The Good Luck Club

WeLab is one of the world's largest fintech startups, how did they do it? #welab #fintech #simonloong ➜ WeLab: https://www.welab.co/en ➜ Simon Loong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-loong/ ➜ Let's talk business! Please leave a comment below. We will always reply. ➜ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzn... Our guest this week is Simon Loong, the Founder and Group CEO of WeLab. WeLab is the leading fintech company in Asia with one of the first virtual banks established in Hong Kong. They provides financial services by creating seamless digital experiences to over 40 million individual customers, and also provides B2B enterprise solutions to traditional financial institutions that utilise WeLab’s technology to offer fintech-enabled services to their customers. WeLab operates WeLend and WeLab Bank in Hong Kong, Wolaidai (我来贷), Taoxinji (淘新机) and Tianmian Lab (天冕) in Mainland China and a fintech joint venture AWDA in Indonesia. Prior to founding WeLab, Simon spent 15 years in retail banking divisions of Citibank and Standard Chartered. Simon has a Master of Science in Management (MSM) from Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Simon serves as an advisor to many professional organisations including Shenzhen Consumer Council, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and was also a founding Board Member of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong. Simon has received several awards in recognition of his achievements including 2016 "CEO of the Year" by Capital CEO, 2017 “Innovation Leadership Achievement in Hong Kong” by The Asian Banker, 2018 "The InnoStars Award" by Our Hong Kong Foundation and “The World Outstanding Chinese Youth Entrepreneur Award”. Simon has also been named as “one of the 20 people shaping Hong Kong’s future” in the next 20 years by leading Chinese media outlet, YiCai. /// Simon Squibb is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, motivational speaker, mentor and recently sold his leading global branding and digital agency fluid (HQed in Hong Kong + China), to PwC. He is currently the subject of SimonSquibb.com, an online business series highlighting what it’s like to be an experienced entrepreneur who knows luck is vital to it all. He is also the host of #GoodLuckClub Podcast, a business and advice Q&A show online that gets real about what is success and how luck plays a part in everything. Good Luck Club // Subscribe: www.GoodLuckPod.com Simon Squibb // Subscribe: www.simonsquibb.com

NiQ Lai is an inspirational leader. He leads by caring with their model of 'doing good and doing well' and highlights these two things can work together. HKBN is Hong Kong’s second largest Residential Fibre Broadband service provider. Named by Speedtest^ as Hong Kong’s fastest Internet Service Provider, HKBN delivers exceptionally stable and fast broadband at competitive prices. With over 6,000 'talents' in the HKBN eco-system they are motivated to care about their customers and their co-workers by a common purpose.We can all learn a few things from NiQ, his amazing team and his company ethos! Any questions about this business model pioneered by HKBN and how they are coping with the Coronavirus, let us know.///About the Podcast host. Simon Squibb is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, motivational speaker, mentor and recently sold his leading global branding and digital agency fluid (HQed in Hong Kong + China), to PwC. He is currently the subject of SimonSquibb.com, an online business series highlighting what it’s like to be an experienced entrepreneur who knows luck is vital to it all. He is also the host of #GoodLuckClub Podcast, a business and advice Q&A show online that gets real about what is success and how luck plays a part in everything. Good Luck Club // Subscribe: www.GoodLuckPod.com Simon Squibb // Subscribe: www.simonsquibb.com

Jonathan Zeman is Chief Executive Officer of the Lan Kwai Fong Group HQed in Hong Kong. LKF Group is a diversified property development company with business interests in commercial & residential property, resorts, hospitality, entertainment, film, media and technology in Asia. He has over 20 years’ experience working in Greater China and leads a creative and diverse team of over 400 professionals distributed through offices in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Thailand. Since becoming CEO, Mr. Zeman has led various property development and redevelopment projects for the Group in addition to leading the Group to diversify its business into new synergistic businesses to complement its core property development business. Under his leadership the Lan Kwai Fong Group has become one of the leading experts in leisure and entertainment property development in Greater China. The Group portfolio includes projects in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chengdu and other parts of China as well as award winning projects in Phuket Thailand. Redevelopment of the California Tower at the heart of Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong, under Jonathan's leadership set a new standard for Asian leisure and entertainment property. The project features cues to the Group’s flair for design and attracted top leisure brands and operators. Mr. Zeman is a dynamic, well informed, creative thinker who has lived in Hong Kong for over 40 years. Starting his career with the Group after completing his bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies with honours at the University of California Los Angeles, Mr. Zeman worked his way through different divisions within the Group, from hospitality, information technology, project management and operations to eventually becoming a core member of the senior management team. With his keen interest in numerous diverse fields and cultures together with the ability to absorb and implement the pertinent qualities into every project, Mr. Zeman continues to set the Group apart from other standard property developers and offers a unique touch which is pivotal in today’s ever-changing market. Mr. Zeman also has received various honours and has sat on the executive committees and as advisor to various organisations. In addition, his linguistic abilities include fluency in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, French and he is conversant in Thai—all of which solidify his deep understanding of the markets in which the Group operates within the region. /// Simon Squibb is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Nest and most recently The Good Luck Club and Blue Ocean Ventures. Simon is a angel investor, motivational speaker, mentor and recently sold his leading global branding and digital agency based in Hong Kong, China to PwC. He is currently the subject of SimonSquibb.com, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be an experienced entrepreneur who knows luck is vital to it all. He is also the host of #GoodLuckClub Podcast, a business and advice Q&A show online that gets real about what is success and how luck plays a part in everything. — \ Good Luck Club // Subscribe: www.GoodLuckPod.com Simon Squibb // Subscribe: www.simonsquibb.com

This week we interview Patrick Lee - Entrepreneur, Co-founder and former CEO of Rotten Tomatoes - Episode 8 - The Good Luck Club. Patrick Lee is a serial entrepreneur, He is an advisor to a number of startups including Casetify, ChargeSPOT, Instaread, Kiwi Campus, Oishii, WePloy, and Zeuss Technologies; and a mentor at a number of organizations including SOSV, Berkeley SkyDeck, Blue Startups, and Founder Institute. Patrick holds a BA in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley.