Interested in starting your business in Asia? Looking for tips to expand your business in Asia? Or simply curious about your peers?Welcome to Grown in Asia, a series of conversations with business founders based in Asia. This podcast highlights guest speakers' journey to entrepreneurship and their experience as an entrepreneur. Our first season takes place in Hong Kong, known as one of the most desirable locations for setting up a trading business.Hosted by Bertrand Théaud, French Entrepreneur in Asia with 10+ years experience, now Founder of Statrys.
In this episode of Grown in Asia, French-American entrepreneur Christian Mongendre, Founder of Treehouse, to share what inspired him to introduce plant-based 'Fast slow food' concept in Hong Kong. Intrigued by the city printed on his passport, Christian decided to further explore Hong Kong after years spent in France and the U.S. That's when he was introduced to his first business partner and launched Mana! Hong Kong in 2011. In this episode, Christian also tells us how he put together his se...
2 May 2020
Alessandro Bisagni, Founder of BEE Incorporations
In this episode of Grown in Asia, we had the pleasure to discuss with Italian entrepreneur Alessandro Bisagni, Founder of BEE Incorporations (Bisagni Environmental Enterprise). BEE is a hybrid mix of eco-focus consulting and tech company specialising in green building. Alessandro created BEE with the vision to improve the social, environmental and economic impact of building projects. Over the past 10 years, he has worked on over 350 green building projects across 30 countries: from pr...
2 Apr 2020
Delphine & Diego Dultzin, Co-Founders of OnTheList
In this episode of Grown in Asia, we had the pleasure to discuss with Delphine Lefay Dultzin and Diego Dultzin Lacoste, Co-founders of OnTheList. OnTheList is an online flash sales platform founded on the shared passion for fashion on its co-founders. It is a pioneering concept of Members-Only Flash Sales, offering members exclusive access to luxury brands at discounted prices. OnTheList is literally "turning inventory into opportunity" in Asia, both for the brands and the consumers. Th...
12 Mar 2020
Julio Orr, Founder of Happyer
Julio Orr is an Australian entrepreneur with Columbian roots with more than 15 years of experience in the recruitment industry. After his first experience with an international recruitment firm in Shanghai, Julio moved to Hong Kong where he held multiple roles for other international firms for 7 years. In 2015, Julio started his first venture by co-founding The G.R.A.C.E. Group. Inspired by this first experience, Julio then launched Canopy which later rebranded in 2020 as Happyer, a rich-m...
27 Feb 2020
Lavine Hemlani, Founder of Xccelerate
Lavine Hemlani left investment bank Lazard in NYC to go a sabbatical leave during which he was inspired to start his entrepreneurial journey. Born in Hong Kong, Lavine founded Xccelerate to tackle the tech talent shortage that threatens to impede innovation in his home city. Xccelerate is a leading EdTech start-up headquartered in Hong Kong founded on the vision that the greatest opportunity for improving lives is education and aspires to reinvent tech education to address the colossal tal...
13 Feb 2020
Christian Secci, Co-Founder of Pakpobox
Christian Secci is an Italian entrepreneur and ultra-marathon runner who co-founded Pakpobox, an innovative smart locker solution for smart cities. During this journey from Italy to Asia, Christian shares how he is always persistently bouncing, learning and responding from one failure to another without giving up. In fact, he calls them "hard lessons" and not "failure". Being an entrepreneur who is always on the move and looking ahead, Christian shares how he has grown his business across A...
30 Jan 2020
Jeffrey Cheng, Co-Founder of Ooosh Coworking & Catalyst Ventures
Jeffrey Cheng, Co-Founder of Ooosh Coworking & Catalyst Ventures, shares how his experience in advertising, education business, and clothes manufacturing, and curiosity had led him to launch a business tightly connected to the start-up's scene.
9 Jan 2020
Thibaut Carminho, Co-Founder of Tartes & Pop
Thibaut Carminho, Co-Founder of Tartes & Pop, shares his journey from working in a marketing agency to becoming an entrepreneur, realizing a dream with his best friend Lou Campagna. In this episode, Thibaut discusses how the brand was built, how important the logo design was to them, how the brand positioning evolved, and what it took to make Tartes & Pop what it is today: "Probably the best French tartes you will ever eat in Hong Kong..." Thibaut also tells us where he sees Tartes ...
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