It’s All About Networking
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A man once said that “Your Network Is Your Net Worth”.
And, yup, it’s true.
When it comes to the startup world, networking is vital for a multitude of obvious reasons.
We thought we’d put this list together for you to help you see what’s out there with regards to networking events in Hong Kong. We also have a resource dedicated to Digital Marketing Conferences in Hong Kong here.
If you’d like to add an event please do so by dropping a comment below.
DrinkEntrepreneurs Hong Kong
First on our list is “DrinkEntrepreneurs”, which according to the organizers, is “like meeting friends for a drink: no badges, no speeches, no ceremony. Enter a group and simply join the discussion!”
The main focus of this event in Hong Kong is to foster a laid back environment to meet other like-minded Hong Kong entrepreneurs. This event, which takes places regularly, is a great opportunity to meet growth hackers and startups.
In the words of the organizer: “It is expected that you will spend some quality time together without setting a specific topic or inviting a guest speaker. You can meet great people, have an awesome time and have a lot of fun.”
DrinkEntrepreneurs Shenzhen
Of course, Shenzhen is next to Hong Kong, and if we’re honest about it, has been running circles around Hong Kong as a tech and startup city for quite a while now.
This group would appeal to Hong Kong’s Drop Shippers and indeed anyone sourcing tech or other from China.
This event takes place in Shenzhen – not Hong Kong.
According to the organizer’s participants of this group benefit from learning from one another in one of China’s largest booming cities.
The folks behind this group say that they’ll help active and aspiring entrepreneurs as well as business professionals by introducing them to an active network of collaborators and channel their curiosity into action and opportunity at empowering educational and networking events.
Entrepnr Hong Kong Meetup
Entrepnr (pronounce “”Entrepreneur””) is Asia’s network of entrepreneurs and marketers!
The guy behind this, Max Henry, is all over Hong Kong with regards to organizing events. He’s a very friendly chap.
The group is, according to Mr. Henry, “an active community of entrepreneurs, startup founders, business owners and marketers from all industries and sectors across Asia who have joined together to share experience and provide advice to each other through live events, virtual meetings and more.”
Sounds good to us.
I’ve been to one of these events and it was interesting and I met a couple of pretty inspirational characters.
Friday Beer Bay for Web, Tech & Startups
This is a casual gathering for people working in the web, tech & startup community, on Fridays at The Beer Bay.
You can join for a relaxing casual drink and conversation with cool people and their interests in the same industry as you are. The intent of their meetups is to relax at the end of the week and get to know your peers better. Beer Bay is fantastic for those that live and commute to Discovery Bay.
The background of people attending this meet includes those working in web, tech & startups, entrepreneurs, digital marketing consultants, designers, developers, marketers and many more. If you’re doing work in these related areas, you are welcome to come.
HK Young Lady Startup Meetup
The title of this event in Hong Kong sums up exactly what it is – and for that, it’s a fantastic event and idea. It should be noted that most of the attendees here speak Cantonese. Female founders are increasing which is, of course, tremendously positive, not least here in Hong Kong.
Ladies Business Club Hong Kong
Hong Kong Hardware Massive Startups Meetup
Hardware Massive is a global community for entrepreneurs in the hardware startup ecosystem with a mission to empower hardware startups to succeed through networking, education, and access to resources.
Their Hong Kong chapter group meet every month to network and learn from speakers. They meet offline at events to build their local community and then use the Hardware Massive platform online to connect and share resources with other communities.
All hardware entrepreneurs, startups, professionals and innovators are welcome to network and learn from each other.
Hong Kong IT Startups Meetup @ Thinkaholic
This group is a gathering for those who plan to build a start-up or an IT or internet business that is based in Hong Kong. The organizers periodically invite guests to share successful startup experiences and trends in IT industry.
Shenzhen Hardware Startups Meetup
Hardware Massive is a global community for entrepreneurs in the hardware startup ecosystem with a mission to empower hardware startups to succeed through networking, education, and access to resources.
Their Shenzhen chapter group meet every month to network and learn from speakers. They meet offline at events to build their local community and then use the Hardware Massive platform online to connect and share resources with other communities.
All hardware entrepreneurs, startups, professionals and innovators are welcome to network and learn from each other.
StartwareHK Hardware Massive Meetup
HKStartware is a member of the Hong Kong chapter of Hardware Massive, the global community platform for entrepreneurs in the hardware startup ecosystem. Their mission is to empower hardware startups to succeed through networking, education, and access to resources.
Hong Kong has seen a ton of tech meetups and events for software startups, but where’s all the hardware love? This group wants to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products. Whether you’re an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware startup ecosystem, come to join and create an amazing addition to the tech scene in the Hong Kong/Shenzhen area.
Shenzhen Startups
They are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect, promote, inspire and educate residents of Shenzhen about building startups and entrepreneurship. They hope to achieve this by building a vibrate community of startups and entrepreneurs, through events workshops and competitions.
They organize a lot of activities and everyone is welcome to join.
Startup Blink Hong Kong
Join StartupBlink Networking meetup in order to meet like-minded entrepreneurs, learn how to grow business faster and meet partners or co-founders.
This meetup facilitates casual networking events that will allow you to make the valuable contacts necessary to grow your startup. Their Monthly Networking Meetups are organized in dozens of cities around the world, either by volunteers or exclusive Community Leaders in each city.
Startup Salad Shenzhen
Their mission is to connect, promote, inspire and educate people of Shenzhen about building startups and entrepreneurship. They hope to achieve this by building a vibrate community of startups and entrepreneurs, through events workshops and competitions.
Startup Salad is an international startup community, which organizes a Hackathon based on Lean Startup Theory. People who have ideas are welcome to try and explore, develop and make it come their dream come true within 52 hours, for one weekend. From here, you can not only meet the interesting, innovated, and wonderful friends, but also explore what’s new in the startup circle here.
Everyone is welcome to join, participate and help organize activities.
Startup Weekend Hong Kong
TechStars Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event that unites Hong Kong designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing things.
All TechStars Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams are created around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and embark on a three-day frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback!
Thursday Social Meetup
Whether you’re creating a startup, a new application or even a fashion brand – this networking event is for you to meet others doing similar things. Exchange stories, swap contacts, make new introductions.
This group is an open event for creative freelancers, designers, photographers, programmers, and entrepreneurs to get together at one of the Hive Hong Kong spaces.