Between Meetings

Eddie Tsai, Co-Founder at Human Things, Genki Gadgets, 3 Kickstarter Campaigns, USD 4 Million

August 16, 2021 Marian Danko Season 1 Episode 9
Between Meetings
Eddie Tsai, Co-Founder at Human Things, Genki Gadgets, 3 Kickstarter Campaigns, USD 4 Million
Show Notes
  • Asia countries are more competitive, people work much later hours
  • Fung Group has one of the best connections with academia
  • It is crazy how many business leaders do not even know what their customers want
  • Gaming is a hard industry
  • Manufacturing is always the toughest part
  • We were on the chain working literally with factory workers

Eddie Tsai is focused on designing and launching innovative products and experiences that are compelling for the masses. Eddie earned his MBA from INSEAD in Paris and Singapore where he was President of the INSEAD Entrepreneurship Club. He earned his BA in International Studies with a minor in Management and Digital Art from the University of California, Irvine. Additionally, he spent a year as an exchange student at the National University of Singapore focused on Asia Business.

Having lived, worked, and studied in America, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, and Singapore, his international experience provides him a unique perspective on business problems. He continues to stretch his boundaries by exploring new technologies and thinking deeply about implementing new business models and offerings.

In 2018, Eddie co-founded a startup Human Things to focus on launching fun projects on crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter. Their first project became the 4th most funded gaming hardware project behind Oculus Rift and Ouya and raised over $1M in pre-orders last year.

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