39: The Power House Of Start Up Ecosystem In Hong Kong: Karena Belin, CEO and Co-Founder of W Hub

<p><br><strong>FWEP00039 Karena Belin</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>It is better to lift up people than look at them.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>We rise by lifting other people that’s what WHub do for start-ups. They provide resources for those who need and want it. Ms. Karena explained further what WHub does.</strong></p><p> </p><p>(01:05-01:20) I’m Karena Belin. I’m the co-founder of WHub. We are a community that has the passion to help start-ups grow and scale their business and therefore, you need resources so that’s what we do. We connected to the resources you need to grow and scale your business. </p><p> </p><p>(01:25-01:53) Well actually, it’s the typical story. There is a problem that you started feeling really passionate about. We, my co-founder and me, had friends that were entrepreneurs and they were always desperately looking for talent. Now, if you look back at the year 2013, the Hongkong start-up system and ecosystem was relatively small and self centered and it was really lacking for somebody to open it up, drive feasibility and help them recruit so that’s why we came in.</p><p> </p><p>(02:08-02:30) We cover over 1500 start-ups and more likely, more than half of the ecosystem here in Hongkong. The total community  is over 10,000 because it includes passionate talent,  it includes the investors, acceleration and co-working, programs and spaces and hopefully grow more and more and also get people from outside Hongkong interested. </p><p> </p><p>(02:38-02:54) Yeah, exactly! The Hongkong government just recently did a study and set their 1926 start-ups here in Hongkong and there are probably more than 2000 even. But yeah, I think we can confidently say that we cover more than half of the ecosystem probably around two-thirds.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Outstanding people has an absolute mission.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>WHub has a mission and passion to help start-ups on becoming a successful entrepreneur. This is what Ms. Karena elaborated.</strong></p><p> </p><p>(03:07