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Joining us at ATP today is Caroline Essame (website). Caroline is a social entrepreneur with a clinical and educational background harnessing technology to get global expertise in the special needs and early childhood field out to the bottom of the pyramid. She came to us through Kineret Karin, one half of the team that set up Impactech, the social innovation acclerator based in Singapore. Caroline talks about using technology to empower parents and educators in markets where information and skilled training is hard to come by, places such as rural India. She shares stories and case studies of how small changes in the lives of the children and parents that her program touches can have significant positive impact later in life.

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Geoffrey Handley is a global entrepreneur, investor and advisor with over 20 years experience in the global digital business. Raised in Hong Kong and based in Shanghai, he is the Founding General Partner of Haitao Capital, the first China-macro venture fund focusing on highlighting the Chinese startup ecosystem globally. He is a 5-time founder, most notably of Snakk Media (NZX:SNK), The Hyperfactory (aced NYSE:MDP) and Pacific Connections (acqd NASDAQ:CHINA:COM). As founding Board Director of the Mobile Marketing Association Asia Pacific and Global Board Director of the Mobile Marketing Association, he holds extensive knowledge of the mobile industry, appearing at major events such as the Mobile World Congress, Ad:Tech and CES. Handley serves as Expert in Residence at Chinaccelerator, Founding Limited Partner and advisor to NY-based Eniac Ventures as well as advisor at Nest.vc.

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We had a fascinating conversation with Benjamin Joffe for ATP Stories. Benjamin is a Writer, Keynote Speaker, Angel Investor, Founder of a digital innovation consultancy (Plus Eight Star) and the world's #1 Investor / Accelerator in early stage hardware startups via HAX. His journey through two decades of development in Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong was nothing short of amazing. We touched on his concepts of how technology ecosystems evolve differently in different locations via varying "culture codes". Benjamin's direct involvement in so many ecosystems gives him a unique perspective on the growth and development of the characteristics that make those systems vibrant.

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We bring Asia Tech Podcast to Shanghai China as guests of our friends at Huawei. Huawei are one of the largest IT services and infrastructure companies in the world and they run the backbone of the internet in most countries. Being such a large IT company, especially being from Asia presents its own unique challenges - for example, who exactly are Huawei and what is their story? In this episode, we discuss what the challenges facing a large Asian brand going global are and how elements of their founding story are key to making that strategy a success.

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Arthur Hayes is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business and the CEO of BitMEX.The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange is where professional investors come to trade Bitcoin derivatives. Arthur and his partners Ben Delo (COO) and Sam Reed (CTO) founded BitMEX in 2014 and are at the forefront of the CryptoCurrency evolution taking place in the financial markets. We had an interesting discussion about his initial work as a derivatives market maker at traditional trading houses like Deutsch Bank and Citigroup and his introduction to Bitcoin and how that influenced his decision to go head first into the world of CryptoCurrencies.

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Joining us today in the ATP studio is James Giancotti, the CEO of Oddup. Oddup is a startup rating system that helps investors (and founders) measure startups in buy/hold/sell recommendations. It's a system familiar to James, who previously worked at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs advising Limited Partners on investments. In this interview we cover a lot of ground, from how startups can improve their investor ratings, how James himself put his house on the market to build Oddup (later rasing $6 million in a successful Series A round) and what makes a great startup city in Asia.

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Amazing conversation with Steve Okun ranging from the Trans Pacific Partnership and President Trump's impact on global multilateral trade agreements to Impact Investing and Venture Entrepreneurship. He touched on the East Bali Cashew company and its founder Aaron Fishman and Aaron's commitment to earn a profit and have a positive and scalable impact on East Bali by. Among other things, building an Early Learning Center for the residents of the community in which he operates and running the East Bali Immersion eco-camp. The Founder and CEO of APAC Advisors, Steven Okun is a leader on corporate public affairs, sustainability and stakeholder engagement in Asia Pacific. He's also Vice Chairman, the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce.

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Steve Feiner is the Founder of A Better Florist - a flower delivery service based in Singapore. Delivering an outstanding experience is often what differentiates you from the next guy in this space. So how do you build a business from scratch around something as simple as the smile of your delivery driver? If anyone knows how to solve that problem, it's going to be Steve. Ex-Googler with extensive consulting background, his whole career has been solving one problem after another. But, as we discover in this interview, he's the first to admit when he doesn't know, and ask for help. Perhaps that's the attitude required to make a success of a industry where it all comes to down to service and learning. In this interview, Steve shares insights from his journey leaving Google and starting his own business, how he's passionate about building the team and its culture, and what lies ahead on this rollercoaster ride.

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Ashley Galina Dudarenok is a leading authority on the Chinese consumer and their social media market. Originally from Vladivostock, Russia, Ashley later lived in the UK, New Zealand, China and now, where she's based, in Hong Kong. Ashley is fluent in Mandarin, English, Russian and German. Ashley is founder of Chozan, which describes itself as the most comprehensive guide to Chinese Social Media and Alarice, a social media agency aimed at the Chinese market. In this interview Ashley walks us through the life of the Chinese consumer, the importance of WeChat and future Chinese trends that will shape the rest of the world.

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Although he grew up in a small village in the Czech Republic, Jan Smejkal describes himself now as Your China Guy. He is chief curator of China Biz Tech Weekly and runs Startup Grind in China. His journey to Asia starts from importing Xiaomi handsets for sale in the Czech Republic to eventually moving to China and studying there. Based in Shenzhen, China, Jan is well positioned to help brands understand the Chinese market.