Rebecca Fannin Is our guest for this episode. She is a Journalist, author and media entrepreneur She is the founder of Silicon Dragon which organizes events and research. Rebecca writes a weekly column about innovation and venture investment trends at Forbes.com
She wrote two books about China; Silicon Dragon and Startup Asia.
Episode Content:
Introducing Rebecca
How did Silicon Dragon start? How the idea came up?
Let's talk about the startup ecosystem. Thoughts on comparing each ecosystem to Silicon Valley?
Are US and Europe somehow behind of everything happening compared to the bustling entrepreneurship in Asia? Are they missing the train or have missed it?
Rebecca talking about her impressive network of events all around the world connecting different ecosystems to Asia.
Rebecca interviews a lot of interesting people. Who was the person that was most difficult to bring to an event? And which one was the most interesting one to interview?
Rebecca recommends two books she read recently.
What are two tools she use every day to make her work better?
How can people reach out to Rebecca?
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Episode Mentions:
Intro
Cross Border Summit 2017 - Mike's conference
WeChat group - add Shlomo (ID: shlomof) or Mike (ID:michelini)
Interview
See more about Rebecca’s career here
Innovation in Emerging Markets - Book where Rebecca Fannin wrote the Asia section
Rebecca's Weekly Forbes column
Rebecca's Book Recommendation:
What Every Angel Investor Wants You To Know by Brian Cohen
The Startup Game by William Draper III
Wechat - ID: rebeccafannin
Rebecca's Facebook page
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