World Startup Report @ Saigon Hub

From the organizer:

The World Startup Report is a social project to help understand and connect the different startup ecosystems in the world.

World Startup Report's purpose is to:

• Understand the world's digital ecosystems: their success stories, strengths, and challenges
• Connect with local entrepreneurs and active members of the startup community
• Share best practices, connections and knowledge from Silicon Valley, and enrich them with new learnings

World Startup Report was initiated by Bowei Gai - a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur - who on New Year's Eve of 2013, boarded his first flight for a 9-months long trip across 29 countries and 36 cities to research the world's startup ecosystems.

The Event

This event will feature a panel discussion, moderated by Bowei Gai, about what it is like to be involved in a startup in this city. What are the perks, possibilities, and pitfalls of this city in particular? A panel representing different perspectives and roles within the local startup ecosystem will answer questions of this nature, as well as any questions contributed by the audience in a Q&A session.

Panel members:

• Chris Zobrist - Angel Investor and founder at the first coworking space in Hochiminh - TheStartNetwork
• Son Tran - Founder at Tiki.vn - a leading e-commerce which got recent series B strategic funding from Sumitomo
• Linh Thai - VC turns entrepreneur - she is a former Director at DFJ VinaCapital and is current Founder at The One Couture Event

Agenda:

18:30 - Doors open 19:00 - Opening remarks by local host

19:15 - Presentation: "Around the Startup World" by Bowei Gai

20:00 - Panel discussion Moderator: Bowei Gai - Founder, WorldStartupReport.com

20:45 - Q&A with the audience

21:30 - Closing remarks.

The END The results of Bowei's research will be published, for free, in a Country or Region-specific Startup Report similar to the China and India Startup Reports. Bowei's first project, "The China Startup Report", received over 100,000 views on SlideShare. His new project, the India Startup Report gained over 130K views in less than a month after release.

Since January 2013, Bowei has visited 25 countries - India, Australia, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Philippines, Burma, Thailand, Nepal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Israel, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and now Vietnam. He will provide highlights of his trips during this panel discussion.