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Anna-Luisa Schaffgotsch and the Trouble with a Locked Door
A forgotten key card started a line of questioning that became Impli. Anna-Luisa Schaffgotsch’s story runs through London and Lausanne, early-morning thinking time, and a bucket list that included the trumpet.
Johnson Zhang and the art of starting again
He founded a company, joined the multinational that bought it, then returned to building his own. At Virtue Diagnostics, Johnson Zhang is putting that experience to work across borders - with local factories and local teams.
Sean-Lin Huang and the art of getting people aboard
From computer science in Taiwan to business school in Spain and a company spanning Asia, Sean-Lin Huang has made a career of crossing disciplines. His most revealing skill may be knowing whom to bring with him.
Scott Liu and the work between the milestones
Before he founded HanchorBio, Scott Liu spent years making quality somebody’s daily responsibility. His career across laboratories, boardrooms and two biotech ventures offers a less glamorous, more revealing account of how a company gets built.
Hanhai Investment sells a desk. The real offer is an introduction.
Behind Hanhai’s Bay Area offices is a practical proposition: give technical founders somewhere to work, then help them find the people who can move their business across an ocean.
Mana Tech: the price of knowing the right people
A startup can cross a border in an afternoon. Winning customers takes longer. Mana Tech sells international founders a practical introduction to the U.S. market, with Downtown Miami as the meeting room.
Frank Amoros and the business of making things happen
From global advertising agencies to alpaca slippers in Paris, Frank Amoros has worked on both sides of the pitch. His advisory work brings the same question to a bigger room: how does an idea become a business?
James LaLonde Built a Career by Learning the Room
The sixth-generation Texan spent decades reading markets, languages and people across Asia. At Yodo1, that habit became a business model: make the distance between a game and its next audience feel smaller.
D Globalist puts a price on the right introduction
A $200 nomination fee. Another $5,000 on selection. D Globalist combines a Forbes India summit, a founder network and expansion support into a paid route toward international markets.
Tencent WeStart put a production studio inside the startup office
In Hong Kong, Tencent WeStart brought desks, recording rooms and corporate introductions under one roof. Its bet: digital entrepreneurs need somewhere to make the work, and someone who can help it travel.
Kota Nozaki Is Building the Market That Science Forgot
He studied biomedical science, learned how finance makes markets, then returned to a problem he first noticed after midnight in a university lab: brilliant researchers had too few ways to put their expertise to work.