{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Negotiation","title":"William Bao Bean Part 1 | The Distinguishing Characteristics Of Successful APAC Startups","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2120,"description":"In this episode of The Negotiation, we welcome back William Bao Bean, General Partner at SOSV and Managing Director of Orbit Startups. Orbit Startups helps companies scale breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth. William has been a pioneer in the tech and telecommunications space in Asia. During his time with SoftBank China & India Holdings, he led investments in companies such as Yodo1, DemystData, Lekan, and Massive Impact. His resume also includes work as an equity research analyst at Deutsche Bank covering the Internet and Telecom Equipment sector in Asia for 11 years before joining Singtel Innov8 Ventures where he focused on supporting China investments.\r\n\r\nIn part 1 William discusses his work as a venture investor and how COVID impacted his activities and work processes, and what defines successful startups in Asia. He also unravels some of the brilliance during accelerator programs, describes why founder characteristics may predict success, and what distinguishes teams he works with from those outside of Asia in their approach to building a startup or portfolio company. Enjoy! ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Wu4cbW0ERIV50FkYdsWDJCdAyxrlLfITgs8OoPtJoMU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2MzUvMTU2NzEy/MDA2NC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}