YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Asia – especially in countries such as India, China, Vietnam – is fast becoming the place where many entrepreneurs, whether locally born or lured back from Silicon Valley, are setting up shop.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In the middle of the Vietnam War, student riots protesting military research forced the end of classified work on most college campuses. As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Based in Singapore, Dr Reddington leads the overall planning and implementation of corporate strategies and operations, and manages over 2,900 employees in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

For example, 90% of the software used in China and Vietnam today is pirated. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations. Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Faced with the rising costs of labour, materials and land in Chinese cities, companies are increasingly sourcing from other Asian countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Beneficiaries include ASEAN mainland cities like Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2020

Usually, these offshore suppliers are in Asia, (India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China, Vietnam and the Philippines), Eastern Europe (Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia), or Africa (Morocco, Kenya and South Africa).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. Don’t count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 24, 2015

Matt’s father had medical difficulties due to his service in the Vietnam War and as a result for much of Matt’s later childhood he was raised and provided for by his mom, who worked hard to provide for her family.

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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?

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Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

When I was 18 I served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was amazing to see the movement I started grow and thrive. Just recently serendipity sent me down a new road that connected dots from 40 years ago to today.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Wang Hai, chief executive of shoemaker Doublestar noted that it was his experience in the Vietnam War that gave him the willpower to compete in the shoe market. “To Kuhn’s access to a handful of head honchos in China Inc also reveals the tenacity of Chinese entrepreneurs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2021

AweSM has helped hundreds of small business owners and entrepreneurs build & scale their businesses through online courses, 1-on-1 coaching, intensive workshops & mastermind events in Vietnam plus ongoing support through the AweSM Insider community & membership.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

There has been a noticeable growth and expansion of Startup Labs in Southeast Asia in countries such as Vietnam, Philippines, and Singapore. Instilling knowledge, tools, and opportunities in the companies they work with, they are becoming a very strong choice for startups to launch successful brands.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Navigating a rented motorbike through the winding hills of Vietnam and swimming in secret lagoons in Thailand are just some of the things that Benjamin Yee does when he’s not typing furiously away at this laptop.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

Some countries known as frontier markets are Argentina, Lebanon, Vietnam, Nigeria, Oman, Bahrain, and Bangladesh. Frontier markets are developing countries where it’s risky to invest in, but emerging markets are more stable. The bottom line is that emerging and frontier markets are still different from each other.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 8, 2016

For example, in Thailand you can do a VISA run in one day then return, whereas in Vietnam they are strict with their one month policy. Keep an eye on visa requirements before choosing a country as there’s no point trying to base yourself in a country where you will have to move on in a few weeks time.

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Transformify

JANUARY 13, 2020

Personally, I prefer to live in Saigon, but Vietnam's talent pool is somewhat limited and still maturing. The all-remote concept allows me to enjoy life in Vietnam while hiring and managing people from anywhere in the world. SideKick employes people in Europe and Asia and the team has flexibility and freedom in their schedule.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Although our experience in Vietnam would foreshadow the issues of unconventional warfare the U.S. The Vietnam War would foreshadow the issues of unconventional warfare the U.S. faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). Winning our wars remains-as MacArthur characterized- the military’s fixed and inviolable mission. Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

had been engaged in the Vietnam War, and had agreed to parity in nuclear weapons, Soviet forces in Europe had built a 3 to 1 advantage in tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers, and soldiers, all under Détente. Yet while the U.S.

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Transformify

JANUARY 14, 2020

I recently spent 2 weeks of combined PTO and remote work in Vietnam, working from an inexpensive ($5 a day!) And because we’re used to working with team members in different time zones, our North Carolina-based staff can combine PTO and remote work to head to another continent to spend a little extra time in a new place.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam each have a couple of very good VC firms. Moreover, the Singapore firms are very open to investing outside of Singapore, as they realize that Singapore itself is too small as a domestic market and thus, some of the best startups will be in-market around the region.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Halong Bay, Vietnam The world has changed. The charlatans are at the gate; the bloggers are salivating, and everyone’s trying to make a quick buck. The hype cycle for “Remote Work” and “Distributed Companies” has reached a fever pitch, and everyone has an opinion about it.

