8 episodes
Growth Kung Fu Podcast GrowthKungFu
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GrowthKungFu, the brainchild of founders Pritish Sanyal and Wai Hoi Tsang is a platform to share growth stories and insights from start-ups in Asia. Our podcasts touches on topics ranging from marketing channels and user acquisition to engagement and product launches.
Co-founders Pritish Sanyal and Wai Hoi Tsang, a pair of roommates at one time, came together with very different perspectives and very different skillsets. Pritish left behind a successful career as a business developer to join Gormei, an F&B startup in Hong Kong. He brings business acumen and knowledge of the startup community to the project. Wai Hoi, a manager at PR agency Ketchum and a newcomer to the startup scene, brings the content skills of his day job to the mix.
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Indian startups' biggest opportunities are in the US (w/Shashank Randev of Z Nation Lab)
Shashank Randev, director at India’s Z Nation Lab, reveals why the biggest opportunities for Indian startups are in the US, how an Indian problem has become a global problem, how to figure out if your startup has global potential and their acceptance criteria for new startups. It’s a fascinating chat!
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How to break into Venture Capital (with Jeff Paine from Golden Gate Ventures)
Jeff Paine, managing partner at Golden Gate Ventures, a leading Venture Capital firm in Singapore, shares the story of how he started in the VC world, what he would recommend to people looking to break into Venture Capital, how he learned to read people, the different types of startups in South-east Asia and how to achieve product-market fit in multiple markets.
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The biggest opportunities in IoT today (with Kyle Ellicott from ReadWrite Labs)
Kyle Ellicott, the Chief Labs Officer and founder of San-Francisco-based Readwrite Labs shares his thoughts on why Hong Kong and Shenzhen are the places to be for Internet of Things, the huge potential of smart cities, tips for Hong Kong-based IoT startups and how he would pitch himself.
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How to become a 500 Startups founder and Indian ecosystem insights (with Pankaj Jain, 500 Startups)
500 Startups partner, Pankaj Jain, spoke with Growth Kung Fu about the criteria for a 500 Startups founder, what he’s looking for in the next batch of 500 Startups startups as well as the ‘WhatsApp-ification” of India.
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How to make Guy Kawasaki a mentor (with Hung Tran from Gotit!)
How to get Guy Kawasaki to invest and become a mentor, work with distributed teams across Asia and the US and many other topics are the subject of this week's podcast with Hung Tran, the Vietamese founder of ed-tech startup GotIt!
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Founder stress and competing with partners (with Honey and Abhishek Kathuria from Kowrk)
Founder stress, co-opetition and growing a new market are the topic of today's podcast interview with Honey and Abishek Kathuria, a husband and wife co-founder building a platform for co-working spaces.