Japan startup plans $180,000 balloon flight space viewing tours in bid to ‘democratize space’

A Japanese startup has partnered with a travel agency in an attempt to make commercial space viewing flights more accessible. In partnership...

Ex-CEO fired for alleged LSD use files discrimination suit, says startup sacked him for being Asian

Justin Zhu, co-founder and former CEO of Iterable, has filed a federal lawsuit against the company, citing anti-Asian discrimination. Zhu ...

April Koh, 29, becomes youngest woman to run a multi-billion-dollar startup

April Koh, CEO of Spring Health, has become the youngest woman to lead a multibillion-dollar company after the startup raised a $190 million...

Bay Area Woman Creates Bullet-Proof Hoodies for Kids and Adults After Tragic Incident

Out of her desire to protect her loved ones, a young innovator has created a bullet-proof hoodie that can save people’s lives. Vy Tra...

Silicon Valley Startup is Now Selling a Drink to Make You ‘Super Human’

A Silicon Valley startup is now selling what it believes is the fourth type of fuel for humans, casting carbohydrates, proteins and fats asi...

New York Startup Invents Genius Device That Detects Fake Designer Bags

A New York-based startup has created a device that can tell whether a designer bag is real or fake within minutes. The company is called Ent...

Meet the Man Behind Hong Kong’s First $1 Billion ‘Unicorn’ Startup

When Steven Lam encountered the difficulty of finding delivery vans for his first venture in 2010, he stumbled upon a new business opportuni...

Chinese Bed-Sharing Company Suspends Services Over Hygiene and Safety Concerns

It was only recently when Chinese startup Xiangshui Space introduced bed-sharing as the newest business in the country’s booming sharing eco...

Chinese Bike-Sharing Company Closes Down After 90% of Their Bikes Get Stolen

Wukong Bicycles has become the first bike-sharing company in China to shut down just five months after it opened for business due to 90% of ...

Tech Bros Accused of Sexual Harassment, Bragging About Hiring ‘Samurai Girls’ For Asia Trip

A California media startup specializing in virtual reality has recently been accused of sexual harassment, sex and gender discrimination and...

25-Year-Old’s Phone-Leasing Startup Set to Become Hong Kong’s First Billion-Dollar Unicorn

A company created by 25-year-old entrepreneur may soon become Hong Kong’s first ever billion-dollar startup. In 2012, Terence Kwok founded ...

Meet the 13-Year-Old Filipino Programmer Who Built Her Own Company

While many 10-year-old kids are busy playing outside, one young girl from the Philippines got busy learning something very different. Isabel...

Meet the 23-Year-Old Blind Indian Man Who Built a $16 Million Startup

Srikanth Bolla had a very difficult start in life, but it didn’t prevent him from achieving a level of success that many may never rea...

Insane Office Photos Reveal Just How Hardcore Alibaba Workers Are

November 11 is Single’s Day (11.11) in China, a holiday created by the Internet giant Alibaba and marked as the world’s biggest online...

Indian Startup Launches Vending Machine That Sells Solid Gold

Rich Indians love their shiny treasures, which might explain the growing number of startups in India, most of which are online shops, that a...

She Was Living Off Ramen Noodles to Build Her Startup, Now She’s Filthy Rich

One 26-year-old Silicon Valley CEO knows a little something about money after starting her first business at the age of 11. Jessica Mah is a...

75% of Singaporean Millennials Want to Be Their Own Boss

Three out of four Singaporean millennials want to be entrepreneurs in the next 10 years, according to research by GoDaddy. In its findings r...

New Startup Takes Leftover Food From Restaurants and Sells Them For Dirt Cheap

A company that aims to help reduce food wastage was recently launched in Los Angeles to sell leftover restaurant food for cheap. “This new a...

Chinese Artist Paints Beautiful Portraits of Tech Founders Who Inspire Her

Chenyu Zheng, who is based in San Fancisco, is the artist behind the series of acrylic tech entrepreneur portraits called “Tech Giants...

Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Travels the World While Running a $70,000-A-Month Business

Two years after working for big multinational companies, then 21-year-old Aileen Adalid from the Philippines decided to quit the corporate r...

Woman Documents Her Horrid Experience Getting Scammed By a Silicon Valley Startup

Few things are more inspiring than Silicon Valley’s startup scene, but every now and then, startup dreams can turn into absolute night...

Meet the Woman Who Holds the Key to Asian Money in Silicon Valley

This week, Uber made headlines after selling its Chinese operations to rival Didi Chuxing, just a few days after becoming officially legal i...

Meet the 25-Year-Old USC Alumni Who Started the First Female-Led Millenial Venture Capital Firm

One 25-year-old is paving the way as a pioneering women in venture capital and entrepreneurship in the U.S. and Asia. Pocket (Yiqing) Sun ha...

Kobe Bryant Plays Some Epic Ping Pong in Chinese Startup Ad

Kobe Bryant doesn’t just own it on the basketball court, he puts it down at ping pong too.  The legendary basketball star recently shot an ...

Single Pokémon Go Players Can Now Find Love With This Dating App

Pokémon Go lovers unite! Thanks to a new dating service called Pokédates, players can now find love while they’re out finding Pokémon. Pokéd...

Microsoft-Backed Startup Has a Genius Way to Give People Wi-Fi in the Philippines

Internet access to some parts of the world is either extremely limited or non-existent. It’s no secret that the Philippines has one of the w...

Fen Da: Ingeniuos Chinese Startup Valued At $100 Million Only 24 Days After Launch

A Chinese startup, which gave the all-too-common Q & A website formula a brilliant twist, has successfully secured a valuation of $100 m...

There’s a Four-Letter Word All Asian Entrepreneurs Hate But Need To Accept

The “F” word Asian entrepreneurs hate may actually set them free. It’s a word that stirs up feelings of shame and humiliation among Asian c...

Women Will Love This Bluetooth Tampon That Prevents Their Periods From Leaking

A new bluetooth-enabled tampon will alert you to when the red sea is going to flood. Women who have heavy periods will understand what a ble...

Jean Liu: She Was Asked to Sing Céline Dion in a Job Interview, Now She’s Uber’s Greatest Threat in China

Jean Liu, 37, is the president of Didi Dache, Uber’s biggest competitor in China’s mobile-based transportation services market.             ...

The Internet is Going Crazy Over This ‘Shock Clock’ That Will Zap You Awake On Time

A new startup is redesigning the alarm clock into a wearable device that literally shocks its wearers to wake them up. The company behind th...

There’s a Bus With Wi-Fi That Will Take You From L.A. to SF While You Sleep for $48

Thanks to a new startup, sleepy drivers can be snoozing while a designated driver gets them safely to their destination overnight. The Slee...

MIT Startup nuTonomy to Introduce the World’s First Driverless Taxis in Singapore

The Singapore public transport system is about to get a massive technological makeover. Startup nuTonomy, a company birthed by the Massachus...

How the Millionaire Co-Founder of WebMD Prevents His Son From Becoming a Spoiled Brat

Akash Nigam struck a deal with his parents that he would either raise $3 million for his startup idea or go on to finish his college degree....

New Startup Allows You to Buy Part of a Cow Before It’s Turned Into Steak

The communion between meat lovers and startup geeks has produced Crowd Cow, an idea that allows individuals to buy shares of a cow before it...

Building a Startup Doesn’t Make You Special

I know startups are cool right now. They’re incredibly hot, they’ve broken into the mainstream spotlight and not a day goes by that we...