Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

It was about the founder of Sriracha sauce, David Tran, displaced from Vietnam when the North’s communists took power. Turns out it is a family-owned business started by a refugee from Vietnam and named after a small village in Thailand Si Racha. What lessons could you learn from a Vietnam refugee who makes chili sauce?

Vietnam 415

Vietnam Los Angeles Entrepreneur Thailand 415

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

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. Vietnam, for example, has strong tech adoption and has nearly 100m people. Thailand has nearly 70m people.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

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. Vietnam, for example, has strong tech adoption and has nearly 100m people. Thailand has nearly 70m people.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2013

According to data in the latest State of the Internet Report provided by Akamai Technologies , 56% of all malignant traffic observed by its customers – such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – originate from the Asia Pacific/Oceania region, with China contributing a full 41%.

China 150

China Sri Lanka South Korea Indonesia 150