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Podcast: Asia Tech Podcast
Episode:

257: Does America’s Auto Future Lie in China? (Cross Border Kyle KYL5)
Category: Business
Duration: 00:41:12
Publish Date: 2018-05-18 18:00:00
Description:

Podcast highlights:

  • 09:35 How do Asian startups go on the "pitch" side of things? The Valley does very well on the story side. In Asia, there is an overemphasis on technology and not so much in the story but this has changed dramatically over the past year
  • 17:05 Coming from "Motor City" Detroit, Michigan, Kyle touches on the innovations in the automotive industry of China - Shanghai Auto City
  • 31:45 An auto industry that's starting to grow and see the pathway for innovation and the need to work with startups and to work on a global scale like the case of Oakland County in Michigan taking 300 companies over to China

Podcast notes:

  • 00:05 KYL5 - Cross Border Kyle with Kyle Ellicott
  • 00:15 Graham and Kyle last saw each other in Hong Kong where they got to go on a tour
  • 03:05 Kyle spoke at the Startup Launchpad Conference by Global Sources. What did Kyle take away from having seen those Southeast Asian and Asian startups?
  • 06:10 Was there a lot of hardware startups there? Yomee - The World's First Automatic Yogurt Maker. Kyle says "Lessons are being learned, companies are educating themselves on what works and what doesn't, and are starting to see what the market needs are versus just building to build"
  • 09:35 How do Asian startups go on the "pitch" side of things? The Valley does very well on the story side. In Asia, there is an overemphasis on technology and not so much in the story but this has changed dramatically over the past year
  • 14:15 Did Kyle see anything interesting on the AI and deep tech startups side of things?
  • 17:05 Coming from "Motor City" Detroit, Michigan, Kyle touches on the innovations in the automotive industry of China - Shanghai Auto City
  • 23:40 Michigan and Chinese Automotive industries working together - was there a scenario where it's too regulated to test some kind of tech in the US that they go to China and test it right out of the factory gate?
  • 26:05 How did the guys in Michigan take it when people from China went there and talked about technology and China itself?
  • 28:45 According to John Waraniak, Detroit has been so crushed that all of the traditional infrastructure was gone - did this have an effect on the Michigan people being open in the conversation with people from China?
  • 31:45 An auto industry that's starting to grow and see the pathway for innovation and the need to work with startups and to work on a global scale like the case of Oakland County in Michigan taking 300 companies over to China
  • 33:10 The governor of Michigan has made 8 trips to China which is the most of any previous governor - which other cities out there are doing this?
  • 35:05 "Sometimes, something gets so broken that the only option is to start again" like the Michigan auto industry but you see this in Asia as well like Hong Kong and Vietnam
  • 39:35 Be open-minded as a business owner, as an innovator, as an executive, or as a consumer today and in the future and incredible things will come in the future because of that
  • 40:40 Check out crossborderkyle.com for podcast episodes and other unique content
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