Crazy Smart Asia Gen.T

“Life is all about attitude. We can’t all be as athletic as Ronaldo, or as smart as Einstein, but we just have to be the best level of who we are today,” says investor Patrick Tsang, chairman of Tsangs Group, an innovation-focused global family office, on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Gen.T’s Lee Williamson, Tsang shares how growing up Asian in Belfast during the Troubles gave him a crash-course in identity, why his biggest-ever IPO left him feeling flat, and his mission to help revive Hong Kong with his latest venture, the Hong Kong Ambassadors Club.
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“We’re at the dawn of the battery revolution,” says “awkward extrovert” and accidental entrepreneur Brandon Ng, the Brunei-born co-founder and CEO of Ampd Energy, a Hong Kong energy storage company that’s committed to making the construction industry emission-free. In conversation with Gen.T’s Lee Williamson, Ng shares what’s next for battery technology in Asia, the surprising thing he learnt about Prince William as a finalist at The Earthshot Prize, and the one commonality that ties all entrepreneurs together.
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“We're not just making something we think is cool,” says robotics whiz turned custodian of the oceans Sidhant Gupta, co-founder of Clearbot, on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Gen.T’s Lee Williamson, Gupta, whose company designs and manufacturers battery-powered autonomous boats, shares why all businesses should be social impact businesses, how growing up in the landlocked city of Bengaluru with polluted lakes shaped his outlook, and how it all started with a Guinness World record for creating the world’s fastest robotic fish
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“Find the passions you love, and work on it daily”, says Steven Wongsoredjo, the co-founder and CEO of Indonesian social commerce startup Super, on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Lee Williamson, tune in to learn why social commerce is such a huge opportunity in Southeast Asia’s rural communities, the secret to Super’s US$106 million celebrity-backed fundraise, why Wongsoredjo rates emotional intelligence as the most important leadership quality, and the stripey pollinator that haunts his nightmares.
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“It burned me inside that no one cared what I did,” says self-confessed “expat brat” Erman Akinci, co-founder and managing partner at Emissary Capital, a boutique investment firm based in Kuala Lumpur, on Crazy Smart Asia. In conversation with Gen.T’s Lee Williamson, Akinci—who is also co-founder of Common Ground, one of Southeast Asia’s biggest co-working spaces—shares how he found his business “gut”, how a savage putdown from his secondary school maths teacher changed everything, and why you should always beware the fabled “last minute lawyer”.
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“Our work involves spiritual, mental and physical fortitude; [...] you have to be strong,” says Billie Dumaliang, who, along with her sister Ann, is a co-founder of Masungi Georeserve Foundation, a model for privately led conservation, sustainable reforestation and geotourism in the Philippines. In conversation with Gen.T’s Lee Williamson, the Dumaliang sisters share how to cultivate courage in life or death situations, why climate activists must prioritise their health, and how you can defend a rainforest using a pair of beauty scissors and a camera.
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