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ATP540 Asia Matters: Is Asia the New Home of Entrepreneurship?
Category: Business
Duration: 00:47:13
Publish Date: 2018-02-07 11:00:00
Description:

Podcast highlights:

  • 04:20 How the Asian tech ecosystem has evolved - my story coming to Japan in 1995 and where Japan is today in mobile use
  • 17:50 Did you know that within a 5 hour flight you can get to markets of 3.5 billion from Singapore? (the equivalent is 460 million from San Francisco)
  • 29:45 Do cities like San Francisco still have an advantage over Asia? What's changing? What's happening to the geographical arbitrage between startup ecosystems?

Podcast notes:

  • 00:10 Graham shares the latest data from the Asia Matters Report
  • 01:30 Is Entrepreneurship in the US increasing or decreasing (Graham has the latest data)?
  • 02:05 An introduction to ATP Network - the future of podcasting for Asia Tech Podcast
  • 03:25 Heads up for Digital Lives Asia with Simon Kemp - a new show on the ATP network
  • 04:20 How the Asian tech ecosystem has evolved - my story coming to Japan in 1995 and where Japan is today in mobile use
  • 06:45 Introduction to the Asia Matters Report Part 3
  • 07:00 28% of US startups are founded by immigrants. How important is immigration to innovation? Where does Asia stand with immigration and innovation?
  • 10:00 What's really happening to entrepreneurship in the US? Are American Millennials really the "entrepreneurial generation"? How entrepreneurship levels have changed over the last 25 years (Wall Street Journal data).
  • 11:45 What does Asia offer entrepreneurs that's better than the West?
  • 12:40 Which countries top the Global Dynamism Ranking? (Economist Intelligence Unit data)
  • 13:40 What is the most economically free country in the world? (Heritage Foundation data) How much time do Americans waste filing taxes compared to Asian entrepreneurs?
  • 17:50 Did you know that within a 5 hour flight you can get to markets of 3.5 billion from Singapore? (the equivalent is 460 million from San Francisco)
  • 19:10 What is going to happen in the growing entrepreneurial shift from West to East? The 3 Stages of the Shift (The S Curve in Part 2 of the Report)
  • 21:40 Are we now going to see a FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) with the Asian startup ecosystem?
  • 23:40 How does Asia and The West compare for startup burn time?
  • 26:00 Comparison of office space costs for startups around the world. Which startup ecosystems cost just 1/3 of what it would cost you to live in San Francisco (ave $4,500 a month)?
  • 29:45 Do cities like San Francisco still have an advantage over Asia? What's changing? What's happening to the geographical arbitrage between startup ecosystems?
  • 32:00 Why is now the time to seriously think about Asia an option for startup entrepreneurs?
  • 33:30 How do Asia and the US compare in terms of startup funding levels?
  • 35:50 Introduction to my Asia Matters Minute videos
  • 36:25 Why I'm heading to Fukuoka Japan this week. An insight into entrepreneurialism in Japan.
  • 45:10 How can governments help startup ecosystems?
  • Why I’m heading out to Fukuoka Japan this week to get a heads up on the startup ecosystem there
  • A sneak preview of the ATP Podcast Network with new podcast hosts in the pipeline
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