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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

YoungUpstarts

Aziz: RIM has over 300,000 registered developers globally. BlackBerry DevCon Asia 2011 will be held in Bangkok, Thailand this year. RIM has over 67 million subscribers to-date, which makes it easy for any developer to build an application for a global market. Can you elaborate? Over one billion apps downloaded to date.

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Ecosystem for success: the key ingredients to attract an early-stage investor

The Startup Magazine

It is recognized as the global heart of innovation. First, they have a compelling vision that computing will follow the same path as energy did in the 19 th century: costly and inefficient decentralized energy production was replaced by centralized plants and a distribution grid to produce formidable economies of scale.

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My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time

Both Sides of the Table

It also chronicles the forces behind the decline of the American city (which has been revived in the past 10-15 years) and the rise of global manufacturing. Turns out it is a family-owned business started by a refugee from Vietnam and named after a small village in Thailand Si Racha. Branding matters.

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Is Outsourcing Exploitation?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Even though $300 USD a month may not seem like much to someone living in a developed country, in Thailand, or Romania, the Philippines, or India, it’s above the average monthly wage. This is viable if you believe there is enough to go around if we learn how to distribute it without greed, or fear of loss. Well sort of.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors. Thailand has nearly 70m people. In many cases, the tech required to execute these businesses have been done elsewhere.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors. Thailand has nearly 70m people. In many cases, the tech required to execute these businesses have been done elsewhere.

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Coronavirus: Will It Boost the Adoption Of Remote Work?

Transformify

Managing distributed workforce and remote teams was not something totally new for them. Global airline revenues are expected to fall by $4-5 billion in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of flight cancellations, according to a report from the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). installed on their laptops.