Shashank Randev, director at India’s Z Nation Lab, reveals why the biggest opportunities for Indian startups are in the US, how an Indian problem has become a global problem, how to figure out if your startup has global potential and their acce

How to break into Venture Capital (with Jeff Paine from Golden Gate Ventures)

Feb 7th, 2017 21m 57s

Jeff Paine, managing partner at Golden Gate Ventures, a leading Venture Capital firm in Singapore, shares the story of how he started in the VC world, what he would recommend to people looking to break into Venture Capital, how he learned to re

The biggest opportunities in IoT today (with Kyle Ellicott from ReadWrite Labs)

Jan 31st, 2017 20m 51s

Kyle Ellicott, the Chief Labs Officer and founder of San-Francisco-based Readwrite Labs shares his thoughts on why Hong Kong and Shenzhen are the places to be for Internet of Things, the huge potential of smart cities, tips for Hong Kong-based

How to become a 500 Startups founder and Indian ecosystem insights (with Pankaj Jain, 500 Startups)

Jan 6th, 2017 27m 9s

500 Startups partner, Pankaj Jain, spoke with Growth Kung Fu about the criteria for a 500 Startups founder, what he’s looking for in the next batch of 500 Startups startups as well as the ‘WhatsApp-ification” of India.

How to make Guy Kawasaki a mentor (with Hung Tran from Gotit!)

Dec 22nd, 2016 17m 13s

How to get Guy Kawasaki to invest and become a mentor, work with distributed teams across Asia and the US and many other topics are the subject of this week's podcast with Hung Tran, the Vietamese founder of ed-tech startup GotIt!

Founder stress and competing with partners (with Honey and Abhishek Kathuria from Kowrk)

Dec 18th, 2016 22m 25s

Founder stress, co-opetition and growing a new market are the topic of today's podcast interview with Honey and Abishek Kathuria, a husband and wife co-founder building a platform for co-working spaces.

This startup gets so much media buzz (with Elliot Leung from Gaifong)

Dec 7th, 2016 17m 36s

Elliot Leung from Gaifong in Hong Kong shares his insights in how he consistently gets a ton of media exposure as a small startup. Incubated in Hong Kong-based Cyberport, he shares the advantages and disadvantages of being incubated there. Thes

How to get funded (with Vikram Upadhyaya from GHV accelerator)

Dec 1st, 2016 18m 34s

Vikram Upadhyaya, the Chief Mentor and Accelerator Evangelist at the permier GHV accelerator in India shares his investment strategy and the key criteria on which he judges the eligibility of applying startups.

Succesful growth strategies from a fast growing fintech startup (with Arthur Hayes from BitMEX)

Nov 24th, 2016 17m 31s

Arthur Hayes from BitMEX, one of the top bitcoin exchanges in the world walks us through his growth strategy and how he competes against cash-rich VC-funded competitors, how he uses real-time feedback from his customers to constantly improve hi

Finding your passion (with Shalini Prakash from 500 startups and Find Your Slash)

Nov 11th, 2016 21m 17s

500 Startups Principal Shalini Prakash from Bangalore shares how she uses entrepreneurship to look for passion in everything she does.

How to find a startup partner in Shenzhen and other secrets of the Chinese ecosystem (with David Li)

Nov 4th, 2016 25m 15s

David Li, a true godfather to the Chinese startup ecosystem and maker movement shares his insights in the Shenzhen startup scene, how to deal with copycats, intellectual property issues and what to do if you come to Shenzhen for the first time.

Creating A New Marketplace (with Rukmini Vaish from CollarFolk)

Oct 27th, 2016 14m 39s

You've found your niche and your product for your startup. How do you now go about creating an entirely new marketplace. How do you create demand for your product? We spoke with Rukmini Vaish from pet travel startup CollarFolk about just that.

Building a global business (with Ken Low from Arcadier)

Oct 19th, 2016 18m 30s

What does it take to build a global business and how to secure a piece of business halfway across the world. A tough challenge, but something Ken Low, a former Paypal employee and currently the Chief Commercial Officer of Arcadier has a lot of

What is GrowthKungFu?

Oct 2nd, 2016 2m 23s

Let us tell you about our new GrowthKungFu project! We're incredibly excited to share some of the best Asian startup stories out there and distill the hacks, tips and tricks you need to make your own startup in Asia a success. We'll be connecti

On the potential of the Asian startup ecoystem (with Tak Lo from Zeroth.ai and Techstars)

Oct 2nd, 2016 23m 47s

Tak Lo, a Partner at Zeroth.ai, formerly a director at Techstars London, spoke about a range of topics, including where he sees the Asian start-up ecosystem going next, the challenges of going away from the 'traditionally Asian career path' and

Discussing the Internet of Things (with Bay Mclaughlin of Brinc.io)

Oct 2nd, 2016 21m 51s

Bay McLaughlin, co-founder of Brinc.io, one of the premier hardware accelerators in Hong Kong, and a former employee of Apple spoke to GrowthKungFu about how hard hardware really is, what makes a Brinc.io-worthy startup and Brinc's approach to

Finding Product Market Fit (with My Taxi India's Anshuman Mihir and Mohit Rajpal)

Oct 2nd, 2016 19m 44s

My Taxi India, the winner of the pitch competition at RISE 2016 spoke with GrowthKungFu about finding product market fit in the taxi industry, one of the most competitive markets in the world. The team also speaks about how they conducted marke

Building a startup team (with Mei Yi Yeap from Peatix)

Oct 2nd, 2016 19m 41s

Mei Yi Yeap, the General Manager, Asia for Peatix about breaking into the world of startups, the challenges of building a team and how to deal with a longtail business model.

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