Judge me by my cover: East Leapfrogs the West

According to CB Insights, there are 41 fintech unicorns valued in
aggregate at US $154.1 billion. This includes 25 US-based
startups, 8 based in Asian, and the remaining 8 split between
Europe, Australia, and South America. Chinese big tech giants
including Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com, and Baidu are regarded to be
highly innovative and successful companies. So what drives
innovation success in China? 


In this episode of Judge me by my cover, Richard Turrin joins
Arun Krishnakumar and Theodora Lau. Richard is the author of No.
1 international best seller “Innovation Lab Excellence,” and
lives in Shanghai, China. He is a Fintech expert with over
20 years of experience in leveraging new technology to drive
revenue growth for market-leading companies.


In this episode, Richard shares his journeys from AIG in the US,
to his career in Australia, South East Asia and China. He
witnessed the express growth of cashless payments in China. We
discuss how the Chinese techfins are stealthily expanding
globally through investments and acquisitions.


We discuss Richard's recent bestselling book on Innovation labs
and what inspired him to write the book. Richard shares some of
the key takeaways from his book, and gives us a sneak peak of his
second book on China.


Listen in for more insights from Richard Turrin.


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