Quoc Le from Google Brain at EmTech Asia in Singapore. Photo: EmTech Asia MIT Technology Review recently hosted EmTech Asia in Singapore. One of the most interesting talks was by Quoc Le from Google Brain. A computer won over a human in chess for the first time in the 1980s, but computers still can’t recognize [...]
Johanna Brismar Skoog and her son Samuel Skoog in Jakarta Some of Jakarta’s elite describe her as the coolest ambassador in Indonesia. We agree. Johanna Brismar Skoog is Sweden’s ambassador in Indonesia and she’s not afraid to speak her mind on important issues like gender equality, climate change and corruption. According to her, [...]
The podcast Analyse Asia by Bernard Leong focuses on business, technology and media in Asia. Last time we were in Singapore Lisa had the honor of discussing Approach and learnings from Indonesia as well as her role as VP marketing at Wrapp and more. Tune in and let us know what you think! https://soundcloud.com/analyseasia/episode-80-approach-asia-with-lisa-enckell
Steve Munroe, founder of Hubud. Photo: Heather Bonker Living in different places means meeting a lot of new and very interesting people. Steve Munroe, whom we met when escaping Jakarta’s traffic jams for a weekend in Bali is one of them. The popular tourist destination has become a common first stop for digital [...]
Many companies look to WeChat as the model for the next phase of online platforms. Internet companies thrive on the network effects of platforms and many want to create, own and control one. Microsoft, Apple, Google and Facebook have provided ample evidence of the value you can create and capture if you do. The latest [...]
Andreas and I were invited to speak at the inaugural Slush China in Beijing in October. Slush in Helsinki has become northern Europe’s leading tech conference. The Slush team’s strategy has been to offer an experience that is the opposite to that of Silicon Valley. Peter Vesterbacka, one of the founders, told us Slush doesn’t want [...]
I boiled down what I've learned about startup marketing during the past years in 21 short and sweet emails. In the email course "Marketing for early-stage startups" I share learnings and examples from the years when I lead the marketing team at Wrapp and as a freelance consultant for startups. The course covers five areas of startup marketing: [...]
We left Stockholm two weeks ago to start our five-year journey. Packing a bag and knowing that we won’t return “home” is quite a strange feeling. In fact, there is no home, there are plenty of homes. Right now our home is in Novena, Singapore, and we like it, except the haze that has engulfed [...]
According to entrepreneurs we met in Beijing, it is increasingly difficult to find talent in China. To make matters worse, once you’ve hired someone it doesn’t take long until a larger or more well-funded firm lures them away with higher compensation. On our way to Singapore, we made a stop in Beijing, where we met [...]
Ten countries in five years We are going to spend the next five years living for six months in each of the ten countries that we believe will have the biggest economic impact on the world in the coming twenty to thirty years. In every country we will split our time in thirds. One third [...]