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Global Perspective: Current Opportunities for Low-Cost Manufacturing in China

The Startup Magazine

More recently, US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China has led to apprehension that US-based companies will be moving their production from Chinese manufacturers to factories in other low-cost countries such as India, Thailand and Vietnam. Few other countries can match China in this – be it India, Thailand or Vietnam.

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4 Ways Sales Can Help Your Company Offset Losses From Trump’s Trade Wars

YoungUpstarts

tech industry , companies using steel , and manufacturers of engineered hardwood floors are already feeling the pain. Employ the sales team to expand globally. If your trade partner is in China, it might be possible to find new options in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia.

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How to build a Silicon Valley caliber product engineering team in Asia

The Next Web

Now that I’ve mapped out key first steps that need to be taken and important cultural nuances to be aware of when expanding your business into Asia , many CEOs ask me if they can actually locate their engineering and product teams here and expect the same level of quality they get in the Valley. My simple answer is: absolutely.

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

Forty years later when the Internet has made knowledge global, we’ve run into the second barrier – just knowing about things is not the great equalizer we expected. My first week on the base our shop chief announced: “We’re looking for some volunteers to go to Thailand.” I found a job in Ann Arbor working as a field engineer.

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[Singapore] Designs On A New Furniture Future

YoungUpstarts

Singapore’s furniture industry has evolved rather significantly from its humble beginnings in the 1960s when it comprised mainly of small family-run businesses, to a smaller number of players that are more professional and global in outlook that we have today. percent by 2015. Designed in Singapore.

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

Forty years later when the Internet has made knowledge global, we’ve run into the second barrier – just knowing about things is not the great equalizer we expected. My first week on the base our shop chief announced: “We’re looking for some volunteers to go to Thailand.” I found a job in Ann Arbor working as a field engineer.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors. I think it’s great if startups have large ambitious of serving audiences globally, but it’s really important to tackle one market first well. Thailand has nearly 70m people.

Asia 48