Benjamin Joffe is a leading expert on Asia’s digital scene. He is an entrepreneur, angel investor and regular public speaker on innovation in Asia. He has keynoted and moderated at over 100 conferences on topics such as mobile and web business models, innovation and entrepreneurship in Asia.
Joffe coined the terms of “Innovation Arbitrage”, “Techno-Darwinism” and the concept of “5C’s of Innovation” (Copy, Combination, Competition, Constraints, Context). His research today covers artificial artificial intelligence, virtual economy, digital third place and social dynamics. Joffe was selected among China’s Top 100 mobile industry influencers in 2007 and 2008 as founder of Mobile Monday in Beijing.
Joffe’s specialties are in Asian Innovation and cultures, SNS, Mobile and Internet industries, social networks Web 2.0 in Asia, 3G services , Asian Innovation and Cultures, Trust Networks, Virtual Economies, Online Social Dynamics, Artificial Artificial Intelligence, Digital Third Places, Japan, Korea, and China.
“I have researched and brought innovative ideas from Asia for a decade, invested in global startups in China and Japan and my view is: ideas do not have a nationality and startups can be built from anywhere. JFDI will help bring entrepreneurship literacy to a higher level and increase the survival chances of startups by an order of magnitude. I look forward to helping energized, hard-working and flexible folks with global ambitions build products enough people want, avoid common pitfalls and get traction. Then Silicon Valley will be in you, wherever you are.”
