Angry Birds on the horizon?Tony Fish, Investor, Author and Entrepreneur, SBT Venture CapitalBoard Director with innovation and high growth experience cutting across mobile, web and digital. Having founded, co-founded and sold a number of businesses over the past 25 years, I remain passionate about highly disruptive tech which is fast scaling and at an early stage. Tony has a style which is based on fast iteration, trust, deep involvement, clear decision making, robust financials, transparency and strong open governance controls.Paul Miller, Partner, Bethnal Green Ventures Paul's responsibilities are the strategy and partnerships. He was previously co-founder and CEO of education technology startup School of Everything as well as working for the think tanks Demos and Forum for the Future.Benjamin Joffe, General Partner, HAXLR8RHAXLR8R ('HAX') is the first accelerator building 'lean hardware startups'. An expert on startup ecosystems with 14 years experience in China, Japan, Korea and USA, he has been invited to speak in over 200 events across 23 countries including at TEDx, SXSW, LeWeb, TechCrunch Disrupt, GMIC, Stanford, Berkeley and INSEAD. Prior to HAX, Benjamin founded the consultancy Plus Eight Star Ltd., and worked with clients such as Microsoft, Tumblr and Harvard Business School to identify innovative services in Asia's digital space. Benjamin is also an angel investor in Asia-based and hardware startups.
Darma (@Darma_inc) is a nascent start-up focusing on optical sensors in a seat cushion to aid in posture, stress reduction, and meditation. Chris and Elecia speak with CEO Dr. Junhao Hu and Sharif Kassatly about building a company, going through the Haxlr8r's accelerator program, and choosing a crowd funding platform. Keep up with Darma on their webpage and on their Facebook page. One of their advisors is NASA's Dr. Joan Vernikos, author of Sitting Kills, Moving Heals.
Today’s guest is Todd Embley, program director at Chinaccelerator, China’s first mentorship-driven seed stage accelerator program. The Shanghai-based, 90-day accelerator program is driven by the mission of helping entrepreneurs who are innovating at the cutting-edge of information technology to create successful start-ups. It also claims to be China's only pure & authentic accelerator program. Today, we’re here to discuss the tech accelerator and tech start-ups scene in China.P.S. Chinaccelerator is accepting applications to Batch 6 of their program (deadline Friday July 18th, 2014 midnight). To apply, visit http://www.chinaccelerator.com/apply Episode Content:Understand the environment for technology accelerators in China and their role in shaping the Chinese start-up ecosystemLearn about some exciting start-ups that are innovating at the cutting-edge of technologyEpisode Mentions:SOS Ventures – venture capital firm backing ChinacceleratorCyril Ebersweiler - venture partner at SOSventures and founder of Chinaccelerator. He also founded HAXLR8R, an accelerator for hardware-related startups based in Shenzhen, China.Yixun.com – eCommerce shop similar to JD.com or AmazonArticle by Aileen Lee from Cowboy Ventures – Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning from Billion-Dollar Startups Order With Me – Chinaccelerator graduate and winner of Tech Crunch Beijing 2011Piktochart – infographic platformNeoNan – Men’s digital publicationDaily Themes – personalized English writing improvement for Chinese usersOther mentioned Chinaccelerator companies: eProf (online education platform), Splitforce (mobile A/B testing and optimization), AYLIEN, Launchpilots, Seeder, Shoe LoversStart-Up Chile – seed accelerator created by the Chilean Government based in Santiago, ChileFollow up:Chinaccelerator.com中国加速 on weibo@chinaccelerator on Twitter Download and SubscribeDownload this episode: right click on this link and choose "save as"Subscribe to China Business Cast on iTunesOr check out the full list on subscription options
Listen & Subscribe on iTunes & Stitcher - Don’t Miss an Episode ! Camilo Anabalon es un emprendedor Chileno muy inovador. Camilo es Diseñador industrial Universidad de Chile (2007), Master en Innovación y diseño integral Universidad Estatal de Arte de Stuttgart, Alemania 2012. Es el Fundador de Babybe, Be with your Baby un startup que creo el primer Aparato de telepresencia Háptica para el cuidado de bebés prematuros. Babybe Es una prótesis emocional que permite a bebés prematuros experimentar en tiempo real la sensación de estar en el pecho de su madre mientras están dentro de la incubadora. Babybe replica en tiempo real los latidos del corazón, la respiración y la voz de la madre en el colchón del bebé. Lo que aprenderas El dream de Camilo y como lo esta logrando Como surgio la idea de Babybe Como Babybe le ayuda a bebes prematuros a salir de la incubadora antes. Con Babybe los bebes experimentan la sensacion de estar en el pecho de su madre mientras están dentro de la incubadora. Como convirtieron la idea de Babybe en una empresa con alto potencial comercial a nivel global Como conseguir partners estrategicos para obtener validacion en el mercado y acelerar tu startup Recursos y Links web: www.babybemedical.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BabybeBeWithYourBaby Twitter: @BABYBEmedical Mail: c_anabalon@babybe.org AngelList: https://angel.co/babybe The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness StartUp Chile: http://www.startupchile.org/ HAXLR8R: http://www.haxlr8r.com Ají Challenge: http://www.ajichallenge.cl/ Thank you so much for listening ! If you enjoyed the episode, please consider subscribing in iTunes and Stitcher and leaving a rating and a review. This helps us to continue to be featured in the New & Noteworthy rankings so that more Latinos and Latinas can find us. Considering Launching a Podcast? Podcasters Paradise: This is my favorite resource for those of you considering launching your own podcast. It was created by one of the most successful podcasters today-John Lee Dumas- who’s Entrepreneur on Fire podcast was voted best in iTunes in 2013. This is the only resource you will ever need to Create, Grow and Monetize your podcast. Over 900 members are consuming the 120+ video tutorials, engaging with other Podcasters in the private Facebook group, & loving the monthly webinars with todays top Podcasters! Sign up for free LIVE weekly webinars here.
Josh Chan and Tarun Pondicherry, founders of Light Up, join Elecia White to talk about how to teach electronics to elementary and middle school students. The Light Up Kickstarter ends on June 30, 2013, click on that link to buy your kit or to see the video (including the augmented reality smartphone application). We also talked about going on Kickstarter, being a startup and about HAXLR8R, an accelerator to help hardware startups. El's version of the traffic model of analog electronic components came from There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings.