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Why Now Is The Right Time For New Green Technology

YoungUpstarts

You’ll notice a trail of innovations that almost made it — devices that offered the same groundbreaking features but with one crucial detail missing; technology that promised a new way of living to an audience that wasn’t ready for the change. Awareness and demand for change must outweigh the comfort of familiarity.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. But, for VCs, it’s different.

Asia 48
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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

I’d be curious what other people in-region think about this (and keep in mind, I won’t be doing the investing there, Shiyan will be :) ): 1) There are opportunities galore People like to use chronological analogies, so if I had to do that here, I would put investment opportunities in SEA at around 1997. But, for VCs, it’s different.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

— in a class so high in demand that I had to wait several quarters to take it? Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. The unstable economy demands that you develop entrepreneurial skills. It just didn’t make sense.