S02E04 - Building Community Around Tech with Bart Verkoeijen of Microsoft Developers Meetup

Startup Roast

1. Intro 2. Getting involved in the ecosystem(1m00) - Connect, Inform and Educate yourself before a move Into the startup ecosystem - Building a team and achieving across the weekend. - Teamwork & Transferable Skills 3. Changes in the HK ecosystem over the last 6 years (7m00) 4. Building your own Meetup (8m30) - Starting small and building engagement - Finding your community - Building confidence & network with corporate support 5. Tech Talent in HK & Developer Fatigue(12m30) - Keeping ahead of the curve - Not getting overwhelmed with the pace of change - Flowing with the cycles of change 6. Mentoring Tech Talent - how to provide value (18m30) - Providing experience and guidance is key 7. Changing approaches to web development (19m30) - The rise of the template vs building an internet product - What are you achieving with your product. 8. The reward of building your OWN product (22m30) - The potential of current tech - Bootstrapping your own ideas vs building things out as a side project - Productivity when bootstrapping - morning focus - International Focus with HK base 9. Approaching Digital Transformation in HK and beyond (31m30) - The value of experimenting with new experiences - The next shift in how we approach tech - IOT the next step 10. How tech is changing our behaviours (32m30) - Smartphone Zombies - What to do with the data we are producing 11. The future of tech in the HK ecosystem (39m) - Tech is getting a better name in HK - MS Dev Meetups