Analyse Podcast

In this episode, Michael Smith (otherwise known as “Smithy” or @dreampipe) from Spuul joins us here for an interesting conversation on Southeast Asia from the past to present. Starting from his current gig at Spuul, Smithy offered insights on the global video streaming market with respect to Indian content and how Spuul has to apply The post Episode 5: Tying the knots of Location, Communication &...

In this episode, Hugh Mason, co-founder and CEO of Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI) joined us on an interesting discussion on the role of incubators and accelerators in Asia @ Blk 71 (where most startups in Singapore are located with a total valuation of US$1.5B). We traced the story of JFDI, from how they started The post Episode 4: JFDI, the YCombinator of Southeast Asia appeared first on An...

In this episode, we discuss the impact of Apple’s announcement of the new iPhones, Apple Pay and Apple Watch and Google’s new “Android One” on Asia with Sameer Singh. Of course, we discuss two interesting observations: the bifurcation of Asian companies moving upstream but unable to break into an upstream brand like Apple or Louis The post Episode 3: The Battle against Apple & Android One onslaugh...

Our second episode of Analyse Asia features Dr Serkan Toto (@serkantoto), CEO of Kantan Games Inc and former TechCrunch correspondent in Asia. We focus on the evolution of the gaming scene in Japan from its leadership position in console games through Sony, SEGA and Nintendo to the present state in mobile and social gaming with The post Episode 2: Console, Social & Mobile Gaming in Japan appeared...

We kicked off the first episode of Analyse Asia with Sameer Singh, author of Tech Thoughts. Our first conversation centers on the mobile ecosystems in Asia, focusing on a few interesting topics: (a) the mobile operating systems in Asia with Apple iOS and Google Android leading the way, and the implications for platforms with small The post Episode 1: Mobile Ecosystems in Asia with Micromax, Xiaomi...