What You Building?

This afternoon in Hong Kong with @edithyeung at @KPMG If you missed the memo - stay up to date here: whatyoubuilding.substack.com

🚀 WYB Session 06 was 🔥! Four incredible founders shared their journeys, challenges, and lessons learned! The Q&A ran long—and we loved it! WYB is proving to be a space where founders can ask real questions, share honestly, and learn from each other. 💡 Join us for S007 soon.

What You Building? is excited to host @AliAbdaal to talk about how he started his business, leveraging YouTube and other social media platforms, the idea behind and the process of writing his book, and how to start your financial freedom journey. RSVP: luma.com/ky1adtbw

Join the WhatsApp Group: sedate-strand-cda.notion.site/1ce0d6aaf3ed80…

WYB005 was one for the books. AI, funding, tree-planting APIs, smart testimonials - and a surprise speaker building AI shin guards ⚽️🔥 Big love to Jenny, Sachintha, Ray, Haywood & wildcard founder Struan - all 💯 WYB006 = End of Aug. Join the WhatsApp group 👇 #hongkong

WyB is rebuilding Hong Kong's startup ecosystem one session at a time. ​​​You can apply to attend; seats are limited. WyB members get priority seat allocation. Sign up for Session 5 here: lu.ma/66vcz90e. #wyb

Want access to a room as a builder? @andruyeung believes in just building the frickin room himself. At WYB, we are empowering builders in HK and making HK Startups great again. Sign up for Session 4: lu.ma/otw8ecfq

Tech community builder + early-stage investor @andruyeung is in Hong Kong and wants to meet the Hong Kong tech community - come and join us for an intimate Q&A evening with Andrew and the WyB community. Venue Partner: @thehivehongkong #Startups #hongkong

In Session 1, we had a walking robot in the room by @aukilabs In Session 2, we had the demo of the world’s best 3D content experience by @lookingglassfactory (including the demo of a beta product😉) What’s up our sleeve for Session 3? Sign up to know: lu.ma/2hadbl4i

We launched What You Building? (WYB?) with one mission: Making HK Startups Great Again🇭🇰 Join our community for builder sessions and networking events. Use the link: lu.ma/2hadbl4i to sign up for the next session. For builders, by builders.

⏰ Do you want to build alongside Web3's most promising devs at #ConsensusHK? The @easya_app Hackathon connects developers from across the globe directly to VCs, protocols and a Mainstage audience. 24 hours until the deadline. Apply now: go.coindesk.com/3C2CbDL

And hurry up! The prices will increase on Jan 24th at 10 am Hong Kong Time. How to Claim the Discount: 👉 Visit this link and add tickets to your cart: go.coindesk.com/wyb 👉 Enter the promo code at checkout: WYBDESK15 🚀LFG!

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Less than a month to go to Consensus Hong Kong 2025, crypto’s most influential event and the home of Web3 dealflow.  WYB has partnered with Coindesk, the hosts of @consensus_hk , which means big discounts on tickets!

If you’re a builder right now and you’re selecting markets to build in, how do you think about timing? How can you tell when you’re too early with an idea? Marc Andreessen: "Entreprenriual Judgement." Watch: #media-f61a7dba-473c-419a-955f-22203fbcd23b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">speedrun.substack.com/p/marc-andrees…

Join @web3harbour for a live SMART CONTACT conversation with @0xLeoInRio, CEO & Co-Founder of @MagicEden and @minhdo from @animocabrands ✨ 🗓️ Date: Thur, 23 Jan ⏰ Time: 6-8pm (HKT) 📍 Venue: WLAB by Club Wheelock x The DO (Quarry Bay, HK) 💺 Sign-up: lu.ma/W3H-JAN25

Web3 & Fintech industries attract the most funding in Hong Kong in December 2024: HashKey: US$100M Series A Freechat: US$80M Airstar Bank: HK$440M KPay: US$55M Series A open.substack.com/pub/foundershk…

The Hong Kong Investment Corp named - Betatron Venture Group @BetatronHK - Inno Angel Fund (No X) - MindWorks Capital @MindWorksCap - Radiant Tech Ventures (No X) to manage a fund it set up with money from the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme. scmp.com/business/artic…

4 Things You Need to Know About Hong Kong Crypto Industry: cc @ysiu @9gagceo @garyliu @web3harbour @casey_lau @NelWang 1. Hong Kong is the New York of Asia. Exchange Square is Wall Street. This is where you’ll find TradFi talents (traders, market makers, etc.) 2. Asia is home to the highest growth potential for the crypto market. @animocabrands @Memeland the biggest #GameFi players are in HK! 3. Hong Kong now has 7 SFC-licensed virtual asset trading platforms, but licensing alone isn’t enough. Liquidity is the other critical piece of the puzzle. 4. Hong Kong is the Sandbox - Difficult to say when China will open up for crypto, even with its 220 million retail investors sitting on almost $21 trillion worth of savings. Seeing pro-crypto regulation slowly forming in Hong Kong is a great sign and indicator for China. coindesk.com/consensus-hong…

I’ve never flown to Japan just to eat McDonald’s. But new year, new dreams, new goals.

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