Yan Lee, the Founder and Managing Partner at Hive Ventures joined the Asia Tech Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about the startup ecosystem in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Some of the topics that Yan and I discussed:
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The listing of ICLK in Nasdaq and all of its associated issues
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Taiwan and Hong Kong’s first home-grown software startup to be listed on Nasdaq
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The importance of having a strong management team
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How every startup is different
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Making the move into venture capital
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Similarities between parenting and early-stage VC investing
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How the structure of Taiwan’s economy impacts its VC landscape
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Data, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, and Automation
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How Taiwan’s startups create their edge
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How to combat investment myopia
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Working with a lot of other funds
Other titles we considered for this episode:
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Almost Going Bankrupt 18 Times
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You Don’t Learn This Stuff in MBA
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That’s the Fire You Wanna Light
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There Are Probably a Million One Ways to Fail
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Everyone Is Looking to Plug Something Into Their Ecosystem
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It’s So Culturally Nuanced
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We no Longer Live In a Silo
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