Rishabh Srivastava is the founder and CEO of Loki.ai - a Singapore based Data Science company. Rishabh describes himself as an independent, sustainable programmer. His work has recently been featured in the Times of India, and his research show

Becoming an accidental influencer (w/ Jesse Lee)

Dec 19th, 2019 23m 1s

Jesse Lee is a creative entrepreneur, building his company Waemee (www.waemee.com) from Bangkok, Thailand. Before coming to Asia, Jesse - almost accidentally - became a successful influencer. Today we discuss how in 18 months he went from looki

Transitive trust in Artificial Intelligence (w/ Philippe Beaudoin)

Nov 21st, 2019 10m 37s

Philippe Beaudoin is co-founder and head of applied research at Element AI, a company founded on the belief that humans and machines can work smarter together and that this synergy can help humans focus on the tasks that they find most meaningf

Hiring and retaining tech talent in Southeast Asia (w/ Yassine Belmamoun)

Oct 15th, 2019 23m 21s

Hiring and retaining tech talent is a burning issue for startups and companies all over Southeast Asia. Yassine Belmamoun, Co-Founder and CTO of Manatal, shares his vision on what is broken in the classical HR process. He argues that many compa

The economic importance of gender diversity (w/ Agnès Pannier-Runacher)

Oct 1st, 2019 7m 27s

Agnès Pannier-Runacher is a French politician and business executive, and the current Secretary of State for Economy and Finance. In our conversation we discuss the economic importance of inclusion and diversity, as well as some of the measures

Finding your podcast voice (recorded live at Found8 Singapore)

Sep 24th, 2019 1h 16m

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Found8 Singapore. Beyond co-working, Found8's spaces are home to a thriving and collaborative community with instant access to innovation networks. Find out more at https://www.found8.com

Brown Bag Session: Don't sell your solution, solve a problem!

Sep 23rd, 2019 14m 7s

We pick up last week's conversation about attention saturation and ask ourselves: what makes for good content marketing? Recorded on location in Singapore.

Brown Bag Session : Marketing & Growth in Asia

Sep 16th, 2019 15m 4s

The BrownBag Sessions are episodes that aren’t structured interviews, but rather recordings of conversations with daily practitioners in certain areas of expertise.In this series on Marketing and Growth in Asia, Thibault Brière and Nikolaj Gro

Innovate, iterate or be obsolete

Sep 12th, 2019 22m 29s

For this episode we flew to HongKong and sat down with Elvie Lahournère, Director of Digital and Innovation APAC at Natixis Bank. We discuss the many contrasts between Asia and the West when it comes to customer expectations, entrepreneurial mi

Be Better at Sleep (w/ Raphael Seghier)

Jun 27th, 2019 20m 3s

Sleep might be devalued in the “996” work culture in some parts of Asia (9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week), but one startup is looking to help people make the most of this important part of human life.Dreem – a successful Paris-based company – has

Learning to Code in China (w/ Thibault Genaitay)

Jun 20th, 2019 23m 47s

Staying up to date on your skillset is critical and can be difficult, and when that skillset is tech - and you plan to use that skillset outside of your home market - it can be even harder. Paris-based global tech bootcamp company Le Wagon look

The best ideas can come from anywhere (w/ Mathieu Toulemonde)

Jun 14th, 2019 30m 1s

How can we make innovation more open, more diversified and more sustainable? If the best ideas can come from anywhere, how can companies find those ideas, those solutions, if they only have access to a local ecosystem?Agorize, an Open Innovati

Entrepreneurship in Japan

Jun 12th, 2019 19m 26s

In his second part of our conversation with Frédéric Nouel, we discuss the evolving attitudes towards entrepreneurship in Japan and the difficulties of starting and growing a company there.Like in many other countries, entrepreneurship in Japa

The Japanese Mobile Gaming Market (w/ Frédéric Nouel)

Jun 7th, 2019 24m 59s

This week’s guest is Frédéric Nouel, a long-time game-developer and co-founder of "3rd Kind", a mobile game publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Frederic has lived in Japan for almost a decade and shared with us many interesting insights i

Cambodia State of Mind (w/ Soreasmey Ke Bin)

May 29th, 2019 16m 10s

Soreasmey Ke Bin is the founder and managing partner of Confluences, an incubator in the kingdom of Cambodia as well as the co-president of French Tech Cambodia and the vice president of the French Chamber of Commerce. Who better to tell us abo

Doing business in Singapore (w/ Adrien Barthel)

May 13th, 2019 30m 14s

Why has Singapore become the business-hub for the ASEAN region - attracting entrepreneurs and investors alike? What makes doing business in Singapore so easy? What are the challenges when expanding from Singapore into neighbouring markets such

Fintech, connecting the dots (w/ Marion Bernardi of SCVentures)

Apr 29th, 2019 21m 22s

Today's guest is Marion Bernardi - Fintech engagement lead at SC Ventures, a Standard Chartered Bank business unit that promotes innovation, invests in disruptive financial technology and explores alternative business models for the financial i

Singapore's French Tech For Good (w/ Yoann Fol & Thibaut Brière)

Apr 18th, 2019 39m 34s

Yoann Fol and Thibaut Brière are the driving forces behind Singapore's French Tech For Good - a movement that aims to promote the idea that Tech not only can, but should have a positive impact on the world.In this conversation we explore what

Entrepreneurship in Thailand (w/ Emmanuel Fauvel)

Apr 10th, 2019 23m 10s

Emmanuel FAUVEL is a serial entrepreneur who has been based in Thailand for almost two decades. In this conversation we explore how the Thai market has changed during that time and what the ecosystem’s current challenges and opportunities are.

Gilles Langourieux : Founder & CEO of Virtuos

Apr 4th, 2019 28m 24s

Gilles Langourieux is the CEO and founder of Virtuos - one of the worlds leading game development companies.Virtuos employs over 1,500 staff worldwide and as a part of their global growth, they have recently moved their headquarter from Chine

Ethical Hiring of Foreign Domestic Workers (w/ David Bensadon)

Mar 28th, 2019 30m 34s

David Bensadon is the founder and CEO of We Are Caring, Singapore’s smart and ethical agency for hiring foreign domestic workers.Foreign Domestic Workers, or “helpers” as they are often called, are common all across Asia Pacific. A helper is l

A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age (w/ Nicolas Colin)

1 Mar 20th, 2019 36m

Nicolas Colin is a thought-provoking voice in the conversation about new institutions in the digital world. He has co-authored several works on technology, including a 2013 Report on Taxation in the Digital Economy, and his articles regularly a

Cécile Israel : French Tech Greater Bay Area

Mar 20th, 2019 28m 23s

Cécile Israel is the founder of EasyBachus, a startup based in Shenzhen China, that makes wine easy and fun for everyone. She's also the head of the new French Tech community for the Hongkong-Shenzhen area, as well as president of the "Entrepre

Julien Condamines : Pay It Forward

Mar 20th, 2019 28m

Every French person working in tech in Singapore, is already a member of French Tech Singapore - even if they might not yet realize it! Or so says Julien Condamines - ex-Googler, startuper and founder of the Singapore-based innovation boutique

Introducing the French Tech Asia Pacific Podcast

Mar 13th, 2019 2m 2s

In this episode we quickly introduce ourselves and the French Tech Asia Pacific podcast.Whether you're looking to get to know the French entrepreneurs that are making an impact here in the APAC region, or want to learn more about the influence

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