Appreciate Your Parents with Ben Wong
“We have to realize that our parents are not perfect. We just have to understand what our parents are trying to achieve.”
Summary of Episode:
Jenn speaks to Ben Wong, Head of Open Innovation at Eureka Nova based out of Hong Kong, a leading open innovation platform that empowers technology startups to co-create within the New World Group ecosystem of culture, creativity, and innovation! A fellow Dickinson College alumni, in this episode, Ben talks about growing up as a first-generation Asian immigrant, how sports really shaped him to become the person he is today, how he found his way to the Hong Kong startup ecosystem, and the important role his parents played in his life and why it is so important to be respectful, appreciative and grateful for what our parents have given us.
Always take the positive route, when it comes to understanding your parents. They went through a lot as immigrants, they took a lot of risk in their lives as well.
About Ben Wong:
Ben manages and drives the strategy of Eureka Nova, a leading open innovation platform that empowers technology startups to co-create within the New World Group ecosystem of culture, creativity and innovation. Through Eureka Nova’s accelerator programs, open competitions and sandboxes, participating startups work with New World Group’s business units and corporate partners to design innovative technologies that solve real business problems. Ben also co-founded Impact Kommons, the first UN SDG accelerator in APAC focused on accelerating impact with purpose-driven startups.
Prior to Eureka Nova, Ben founded Startup Launchpad, now Asia’s largest I.o.T. startup trade event. He has helped startups raise more than $2 million on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. He is an angel investor and regularly mentors in startup support programs.
He holds positions as a Director and Vice Chairman of the Dongguan-Hong Kong Bay Area Association to drive innovation initiatives between Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Ben graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
