Culture Mashup and Innovation

Asia Culture MashupAnd The Opportunities derived from it….

Hong Kong

2

San Francisco and the Bay Area

3

The First Asian Immigrants

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Cultural Export?

5

Has made it back across the Ocean

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The Global Asian

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The return of the Sea Turtle

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Bringing the West to the East

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Narrowing Culture Gap

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SOMETHING OUTSIDE

Research has shown that most innovation actually happens from something outside your industry being applied to your own.

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Innovation Capital of the World?

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Which big Valley Tech Co has a Valley Founder?

Foreign Born

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Code as Unifying Culture

• The global unifier

print "Hello World\n";

#include<stdio.h>

main()

{

printf("Hello World");

}

What if?

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# { 北京 }

/* 讀者實試 匹戰神　腎上腺飆升 */

漢方食物護膚 ( )

{ 冬季奧運滑雪場　 (“ 非常中國” );假期最後一天最易受傷　滑雪返港求醫增香港人澳門打工潮}

Open Source

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English Language

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Over 300 million English Learners in China

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The API Economy

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Renren vs. Facebook

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Apple in China

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Ultra competitive domestic landscape

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M&A and Investments

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In Reverse

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Xiaomi

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Cartographic Internet Map

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Fastest Internet

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Top 5 Patent Filers, 3 are from Asia

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In the Bay Area

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Idea Sharing/Network Intelligence

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The “Asian” Niche

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4 million Chinese

Americans

3.4 million Filipino

Americans

1.9 million Vietnamese Americans

1.7 million Korean

Americans

1.3 million Japanese

Americans

Source: US CDC, 2010

The “Mass” Niche

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The Story of Tuzki

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The great Tech Companies of 2020?

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Q&AMergers and Acquisition