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"E pur si muove"
"And, yet it moves" --- Galileo 1633
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$50,000 to License the Fundamental Patent of Google from Stanford (Back Then)!!! And, yes, Page Rank
In our last blog, we talked about a new DNA editing technology and the patent war between two groups of leading academic institutions. In...
Jack Lau
2017年1月22日讀畢需時 3 分鐘


A DNA Technology which will change your life and a Patent War like a Movie
This is a plot that is prime for a Tom Hanks kind of DaVinci Code movie. Here is the story. There is the right plot, the all too...
Jack Lau
2017年1月18日讀畢需時 4 分鐘


Faraday Future, Planet Earth II and You?
Dear Friends: Good Morning. Trust that by now, most of you had a long and hopefully fun break for the new year. Want to take this time...
Jack Lau
2017年1月9日讀畢需時 4 分鐘
State of the Billion Dollar Startups Held by Mutual Funds
Dear Friends: This is probably one of the longest breaks we had between blogs. Thank you for your patience. Some friends in the past...
Jack Lau
2016年12月30日讀畢需時 4 分鐘


A look at Kickstarter: Why Not IPO?
Good afternoon, everyone. We have always said that the toughest challenges an entrepreneur faces is the marketing and sales of their...
Jack Lau
2016年11月24日讀畢需時 4 分鐘


Electronic Eyes for You!
Good morning. It is impossible these days not to notice a Tesla on the road. People always ask "When can we enable the auto pilot...
Jack Lau
2016年11月14日讀畢需時 3 分鐘


A $100M times X Startup on Internet of Things
Going back to San Francisco, despite the internet age and the temptation to buy everything on line, we always go to a few brick and...
Jack Lau
2016年11月1日讀畢需時 4 分鐘
San Francisco programs for Startups Here?
Been spending a week in the Bay Area, supposedly taking a break. Yes, have seen how Uber Eats works, how Zip Car zips along, how apps...
Jack Lau
2016年10月28日讀畢需時 3 分鐘


Making Money by Letting People Download for Free? Try GitHub
Readers of this blog by now probably know that we are a firm believer of open collaboration. The technology world has gotten so...
Jack Lau
2016年10月19日讀畢需時 3 分鐘


Billion Dollar Startup in South East Asia: They can; Can We?
Just not too long ago, the trick to be successful in this part of the world seems to be To find a business model that works really well...
Jack Lau
2016年10月12日讀畢需時 2 分鐘


VR from Taiwan
It has been a back to back holiday in this part of the world for quite a number of us. Most of our acquaintance are on the road. We...
Jack Lau
2016年10月9日讀畢需時 2 分鐘


Another Book to Read: GRIT 另一本應該看的書:GRIT(毅力)
另一本應該看的書:GRIT(毅力) 首先,我們要感謝這麼多人對我們博客的意見。雖然我們一般只評論技術領域的創業。但令我們驚訝的是有朋友使勁地回應我們上次推薦的書—Mindset。 很多朋友回應指當他們讀這本書的時候,有一瞬間的激動,他們仿佛突然間明白到一些他們自身和朋友經驗...
Jack Lau
2016年10月1日讀畢需時 4 分鐘


The Fastest Growing 5000 Small Medium Sized and Young Companies : What can we learn from them?
Everywhere people are talking about Innovation and Startups. It hardly goes by a day without seeing some cool ideas. And, while we often...
Jack Lau
2016年9月27日讀畢需時 2 分鐘


Open Source Software and Growth for All - We cannot just "download" and not "upload&q
Over the weekend, a list of numbers flashed across our screen as we were doing our research. In particular, I was reading through the...
Jack Lau
2016年9月23日讀畢需時 9 分鐘


A Book to Read: Mindset
We probably should just stick with the topic of technology development. And, guilty indeed we are to digress. But, we do want to talk...
Jack Lau
2016年9月17日讀畢需時 2 分鐘
No more seat on the Mobile Payment bus?
Recently, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, there is a program to help freshman and sophomore students get real life...
Jack Lau
2016年9月8日讀畢需時 4 分鐘


China Tech Companies Listed in the US: What Now?
In the last post, we briefly mentioned the enormous size of Tencent and Baidu. Yes, what a cliché. But, sometimes people forget that...
Jack Lau
2016年8月10日讀畢需時 3 分鐘
US$550M Investment by Tencent/Baidu/JD into BitAuto
The number is such so huge sometimes. Over the past weekend, a post IPO funding round was announced in which a group including Tencent,...
Jack Lau
2016年8月10日讀畢需時 2 分鐘


2 Consumer Play: YeeChoo (Hong Kong)/ Carousell (Singapore) 兩間非常有前途為消費者成立的科技公司 。 一間在香港的 Yeechoo 一間
I know most people are probably focusing on the Didi/Uber China deal. Indeed a big deal. Combined the new Didi is worth more than US$36...
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2016年8月2日讀畢需時 3 分鐘
Facebook's Profit Jumped to US$2 billion/quarter up from $1B just 6 months ago; and Google,Amazo
When a company is worth more than US$1 billion , we call that company a "Unicorn". What do we call a company whose profit alone is a...
Jack Lau
2016年7月29日讀畢需時 2 分鐘
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