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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

The first platform we launched was our Singaporean site and we realised that most large companies there provide their staff with basic health insurance coverage and the same goes for Malaysia and Thailand. Especially in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines where people are a lot more responsive over the phone.

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JD.com Celebrates a Decade of Non-stop Delivery Service During Spring Festival Holidays

The Startup Magazine

JD has now offered non-stop delivery service during the Spring Festival holidays for ten years, providing its customers with timely delivery of their goods for a decade. Over 200,000 JD couriers were on duty during the sale to ensure the timely delivery of customers’ orders.

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. While being in Silicon Valley provides excellent access to key people and companies, its fierce competition and fast-paced environment can soon kill the dreams of having a startup.

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[Interview] Benjamin Yee of EMERGE App

YoungUpstarts

Navigating a rented motorbike through the winding hills of Vietnam and swimming in secret lagoons in Thailand are just some of the things that Benjamin Yee does when he’s not typing furiously away at this laptop. We speak to Benjamin about entrepreneurship and building a startup. This is your third startup so far.

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Innovation: The Key To Entrepreneurial Success

YoungUpstarts

Unleashing creative thinking helps drive businesses forward, improve customer value propositions and identify new opportunities that deliver on the needs of our ever changing customers. It is a frame of mind and is not the sole prerogative of large multinationals or startups. How to create an innovative culture?

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Careers Start by Peeling Potatoes

Steve Blank

When I got to my first airbase my job was lugging electronics boxes on and off fighter planes under the broiling hot Thailand sun, to bring them into the technicians inside the air-conditioned shop, to troubleshoot and fix. Wrote technical manuals and taught microprocessor design (to customers who knew more than I did.)

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Twitter Link Roundup #196 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The video above, “Giving”, is a 3 minute commercial for Thailand mobile phone service provider True Move. Postmortem of a Venture-backed Startup – crowdspring.co/1en8HwW.