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In today's conversation we are going to learn about bioinformatics - an evolving biotech discipline that uses software to help us better understand biological data. Bionformatics is key to innovation in the current drug discovery process and disease prevention. To that end we are joined by a PhD in Genome Science, based in Tokyo - Eli Lyons, CEO of Tupac Bio. Although Biotech is a highly skilled and technologically driven industry, it can often be slowed by traditional or internally focused worldviews. Eli applies his training as an engineer to a fundamentally biological problem to drive innovation. In this interview, Eli shares his own views on how being an outsider within any industry can yield new ways of thinking.

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Angel Investors provide a critical role in the development of any tech ecosystem. Asia's challenge is that it doesn't have the backdrop of risk and depth of exits to create a generation of angel investors as we have seen in the US, Israel or in some parts of Europe. But that doesn't mean Asia doesn't have a worthy Angel network, it's just that it's going through its own growing pains. There are plenty of investors out there claiming to be "Angels" but who offer little value add to startups in terms of attitude to risk, domain knowledge and contacts. In today's ATP we discuss how Asia's Angel Investment network is maturing, where it needs help and, importantly, how startups need to work with this community on favorable terms.

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I spoke to Angela Mackay today about developments in digital media including podcasting and the growth of video as a platform. We discussed experimentation in content creation, the current state of advertising, the power of global distribution and partnerships and subscription models versus ad based business. Angela is the Managing Director and Publisher of Asia Pacific for the Financial Times and also sits on its Global Board. Hence her views on things financial, business development, and private equity are deeply nuanced and highly valuable. If you have not already listened to Angela speak, you should...

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Sunhera Cariappa is a strategic designer with specialization in designing for social impact. She has managed and lead a variety of projects ranging from organizing global service design workshops to researching healthcare opportunities for chronic disease patients with Philips Design in China. The Ultimate Toolkit integrates her passion for social impact and human-centred design.

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Mikaal Abdulla is Co-founder and CEO of 8 Securities, Asia\'s first robo-advisor and $0 commission stock trading service. 8 Securities have licensed offices in Hong Kong and Japan. Prior to starting 8 Mikaal was at E*TRADE where he managed the Asia region. Incidentally that's the sync into our previous guest Ned Phillips who was also at E*TRADE and got Mikaal on the show. Mikaal has lived and worked in Silicon Valley, NY, London, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

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We spoke to Tiang Lim Foo about a wide range of topics ranging from the building of an investment thesis, Apple AirPods (We did our entire interview while he was using his AirPods.), how Evernote is the Inbox for Life and how building genuine relationships is not only a successful way to run an investment business, but also the best way to have a fulfilling life. As the Operating Partner at SeedPlus, Tiang gets to put to work all of the experience he gained launching Evernote's business in Singapore and taking the responsibility for business growth in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. We talked about the importance of real leadership skills, building a genuine relationship with customers and the necessity create a sustainable sales organization as ways to accelerate a startup's success. I found Tiang to be incredibly thoughtful, insightful and interested in continuous learning.

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In today's ATP we want to share 4 inspiring stories of entrepreneurs we published this week. Each story features a different path to success, but the theme that unites them all is the same: life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Each of these 4 entrepreneurs featured on ATP Stories consciously chose to leave behind a comfortable, well-known life to embark on an adventure into the world of the unknown. Their ability to get comfortable with the uncomfortable is a critical element to success for any startup. It's that ability to hustle and to thrive in an environment where the rules are unwritten, where nobody tells you what to do, where success or failure ultimately come down to your own actions. Entrepreneurs featured in today's ATP are Marty Roberts (Entouch Japan), Jakob Lykkegaard (Lykke Studios Thailand), Anna Gong (Perx Singapore) and Bart Bellers (Xpdite Ventures Thailand).

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If you ever ask my next guest Are you free to catch up Next Wednesday? You may find his Personal Assistant EVIE step in and arrange that schedule with you. What you may not know is that EVIE isn't a real person but an AI Personal Assistant, and it's pretty impressive too... I'm an AI graduate so I'm pretty aware of most AI-looking things from chatbots to the Turing Test... but the first time I interacted with Evie, I thought she was a real person, it was that good... So, to lift the lid on the life of his assistant, I'm joined today in the ATP Stories studio by Praveen Velu, Co-Founder of Evie.AI to talk about AI and what he's learned building an AI startup in Singapore.

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Joining us on ATP stories today, we have the Chairman and CEO of Caprica International, Paul Bradley. His career spans leadership positions in American, Japanese, Chinese and Indian companies. Paul has started 7 ventures, managed multi-cultural businesses spanning 14 countries and has participated in 2 successful IPO's. He received his MBA in International Management from the Thunderbird, School of Global Management, worked in politics, lead multiple companies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and has also been involved in restructuring SME's and Mentoring Tech Start-Ups and Entrepreneurial ventures in Asia. Mr. Bradley has held leadership positions in American, Japanese, Chinese and Indian companies. He was selected as a "New Asian Leader" by the World Economic Forum and recently served on the B20 Task Force on Employment and Education for the G20. We are going to talk about entrepreneurship in Asia and the importance of both mentoring and being mentored by the right people.

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We are joined today in the ATP Stories studio by Marty Roberts - CEO of Entouch in Japan, a startup in the medtech / healthtech space. Entouch connects doctors and medical reps through some innovative routing technology. Like myself, Marty is a psychologist like myself (although he is far better qualified). While his business is redefining the pharmaceutical sector, it's might not be obviously apparent how psychology comes into play. But this isn't just about building a cool CRM system for medical reps and doctors, this is about getting a deeper understanding of emotion and motivation. Not only does Entouch connect key players in pharmaceuticals, it also empowers a whole sector of skilled reps who, for personal reasons (too old, just had a child, live outside big city etc) are unable to get back into the traditional workforce but have invaluable skills for medicine. We are going to talk about Marty's journey as an entrepreneur as well as the quite remarkable backstory to how he got there - from starting out as an analyst in Japan (speaking no Japanese) to eventually becoming President of the company.