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4.8
The people issue in

startup development

In recent years, I have often served as a judge or mentor

for innovation technology competitions. One of them is
the X-Plan project by the Hong Kong X Foundation. The
project selects over 20 startups from the mainland and
Hong Kong. Each company only has 15 minutes to present
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their case, share their challenges and seek advice from the
mentors. The companies I interviewed were in different
stages of development with various points of focus, some
are technology centred, while others are marketing-led.

One of them is a company that combines smart hardware,
computer vision, and machine learning to provide a patrol
inspection service using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

Its capabilities include photo-shooting, problem diagnosis,
recircling, and re-charging. The company has been
operating for only one and a half years, but has already