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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

He is currently CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam each have a couple of very good VC firms. Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley.

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Are Facebook Investors Playing Russian Roulette?

crowdSPRING Blog

For example, there are five major markets where Facebook is not the top social network : China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. If you haven’t tried Facebook ads yet and are considering doing so, here’s a brief Facebook lean marketing guide to help you. I’d love to hear from you in the comments.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

So first of all, what a testament to social media and its power to reach- Tomas Pueyo : Huge. And in fact, The Lean Startup is very much that. One of my old Lean Startup sayings is that metrics are people too, and it came up in my conversation with Brian Chesky, too. Eric Ries : Well, you knew. You knew actually.

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

“Boom and bust is our lot and we must follow the ancient advice.that Joseph gave to the Pharaoh: Put away your surplus during the years of great plenty so you will be ready for the lean years which are sure to follow.”. Housing is cheap in the Central Valley, but the cost of living is even cheaper in India and Vietnam.