Analyse Podcast

Continuing from our first discussion, Sameer Singh from Tech-thoughts.net and our host analysed the changing alliances in both the transportation and gaming industry where allies within the space turn to rivalries in two interesting cases: Google versus Uber in ride-sharing and autonomous vehicles, and Niantic versus Nintendo in the mobile gaming space. We also dissected why The post Episode 136: With Friends Like These, Who needs Enemies Edition with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Sameer Singh from Tech-thoughts.net joined us for a two parter conversation on the recent major events in technology & their impact in Asia. In this episode, we discussed the recent announcements which came out of the Apple iPhone 7 event and their implications to the smartphone industry. We also examined whether the new iPhone offered The post Episode 135: The Apple iPhone 7 Event with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Newley Purnell from Wall Street Journal joined us to discuss his current coverage on the India startup & technology ecosystem. We examine the day of reckoning for the India startup unicorns and their challenges from both funding and competition from US technology companies. We also discussed how the India startups are competing with the US The post Episode 134: The Open India Market Onslaught with Newley Purnell appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Michael Smith aka Smithy, now partner of Jungle Ventures and their new fund, SeedPlus. We discussed the backstory in how the fund is assembled, the key people from LPs to partners and their investment thesis. We examined the broader Southeast Asia market and the key issues in how startups can scale across a highly fragmented The post Episode 133: SeedPlus in Southeast Asia with Michael Smith appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Chris Yeh from Wasabi Ventures joined us for a conversation on the future of employee & employer management and technology enabled blitzscaling. We discussed the book “The Alliance” which he co-authored with Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha and how the concepts are adapted to a new world where long term employment looked like a relic The post Episode 132: The Alliance and Blitzscaling with Chris Yeh appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Christoper Lochhead joined us in the podcast to discuss his new book “Play Bigger” (co-authored with Ramadan, Peterson and Maney) during my stay here in Silicon Valley. We discussed the concept of category kings and why the modern tech startups and companies need to embrace category design in addition to product & company design to The post Episode 131: Play Bigger with Chris Lochhead appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Eva Xiao from Technode continued our discussion on Xiaomi, focusing on what kind of company that Xiaomi truly is, and the current challenges they are facing to justify their US$45B valuation. We discussed the company’s recent failures to hit their 100M smartphones target, the loss of smartphone market share, failure to expand aggressively into international The post Episode 130: The Future of Xiaomi with Eva Xiao appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Eva Xiao from Technode joined us in a two parter episodes on one of China’s top unicorns: Xiaomi. We traced the history of the company starting from the founders of the company, most notably Lei Jun and Bin Lin, and how they managed to bring in top talent such as Hugo Barra into the company. The post Episode 129: Xiaomi – Team, History & Products with Eva Xiao appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Josh Horwitz from Quartz joined us to discuss the Uber and Didi deal in China and analysed the fallout that will impact the anti-Uber alliance. We discussed the potential reasons to why Uber sell their China business & operations to Didi and made a deal to let each other invest in one another, from investor The post Episode 128: The Uber and Didi deal with Josh Horwitz appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Serkan Toto joined us for a conversation to discuss the global phenomenon of Pokemon Go. We discussed the backstory of the creator behind this new sensational game, Niantic Labs and the backers behind the game maker from Google to Nintendo. We discussed why the game has been so successful, the game mechanics and why it The post Episode 127: Pokemon Go with Serkan Toto appeared first on Analyse Asia.