Harbinger Asia

About Harbinger Asia

Growth across Asia continues to accelerate, shaped by new technologies, unique market dynamics, rising demand, and vibrant competition. Yet many of the stories behind this transformation remain unseen. The Harbinger Podcast brings these stories to light through candid conversations with the founders, investors, and innovators driving change on the ground. harbingerpodcast.substack.com (https://harbingerpodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Your gateway to Asia’s innovation economy — and the people driving it.

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Aug 2017

Latest episode

8 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

44 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Apr 2025

   Kai Huang – From selling dance pads to rock stardom: bootstrapping Guitar Hero to $1B

   Kai Huang, co-founder of RedOctane and Guitar Hero, recounts bootstrapping his company from dance pads to a billion-dollar franchise, highlighting key strategies and lessons learned in this interview.

2. 

   15 Apr 2023

   Building off the Beaten Path in Asia – with Metatheory COO Adam Bao

   Sandy Diao interviews Adam Bao, Metatheory COO, about business model innovation and venture deals across Asia, discussing startups, Web3 games, and team-building lessons.

3. 

   9 Jun 2021

   Hunting for Chinese Cloud Unicorns – with Eminence Ventures Founder Peter Cheng

   Venture capitalist Peter Cheng discusses China's rapidly growing enterprise software and cloud market, highlighting opportunities in horizontal and vertical software, AI, and IT infrastructure in this interview.

Who has been a guest on Harbinger Asia

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kai Huang
• Adam Bao
• Peter Cheng
• Hong Lu
• Jeff Zirlin

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.