Asia Tech Podcast

"If I studied Asia, I needed to be in Asia" - Steve Stine, sums up his innate "need" rather than just a desire to be in China with this one line. We find out from Steve about the extraordinary circumstances which brought him to Asia, learn about his passion for journalism, writing, personal interviews and above all else his love for story telling. We also discuss his podcast "Inside Asia", how he chooses his guests and much more. Listen to the full podcast here and do like/share our content if you enjoyed the show.

"Podcasting is a wonderfully intimate medium, you are literally whispering in people's ears" - Tim Romero talks to Graham D Brown about his struggles in starting an English language podcasting show in Japan and discloses how he navigated the cultural intricacies of Japan to get his guests to open up on his show, Disrupting Japan. Tim tells us about his outlook towards failure and how he deals with it. He opens up about the economics of Disrupting Japan and how he worked towards becoming Japan's first professional podcaster. Listen to the full episode here and support us by liking/sharing our content if you enjoyed them.

"Success is not a great teacher, failure is" - Damien Cummings, founder of Peoplewave with a 20+ years long career as a corporate honcho in Global MNCs, tells us how a band of "broken" professionals have come together with the aim to fix the people management problem and essentially make the work place fair. Peoplewave's suit of software solutions converts employee performance into actionable data points that will change the face of HR from hiring to managing workplace talent. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud

There are many startups focused on buyers in the property market, however, there is none focusing on property agents who are very important influencers in this market, Singapore alone has 30000+ active property agents who together take home an annual commission in excess of US $1 billion. Propseller is the first “search-to-engage” property agent marketplace in Asia looking to smoothen the decision of selecting a property agent basis select criterion. They believe that by bringing transparency to clients and at the same time getting new business opportunities to agents, they can change the face of real-estate. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud

Lumin(ai)re is working towards integrating AI and Creatives in the advertising world. Their goal is to increase the process efficiency while retaining the human element. Their deep learning AI technology aims to bring out unique and compelling brand stories for their clients. Watch the show to know more about their journey. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud*

Radu Palamariu host of Leaders in Supply Chain and Logistics Podcast joins Graham D Brown in the Asia Tech Podcast studio. Over the next 40 minutes, Radu shares how in-spite of being in the field of HR he developed a passion for logistics and supply chain which lead to him starting his podcast show Leaders in Supply chain. He also shares his insights and the opportunities he had gained from his podcast journey.

Brett Henry, CEO of Travel Daily, a media company and host of TD podcast joins Graham D Brown in the Asia Tech Podcast studio. Tune in to the next 50 mins as Brett share's his journey from San Francisco to Singapore to Thailand. He also shares about how he realised he is not an angel investor and the moment he had made a choice to become an entrepreneur.

In the current business environment, there is a ton of data which all companies generate and store regarding their customer & client interactions over different touch points that the company many have with them. Meiro is a data company who is building Customer Data Platform (CDP)using AI that unifies this customer behavior data to provide cross-platform identification and real-time alerts to brands when new leads come in, old leads fall off or previous customers are exiting the brand. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud*

Zave is building a technology-driven corporate services firm through which they want to redefine the way these services are offered to their clients. Their AI driven, cloud based platform aims to save client's time and money while providing them with more insight into the data in an easy and efficient manner so as to enable them to focus on growing their businesses and managing their assets. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud*

Aliz is a Big Data and Machine Learning specialized Google partner with offices in Budapest and Singapore. We build and provide solutions which help companies gain valuable insights into their business, predict the future, and optimize processes. We help our customers around the world to save costs and fuel growth. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud*

Born in Asia, raised in Latin America, educated in UK. In this podcast, Gustavo Liu, Co-Founder of The Hungry Lab, talks about his experience living in Taiwan, Paraguay, Brazil, UK & Singapore and his learnings from these diverse geographies. He shares how he transitioned from the banking universe to helping startups grow & raise funds. He also discusses with our show host Graham D Brown how his passion for Blockchain led to co-hosting Blockchain Asia Show on Asia Tech Podcast.

Dr. Steven Chua joins Asia Tech Podcast today to share insights on how he has helped shaped some of Asia’s largest hospitality projects. Most famous of which is the $6 billion development of Sentosa island in Singapore. Multi-billion dollar projects require constant communication. One of the most important skills in making these projects happen is the simple human skill of being able to sit down with stakeholders and share progress, communicate the challenges even when things aren’t working out to plan (there will always be some form of firefighting).

Canadian Hal Bosher is the CEO of Yoma Bank Myanmar, a true pioneer in all senses of the word. Hal has lived across different cultures and continents with stints in the US, Germany, the UK, the Indian Ocean and now more recently Myanmar, to name just a few countries. Having the ability to adapt to new and uncomfortable environments is a valuable skill – you learn to empathise with different kinds of people regardless of their backgrounds.That’s a powerful tool when tasked with the challenge of growing a retail bank in one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In this interview we dive into Myanmar to learn about the vibe that shapes everyday life, the adoption of technology and entrepreneurship. We also talk about the mindset required to not just survive, but thrive in frontier markets.

"Why can't medical devices be cool?" - is a question on the top of mind of all users who might be facing social awkwardness. Rock Human Devices aims to make medical devices super stylish whilst solving the underlying problem. They are currently working to alleviate the problem of bone conduction hearing loss among nearly 100 million people globally. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud*

Galaspace is community marketplace for people to list, book and share event spaces and event services. Founded by a young group of entrepreneurs, with some not yet out of their teen years, Galaspace has been continuously evolving over the last 1 year of existence and has also seen a churn in the founding team members. Harith talks to us about these changes, the new roles post these changes, improvements they are working on and how they are always looking forward to expanding. *Note: If you are a Startup and want to tell your startup story on our Pitchdeck Asia show, Click here - http://www.pitchdeck.asia/pda-soundcloud*