Diversityand OpportunitiesinHKto ScaleSuccessfully

The start-up ecosystem is getting popular these days, especially in Hong Kong. Therefore, HSBC Prosperity hall provides another SPECIAL hall night talk about it. This event invites Ms. Karena Belin to speak about her start-up journey in the beginning. She wanted a platform for those with a passionate, entrepreneurial spirit, so she co-founded a company, W-hub.

She said that Hong Kong is a truly ideal place for a start-up to grow and thrive because of its diversity and connection that boost the ecosystem. Besides that, strategic position, access to funding, wellregulated environment, and easily accessible are also why hong kong is strategic for start-ups. She mentioned how hong kong established successful companies from the start-up blow in 2019. Most of the focus area of these companies is fintech.

Some examples of these companies are Animoca Brands, a leader in the emerging market of decentralized digital assets to drive mass adoption of blockchain. DJI is also another successful company in its category and its area. In the end, Karena encourages us, university students, who have high potential when jumping into this start-up scene. Though the entrepreneurial journey is a rocky road, it is worth investing in if you are passionate about it.

Advice from Karena for students who want to get into a start-up environment is; Be as diverse as possible when you build a team, Find the right investor and Avoid the wrong investors, and find a relatively promising place for the start-up to thriving.