Why Chinese bike sharing companies are suddenly everywhere overseas
Just a few months ago, you would hear Chinese bike sharing companies making announcements here and there, but not see actual bikes being deployed....
I brought only ¥25 cash for a two week trip in...
Yes as the title suggested, I had only ¥25 cash in my pocket when I landed in the Western Chinese city of Chongqing to...
Does ‘yield management’ for restaurants work, or is it simply a...
When Groupon (and thousands of its clones) entered the market, the message was very attractive to restaurants, spas and other establishments. Giving good discounts...
Shared bicycle manufacturers are dying, and this is not a bad...
Barely a few months ago, the bosses of China’s bicycle supply chain were beaming with joy.
Their factories were all running full capacity while new...
Clash of the titans in Thailand’s ecommerce scene
Last year, Thailand witnessed the entry and subsequent overhype of 11street – a company owned and invested by South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom....
Incentives and cashback: what works and what doesn’t
Someone in Singapore sent us a copy of a promotional letter she had received:
That is a lot of hassle to get (maximum) $30...
The future of struggling service marketplaces
Good Start, Let’s Uberize Everything!
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It was just merely two years ago when service marketplaces were all the talk in town (I mean,...
The Razer question: what can you do with 10 million dollars?
Razer recently published an e-payment proposal summary, which includes committing S$10M to deploy a common cashless payment solution in Singapore, maybe Razer Pay, in...
Real implications of China’s ICO ban?
Ether’s price dropped sharply today, immediately after the Chinese Central Government announced they were banning Initial Coin Offerings(ICOs).
The drop wiped out millions of dollars...
Making insurance cool again!
There were a few times when i went to a gathering introduced myself as from the insurance industry, people would give me a sympathetic...
