Gust
AUGUST 22, 2012
How spoiled we are, taking for granted a system of government with relatively stable, transparent laws and regulations, consistently applied (at least in theory), and subject to judicial oversight with appellate review. What the heck was I doing in Egypt anyway?
YoungUpstarts
JULY 29, 2013
by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. Role models” haven’t made it quite as far the heroes, but as practising entrepreneurs they are fully up-to-date with the on-the-ground realities of fundraising, hiring, and interfacing with government. he also co-founded Hackerspace.SG , a place for geeks, in 2009. .
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Hearpreneur
JANUARY 10, 2018
Sagoon was originally formed as a search engine in 2009, but we continued to evolve as a company when we saw an opportunity to provide a social media experience that also focused on the growing interest in social commerce offerings. Currently in South and Southeast Asia only 37% of the population uses social media.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
In late 2009, seeing a growth in a new breed of cross-platform messaging services like Ping and WhatsApp — which quickly clocked one million users each — the Kik team realized that BBM alone wouldn’t be enough. The Canadian government matched the investment, and the 15-year plan kicked off. Yet, Kik saw the potential far sooner.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
With Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy joining us, we also assigned her recent article in Foreign Affairs, “How to Prevent a War in Asia” and CNAS report “Sharpening the US Military’s Edge: Critical Steps for the Next Generation”. And in particular in the Asia Pacific. What can we give back?
Professor VC
JULY 2, 2010
computer industry is less than it was 35 years ago, while at the same time, a very effective manufacturing industry has emerged in Asia employing 1.5 A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. ► 2009. (7).
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 10, 2020
So, that was the first sign that it kind of dawned on us that, "Oh, we have a role to play in what's going on with this pandemic in Asia at the time." We need to wait for the government to fix it." You fast forward to about 2009. Government is. I don't know. First of all, just thank you. I really believe this."
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