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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

It is home to over 680 million people and over 400 million internet users- nearly 70% of the population. The report predicts that the region’s internet economy can cross $300 billion by 2025. The pandemic has significantly increased the demand for access to digital services. Southeast Asia was walloped by Covid-19.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

When he had finished the program the US wanted more doctors due to the Vietnam War. While many doctors went to Vietnam my father was a pediatrician and they needed those in the US. Not least of which because my father immigrated to the US in the 1960’s for his residency program of medical school. He was fortunate.

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Transportation, On-Demand And The Asian Economy – Asian Horizons

YoungUpstarts

When we say on-demand, the glorious image of Silicon Valley and its technological environs pops up in the layman’s mind, and even that may be too imaginative. For several different versions of the on-demand economy in other parts of the world, the term itself may be alien, its implications unknown. Grab In Focus. Hyperlocal Focus.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

People in the US can pay for things electronically and can get most services and goods today from the internet – things in the US generally work, so improvements in these areas are all incremental. I think this explains why we tend to see consumer businesses emerge first – tech-savvy internet users are easiest to reach.

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

Hippoland

People in the US can pay for things electronically and can get most services and goods today from the internet – things in the US generally work, so improvements in these areas are all incremental. I think this explains why we tend to see consumer businesses emerge first – tech-savvy internet users are easiest to reach.

Asia 48
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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I despised every minute of it, which is why I decided to establish an internet business. Instead of watching TV or trolling the internet I thought I'd try my hands at coding. While operating a tutoring business I was able to identify a demand for niche business software. I was so amazed at how the internet works.

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

Consulting Google, the oracle of the Internet, indicates that there is little in the way of consensus regarding the possibility of a tech boom/bust scenario playing out in the near term. Housing is cheap in the Central Valley, but the cost of living is even cheaper in India and Vietnam. The first page results of a search for “tech 2.0