Taxiwise Hong Kong Startup Beginnings to Buyout with Truong Lam

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Thanks everyone for tuning in – last week I mentioned I’m having a baby, and this week I’m now a father! Miles Michelini was born Sunday morning here in Shenzhen, China and its been one of the most amazing times of my life.

So for today’s episode – we are up to Globalfromasia.com/episode35 – its an informal part 2 of a 2 part series – last week we had Paul Orlando, who really did an amazing job helping build up the Hong Kong startup ecosystem – and today we have one of our favorite cases – Truong from Taxiwise – a taxi booking mobile app startup that was recently acquired. I was able to get him on the show to share – so let’s listen up!

Topics Covered in this Episode

• Intro Truong Lam from Taxiwise
• Just interviewed Paul Orlando, he had great things to say about you guys thanks for being on the show.
• When I first met you guys, You guys came over from cali with a different product, can you share your story?
• Then you added a third partner, Lawrence, who was more local can you share
• How did you get started with taxi wise
• Experiences Finding Talent in Hong Kong
• How about the juicy details of being acquired?
• How was your experience developing in Hong Kong from California?
• Tips for other entrepreneurs thinking to come to Hong Kong to startup
• ways people can reach out to you

People / Companies / Resources Mentioned in this Episode

• taxiwise
• citywise (http://tlam.dunked.com/citywise-android)
• bootcamp by Paul Orlando http://startupsunplugged.com/advisory/
• boothk http://boot.hk/
• barcamp – july 2012 http://www.barcamp.hk/
• Met third partner Lawrence at barcamp
• Cocoon coworking space
• AcceleratorHK – Hong Kong accelerator
• Ikky.com
• Keeping a 6 month runway for Hong Kong rent
• Always have a backup plan
• Truong’s twitter – @tlamvip
• Truong’s email – tlamvip @ gmail.com

Episode Length: 22:07

Thanks again for that T – I know you are a bit hesitant to get these things recorded and I believe this will help a lot of our listeners get some better insights on how to get started in Hong Kong tech and startup world.

That is a wrap, next week we will have an episode about running a successful Kickstarter with a cross border team and a cross border company – so looking forward to having you guys tune in again!

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