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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Rising consumer demand in China itself has also led its own manufacturers to favour selling domestically. To cater to younger Indian audiences, they shortened the test cricket games to three hours instead of a few days, and incorporated NBA-style cheerleaders. Harnessing the Huge Halal Market.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

The interesting thing about the US market is that customer acquisition these days is actually fairly straightforward online now for most customer audiences. Other customer audiences are laggards in adopting the internet. Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors.

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

Hippoland

The interesting thing about the US market is that customer acquisition these days is actually fairly straightforward online now for most customer audiences. Other customer audiences are laggards in adopting the internet. Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors.

Asia 48
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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After living and traveling around Thailand in 2014 and with other travelers I was desperate to learn Thai. We quickly realized the demand for movers in college towns and the demand for flexible jobs for college students. Thanks to Laura Spawn, Virtual Vocations ! #2- 2- The need to learn a new language. 4- To leave an impact.