I write technology-related articles on a Medium blog and publish a personal newsletter every few weeks. You can subscribe here.
I contribute to Forbes, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and a few other publications. I am quoted and interviewed regularly in global media such as Nature, Bloomberg, WSJ, Wired, Quartz, and many more in U.S., China and abroad. I was also a guest a few times on TV (including live TV).
I am the lead author of the trends reports on Hardware, Robotics and Health for HAX. They collected hundreds of thousands of views.
If you are to read only a few, I recommend the ‘Ecosystem 101’, the M&A and Exit ones, and the 70 years of VC. The IP in China one if you’re in hardware.
I believe the ecosystem model I proposed in 2012 still largely valid. I updated it slightly with some new ideas on safety nets (esp. the job market). Variations of this article have been presented to several tech conferences and governments bodies in various countries, in particular in Japan.
(Almost) Complete List
2018.12.23 – Lean About Tech M&As Or The Future Will Happen Without You (TechCrunch)
2018.07.31 – What Founders Should Know About Exits (TechCrunch)
2018.09.24 – The Hunt for Robot Unicorns (IEEE Spectrum)
2017.11.20 – The Case For Investing In Hardware Companies (Forbes)
2017.11.09 – 70 Years Of VC Innovation (TechCrunch)
2017.10.17 – Crypto and ICO Just Entered The Physical World In a Big Way (Forbes)
2017.07.25 – Six Key IoT Trends To Watch For In 2018 (Forbes)
2017.07.18 – Why Crowdfunding Is Still Booming, Especially For Chinese Tech Companies (Forbes)
2017.07.17 – Amazon May Lost the War For Voice Assistants In China Before It Begins (Forbes)
2017.07.13 – Whether China’s Digital Society Will Clash With The West’s Isn’t Really Relevant (Forbes)
2017.05.08 – GMIC 2017: How Chinese Startups Are Going Global (Forbes)
2017.05.04 – GMIC 2017: Where Are Chinese And U.S. Startups Headed, And Is It The Same Place? (Forbes)
2017.04.24 – What Japan Must Do To Create The Next Sony (Forbes)
2017.02.06 – 50 Shades Of Fake: How To Protect Your Product From Copycats In China (Forbes)
2017.01.26 – The Hong Kong Of The Future: Merging Finance, Electronics And Healthtech (Forbes)
2017.01.17 – Has China Won The Drone War (Forbes)
2017.01.08 – 10 Innovative Chinese Products At CES 2017 (Forbes)
2017.12.10 – What Hardware VCs Want to see in 2018 (VentureBeat)
China Dominates Hardware Unicorns (VentureBeat)
2017.11.09 – 70 Years Of VC Innovation (Venture Capital)
2017.08.26 – Hardware unicorns are on the rise, and China is dominating
2017.07.25 – 2017 Hardware Trends (Trends Report)
2017.02.27 – 2017 Crowdfunding Guide (Crowdfunding)
2017.02.05 – The rise of “Generation Health” (Health Tech)
2017.01.08 – The 4 Kinds Of Chinese Tech Firms That Dominated CES 2017 (Forbes)
2016.11.10 – The Six Types Of Tech Innovation You Meet In China (Forbes)
2016.10.22 – Welcome To The Golden Age Of Gadgets, Thanks To China (Forbes)
2016.06.26 – 2016 Hardware Trends (Report)
2016.04.20 – Build Your Brand And They Will Come (Retail)
2016.03.28 – The Six People You Meet In Shenzhen (Shenzhen)
2016.02.15 – Eight Lessons From The Hoverboard Craze (China)
2015.12.13 – The State Of Robotics For 2015 (Trends Report)
2015.11.22 – The State Of Hardware For 2015 (Trends Report)
2014.11.17 – Breeding Hardware Unicorns (Unicorns)
2014.10.11 – 8 Things About Hardware Crowdfunding From 20 Campaigns (Crowdfunding)
2014.04.06 – Investing In Hardware Startups (Investing)
2014.02.03 – Why Makers Fail At Retail (Retail)
2013.11.28 – Financing Hardware Startups (Financing)
2013.11.16 – From Prototype To Production (Prototyping)
2012.05.17 – Facebook’s Prospects in Asia
2012.09.01 – Ecosystem 101: The Six Necessary Categories To Build The Next Silicon Valley