French entrepreneur & digital innovation expert in Singapore/APAC
As I’m starting to work back from a coworking space, and before Singapore fully reopens its economy in Phase II, I wanted to share some thoughts about the last 2 months. Lockdown started here on April 7th, after already three weeks of advise from local authorities to work from home. Like many others, I guess…
Silicon Valley no longer has the monopoly on tech innovation: startups are emerging all over the world with new ideas and technologies, diversifying innovative power to various ecosystems worldwide. Asia in particular is boiling hot and setting new trends. Just think of those two figures from 2016: China’s giant messaging app WeChat processed twice as…
Yesterday night saw Singapore having its first riots for more than 40 years, so you can imagine it’s the hot topic everybody is talking about this December 2013. Incidentally, I’m living in Little India area too, and went to bed hearing the not so common police siren, so I told myself, ok, let’s see tomorrow…
Our project and mission in Kuala Lumpur is about learning how innovation ecosystems work all over the world, starting in year #1 with 10 countries to be visited over the next 10 months during their key events. We had covered a first ecosystem when attending Austin’s SXSW back in March 2013, with a crowdfunding campaign…
Malaysia has, for a young country, already quite an history of building its own ecosystem, as it opened its Multimedia Super Corridor back in 1997. Now is the time – and it’s also the case for neighboring Singapore – to reach another stage, one characterized according to many by significant successful exits, so that people…
Telecom operators (telcos) have long had a bad reputation of customer (mis)management, abusive prices, overall poor service and rigid mindset. This can be partly explain by their business model. Having invested billions into a fast-changing infrastructure, they want their money back. Be it at the expense of consumers who in any case have little choice…
Startup Asia is one of South-East Asia main tech conferences, with two days of speeches, demo, contests and networking. The opening pre-event talk this week in Singapore was an opportunity to learn more about the differences between South-East Asia countries, and how you have to adapt to a large area made of different languages, religions,…
Going to NTU (Nanyang Technological University) in Singapore is quite an adventure, but reaching it after an hour and a half of transportation was worth it. Google showcased a few but efficient tricks and ideas to use their tools as journalists, as part of the Digital Journalism Festival 2013. Let’s dive into it, as this…
A few thoughts about the way Singapore, and conversation by tech, digital and social players, are turning bitter these last months. Disclosure first if needed : I’m now living and working here, and hopefully have secured my visa even as a foreigner (-1) qualified individual (+1) working (-1) in a start-up (+1, but for how…
 If Singapore is not (yet ?) famous for its tech scene, it’s gradually growing as such with a cosmopolite bunch of people, events and media outlets building the beginning of a comprehensive and efficient tech/digital/social community. Check out Tech in Asia, e27 or SGEntrepreneurs on the media side, Blk71, The Hub or the Kennel for…