Come listen to the ASES Day 1 Keynote! Open to the public:
Tony Luh, Managing Director, DragonFund China:
The most difficult aspect about starting new businesses stems from the notion of recognizing and constructing a vision. What defines a good idea? How can you utilize your available resources and experiences in seizing opportunities? Come hear Tony Luh speak about his own personal experiences in shaping the ideas for DragonVenture and several early-stage Greater-China-based US companies, and the processes he implemented in turning this vision into a reality.
About Tony:
Having been born in Japan, growing up in Thailand, and possessing profound knowledge in the Chinese language and culture, Tony spent his professional career in both Asia and the U.S. Tony has over 18 years of experience in capital markets, sales, strategic alliances and new business development. Tony is now a managing director of DragonFund China (DFG) — a $100M China-focused early stage venture capital fund. Tony has been a managing director with DragonVenture ever since he co-founded it in 1999. Prior to DragonVenture, Tony was an executive for an early-stage first-generation Chinese Internet company- Infowave Communitcations. Through his involvement with Infowave, Mr. Luh influenced the early developments of Internet in Asia. As a business development executive, he struck strategic alliance and marketing deals with, among others, Yahoo!, Microsoft, TeleBank (Now E*Trade), and E-Loan. Tony, an avid baseball fan, was the first ever amateur/professional Major League Baseball simulcast Mandarin announcer for the Oakland A's. That was his part-time fun as he helped grow ad revenues for KCNS, an ethnic TV station in San Francisco, a whopping 800% in four years between 1993 and 1997. In the mid to late 80's in Taiwan as the corporate fun manger for Kosheng Enterprises, Mr. Luh accumulated public investment expertise in sectors ranging from information technology to high-volume manufacturing in Asia. Tony attended three different high schools in three different countries. Tony also attended three different universities in three different states (Washington, Texas, California) in the U.S.