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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Other customer audiences are laggards in adopting the internet.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Other customer audiences are laggards in adopting the internet.

Asia 48
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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Women’s experiences are often used to further a male lead’s story or as shock value for the audience. Then I quit my job and started my English as a Second Language business last year by outsourcing workers from Asia. In 1997 at just 42 years old, I suffered a massive heart attack that landed me in the ICU.