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Steve Blank

JULY 8, 2014

At 19 I joined the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Yet when the Vietnam War wound down, we were both sent to bases in different parts of the U.S. I got a call that reminded me that most people live their life as if it’s predestined – but some live theirs fighting to change it.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 21, 2013

And we have outsourced side projects to other locales, including Vietnam. Currently, Dropmysite / Dropmyemail keeps core functions and technical development in Singapore, but we have business development staff in India, Japan, and the U.S. The key is to find and execute the right strategy at the right time.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

I began to realize a few things: First, everything we had done in electronic warfare in the Vietnam War was just a slightly more modern version of what we had done over occupied Europe in World War II. (And And 30 years later I was teaching in a building named after him and never knew a thing about him. Play spooky music here.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 5, 2018

It’s about setting up my software development centre from scratch in Vietnam. What have been some of your achievements that you are most proud of? Here, my proudest achievement isn’t measured in terms of dollars or awards. Young, talented software engineers and testers can be hired for very competitive wages there.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

In the early 1970’s, as some of you might remember, our country was in the middle of the Vietnam War—-and the Air Force was happy to have me. My job was to replace failed electronic warfare equipment in fighter planes as they returned from bombing missions over North Vietnam. The answer turned out to be a war.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2021

In 1973, near the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. And while most of us came from totally different backgrounds (before the Air Force, I never knew you put salt on watermelon, that Spam was food or muffuletta was a sandwich), as far as the military was concerned, we were all the same.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2013

Other nations made up less than 1% of applications each. Considering that the co-founders wasn’t too sure in 2011 when the incubator started if they could get enough quality raw startups in the Southeast Asia region to make the program work, this number seems astonishing.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 16, 2023

If you have several low-quality programmers in China/Vietnam working in a sweatshop being fronted by a native language speaker – it can sometimes take months for someone to realize that they are being scammed. This is an organized group that is doing this on an ongoing basis.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

Its Second Artillery Corps not only controls China’s ICBMs, but also its short range missiles pointed at Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, and U.S. bases in Guam and Okinawa. And its new terminally guided ICBMs have put U.S. aircraft carriers in harms way in any regional confrontation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2011

Gen-Y is now experiencing their wake-up call, just like previous generations did with Vietnam and the 1980 recession. The pain level has been high, but the business climate is improving, so let’s not slip backward.

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Vietnam Entrepreneur Restful Community 246

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2013

Gen-Y is now experiencing their wake-up call, just like previous generations did with Vietnam and the 1980 recession. The past pain level has been high, but the business climate has improved, so let’s not slip backward.

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Vietnam Startup Restful Entrepreneur 241

Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2024

After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a career in eight startups. Capitalism has been good to me. I got to retire when I was 45. Over the last quarter century, in my third career, I helped create the methods entrepreneurs use to build new startups, while teaching 1,000’s of students how to start new ventures.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2014

The startup scenes in Southeast Asia – Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, among others – have been thriving, attracting scores of students and young graduates who want to be part of their local startup movement. And many of these startups, some flush with cash and others eyeing international expansion, are hiring.

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Malaysia Matching Asia Thailand 186

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The countries are Singapore (490 FinTechs), Indonesia (262 FinTechs), Malaysia (196 FinTechs), Thailand (128 FinTechs), Philippines (115 FinTechs), and Vietnam (77 FinTechs). Quoine is a cryptocurrency company based in Singapore, with operations in Vietnam and Japan. million customers in Vietnam. MoMo has gained over 2.5

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2014

Here’s a look at two infographic that compare the results of the study across Asia Pacific as well as one specific for Southeast Asia (covering educators in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia: In the News Adobe Asia creativity education infographic research study'

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