TechCrunch Tokyo 2011 was held on November 29th. Here are the eleven startups that pitched at the Startup Battle. The winner was Picotube, which won 10,000 Japanese yen as prize. There were other awards provided by the judges, and the winners were engraph, Crowsnest, and spoqa. So here we go. WishScope WishScope won an award at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in San Francisco. People have different resources such as time, skill, and things, but often resources are not leveraged to their full potential. WishScope matches those in need with those who can ...
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Reflections on Techcrunch Disrupt Beijing: Why China Needs Its Own “Disrupt”
This week, lots of eyes were on Techcrunch as they descended upon Beijing for their first-ever Disrupt conference outside of the USA. I was at the event both days, as were Penn-Olson editors Steven Millward and Willis Wee, and you can read all of our coverage here, or check out a nice-roundup here. We've also got more coming, as we took advantage of the event to talk to some China tech CEOs but haven't had time to sort through all the interviews and photos just yet. I want to start by ...
Dec 8 2011
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Techcrunch Disrupt Awards and Closing Ceremony [Live Blog]
This is a part of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage. #17:29: OK, and now for our last TechCrunch Disrupt liveblog, the Awards/Closing Ceremony. Right now, Techcrunch CEO Heather Harde is onstage thanking everyone who helped them with this conference, especially Kaifu Lee, who apparently convinced Sarah Lacy to get on board with the idea. #17:31: Specifically thanking our fellow Asia bloggers Technode for their help with the conference. Good work, guys! #17:33: Sarah Lacy is back onstage again, ready to introduce the winner. She says she doesn't want to give the ...
Nov 1 2011
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Lei Jun: Xiaomi Focuses on Hardware, Software, Internet Services
This is a part of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage. Day 2 of Disrupt Beijing kicks-off with angel investor and serial entrepreneur Lei Jun talking about his latest start-up Xiaomi in China, moderated by Sarah Lacy. Lei Jun says that Xiaomi is a company that focuses on three different areas — software, hardware, and internet services. He imagined if Microsoft, Google, and Motorola can combine and build a phone that is better than Apple’s. “My purpose in creating Xiaomi is to create a brand that is recognizable worldwide,” says Lei ...
Nov 1 2011
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Attack of the Clones: Group Buy Session at TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing
This is a part of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage. #10:28: Aaaand we're back. After some connection issues, we're not back in the liveblogging game, coming in a few minutes into a discussion of group buying in China moderated by Bill Bishop (of Digicha) and featuring Xing Wang (Meituan) and Yinan Du (24quan). Yinan Du is talking about how 24quan wants to bring long term value to vendors by providing them with long term customers. They want people to enjoy the service so they keep coming back. But how ...
Oct 31 2011
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Lee Kai-Fu: Investors in China are in a Sweet Spot
This is a part of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage. Lee Kai-Fu is a popular and perhaps fatherly figure in China. On stage with Sarah Lacy at TechCrunch Disrupt today he explained that helping young people in China is one of his goals. And to do that, he wrote books and started Innovation Works to inspire and groom entrepreneurs in China. While writing is his forte, he now uses Sina Weibo to spread his message. Five years ago he said that people would come up to him and say ...
Oct 31 2011
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TechCrunch Disrupt Start-up Battlefield Live Blog (Round 3)
This is a part of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage. See other rounds from Startup Battlefield here. #17:56: OK, Round 3. That was a short break! Judges for round 3: Chris Evdemon (Innovation Works), Sebastian Kubler (Taishan Angel Fund), Matthew Prince (CloudFlare), and Si Shen (Papaya Mobile). Touchpal #17:57: Up first: Touchpal. Smartphones aren't smart as phones, but the experience of calling and managing contacts hasn't changed for a long time. How can you deal with business cards, for example? It's a pain to type all that in manually. Touchpal creates a ...
Oct 31 2011
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TechCrunch Disrupt Start-up Battlefield Live Blog (Round 2)
This is a part of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage. See other rounds from Startup Battlefield here. #16:25: OK, round 2 of the start-up battlefield is starting. Judges for round 2: Robin Chan (GX Groupe), Hans Tung (Qiming Ventures), Elton Jiang (NLVC), and Derek Ling (Tianji). UPcload Up first: UPcload a site that ensures clothes you buy online fit. These guys got a little screwed, the room is still kind of empty and people are still filtering in after the break as they begin their presentation. #16:26: UPcload automates sizing by having a ...
Dec 8 2011
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TechCrunch Disrupt Start-up Battlefield Live Blog (Round 1)
This is a part of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage. See other rounds from Startup Battlefield here. #14:42: Heather Hardy says "Nimen Hao." (Hello in Chinese). No tones, but still a nice touch for the home audience, who've been listening to English for the past few hours. #14:45: Today, over 400 applicants whittled down to 17 finalists. Come from all over China and also the rest of the world. Winners get $50,000 and a trophy. Companies can present for six minutes, then answer questions from the judges, who are experienced ...
Oct 31 2011
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Tech Entrepreneurship in China: Life, Death and Tencent?
This is a part of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage. TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off with Tencent founder Pony Ma on stage with Sarah Lacy. One point that interested me is about the reputation Tencent has built in China. Lacy says that in China, entrepreneurship means “life, death, or Tencent,” as many Chinese start-ups hope to get acquired by Tencent. And the common death knell in China could come from any one of the big boys — Tencent, Baidu — who have the ability to introduce (copy) products so quickly that ...
Oct 17 2011
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Startup Weekend Beijing To Kickoff On Friday With Techcrunch Disrupt Prize
This upcoming weekend will see another Startup Weekend event kick off in Beijing. Regular readers of this site may remember our coverage of Startup Weekend Tokyo back in August, which saw a number of teams put together start-up ideas over an intensive three-day session. The Beijing event, scheduled for October 21 to 23, is slightly different however, in that the winner will be awarded an “Exhibitor’s Package” for Techcrunch Disrupt at the end of the month. This allows them to exhibit their start-up for both days of that conference. ...
Sep 26 2011
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Michael Arrington is Back Blogging. Hurray!
Fyi, this post has NTDWA: Nothing To Do With Asia. It’s just some thoughts I’d like to share as a tech blogger and a TechCrunch fan. If you follow the tech start-up scene, you know by now that former TechCrunch boss Michael Arrington is no longer with the tech blog he started. For those who don’t know what happened, you can catch the full story by clicking here and here. Thankfully (or unfortunately for haters), Mr. Arrington’s absence is only short term. The man is back to blogging again — not at ...
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