New Tech Founder Spotlight: Karl J Weaver,APAC Biz Dev Director, Newport Technologies

Each week in the New Tech Newsletter we feature a Spotlight Q&A with founders, angels, New Tech alumni presenters, and other people or companies in our community we believe you’d like to learn about. Reach out if you’d like to recommend a startup, founder, angel, accelerator, or New Tech alumni presenter for us to spotlight for the PNW tech community!

In this week’s spotlight we caught up with In this week’s Product Spotlight we caught up with Karl Joseph Weaver (he/his) of Newport Technologies, Evangelizing Mobile Technologies in China/India. Karl was a September 2024 New Tech Seattle presenter.

1.Why do you do what you do for a living?

Asian mobile Industry Biz Dev Rainmaker.

2. Why did you start your company?

It’s my public vehicle to evangelize cutting edge mobile technology.

3. What is one of the greatest lessons you’ve learned from being a Founder/CEO?*
When you possess a niche career focus, substance and legitimacy are essential

4.What is the one piece of advice you would share today with your younger self before you started your company?
Realize when you embark on a niche career focus, always keep the end game directly in front of yourself to measure you successes.

 

5. What is something interesting and unexpected that people would be surprised to learn about you?
I am bilingual in Mandarin Chinese Language and athletically have played in softball leagues not just in Puget Sound but also in Taiwan, China and Singapore.

 

Reach out if you’d like to recommend a startup, founder, angel, accelerator, or New Tech alumni presenter for us to spotlight for the PNW tech community!

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