Podcast highlights:

03:00 What are innovation road trips? Why are these great ways to discover what's really going on at the grass roots of individual Asian tech ecosystems?

15:05 If you were going to give a piece of tour advice to a company who’s going to go and see Asian innovation for the first time, where would you go and how would you do it?

32:10 We may not see in our lifetime another growth story like the "Greater Bay Area."

Podcast notes:

00:05 KYL2 - Cross Border Kyle with Kyle Ellicott

00:55 Tell us about something about your road trips.

03:00 What are innovation road trips? Why are these great ways to discover what's really going on at the grass roots of individual Asian tech ecosystems?

04:30 The important part of road trips is discovery, and you can’t have discovery when everything is scheduled.

To discover a little about the ecosystem and the culture, leave some space for the magic to happen in the gaps.

08:26 A break down of who's going on Kyle's innovation road trips to Asia

15:05 If you were going to give a piece of tour advice to a company who’s going to go and see Asian innovation for the first time, where would you go and how would you do it?

23:12 In China, never forget that your word can go very far...

24:06 You only really get to appreciate these places when you’re making mistakes. Don't be afraid to get out there and make mistakes. It's the only way to learn.

24:17 If you were to take an endless innovation road trip to Asia, where would you go?

32:10 We may not see, in our lifetime, another growth story like the “Greater Bay Area.”

32:23 The next comparable growth region will probably be India.

34:35 Some people have sort of interpreted that the rise of Asia is a threat to US. Is it really?