Backing the Bold is a primer on the venture capital industry, business, and profession in Southeast Asia. The goal of the book's thirteen chapters has initially been to guide students of the Insignia Ventures Academy - Asia's first experiential venture capital accelerator - in their exploration of the venture capital industry and profession, specifically in the context of Southeast Asia's startup ecosystem and from the perspective of Insignia Ventures and its portfolio founders.Rather than being a book in the traditional sense of the word, such an origin and context for Backing the Bold has inevitably made this book a dynamic piece of literature, continuously growing and improving thanks to every new group of people who become part of the VC accelerator - as organizers, mentors, or participants.Now in print and in distribution, this first edition is available for all as a snapshot of Backing the Bold's progress as a continuously evolving repository of insights, best practices, and frameworks. It is for readers of any background or motivation to gain a better understanding of the venture capital investment process, portfolio management, and profession in the context of Southeast Asia's fast-growing technology markets.

Southeast Asia has been an emerging frontier for internet technology startups, with talent and capital flooding into the region's technology markets in recent years. Navigating ASEANnovation: The Reservoir Principle and other essays on startups and innovation in Southeast Asia is a collection of essays and interviews with founders and investors on what it takes to thrive and win in the region as a tech startup. From topics such as bringing together a founding team to exiting a company, the collection covers various aspects of startup growth, digging deep into the critical strategies tech founders and business leaders of different countries and industries can adopt, while embracing the diversity critical to understanding the region.Navigating ASEANnovation serves as go-to compendium providing practical advice and mental frameworks for anyone interested in Southeast Asia and tech startups, highlighting the unique aspects of operating in the region that the world can learn from as well.The collection was curated with commentary from Yinglan Tan, Founding Managing Partner of Insignia Ventures Partners, an early stage technology venture fund in Southeast Asia, and Paulo Joquino, Editor of Insignia Business Review, the official publication of Insignia Ventures Partners.

Southeast Asia has been an emerging frontier for internet technology startups, with talent and capital flooding into the region's technology markets in recent years. Navigating ASEANnovation: The Reservoir Principle and other essays on startups and innovation in Southeast Asia is a collection of essays and interviews with founders and investors on what it takes to thrive and win in the region as a tech startup. From topics such as bringing together a founding team to exiting a company, the collection covers various aspects of startup growth, digging deep into the critical strategies tech founders and business leaders of different countries and industries can adopt, while embracing the diversity critical to understanding the region.Navigating ASEANnovation serves as go-to compendium providing practical advice and mental frameworks for anyone interested in Southeast Asia and tech startups, highlighting the unique aspects of operating in the region that the world can learn from as well.The collection was curated with commentary from Yinglan Tan, Founding Managing Partner of Insignia Ventures Partners, an early stage technology venture fund in Southeast Asia, and Paulo Joquino, Editor of Insignia Business Review, the official publication of Insignia Ventures Partners.

The ascent of Asia has introduced new avenues for entrepreneurship, especially China. Innovation has been a much-vaunted topic by many Asian governments; however, there is scant literature focusing on innovation in China.

Is there innovation in China? What are the examples of innovation in Chinese companies? What is the path that an innovative Chinese private-owned enterprise take? What are the experiences, capabilities that these innovative companies acquire? What is the DNA of these companies? How do these companies experiment with innovative approaches and also manage the risk of innovation? What are the lessons learnt and how would these entrepreneurial innovators advise others who are embarking on the same journey.

The book also has implications for foreign firms. China's rapid economic growth has made it a vital market. Yet those corporations face their toughest competition not from other multinationals, but from China's own homegrown businesses, which the book shows to be more nimble and innovative than their foreign counterparts. "Chin""n""ovation: How Chinese Innovators Are Changing The World" uncovers the common threads with frameworks and probing questions as Chinese innovation and entrepreneurship expand its reach in the world. This is not a book on current best practices, but rather, it distills the truth from the myth, drawing from the journeys of innovative Chinese companies.

The author has interviewed 25 China CEOs and venture capitalists featuring the likes of Li Jiren (CEO, Neusoft), Nick Yang, (Founder, NASDAQ-listed KongZhong, Chinaren.com and Wukong.com), Neil Shen (Managing Director of Sequoia Capital China, Founder of NASDAQ-listed Ctrip), Mr Chua Kee Lock, (Managing Partner, Vertex Ventures and former President, SGX-listed Biosensors), Mr. Richard Chang, (Founder, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China's largest semiconductor fab),, Jane Yan, (CEO, Venusinfo Technology), Zhang Tao, (CEO, Dianping - China's largest User-Review Website), Chaming Zhang (CEO, Ipart - One of China's largest Web 2.0 Avatar - social networking site), Ray Cheng (CEO, E-hi, China's innovative car-rental model), Liang Yi (CEO of Mobitex), Wu Jian Guang (CEO of Really Sports, Forbes-listed), Dr. Ta-lin Hsu, (Founder and Chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific), Mr YK Chu, (Managing Partner, Wi Harper).