Attack of the Clones: HQ Trivia copycats emerge overnight in China
HQ Trivia has grown massively over the last few months. Since the beginning of the year, Chinese companies are rapidly releasing their own versions - and burning plenty of cash in the process.
Don’t over-estimate the market of your SaaS product
Just less than a year ago, the market was abuzz with the crazy valuation of SaaS companies - such as Slack for example. Now...
Cash out your startup – how to improve your odds?
Despite markets being flooded with investments, exits in Southeast Asia have been few and far between. If you are a startup funder or founder,...
[MW Weekend] Can you use Siri to game HQ Trivia?
We tested Siri for HQ Trivia - and we have a challenge for you as well
[MW Weekend] Cold spell in Singapore – which business is really...
Usually, sectors such as ecommerce and food delivery should experience a boom as people opt to stay at home.
Didi attacks Uber’s two biggest cities globally
Last week’s announcement that Didi has agreed to take of control of 99 - Brazil’s homegrown ride hailing platform - confirmed the rumours that...
Chicken and egg: how OVO solved its mobile payment problem
As a part of the Indonesian conglomerate group, it has conveniently eliminated the first problem of acquiring merchants.
Invested by the big boys – you might not be as...
Our recent encounters with a content platform based out of Jakarta, Indonesia has a tragic ring to it.
How to tell impostors and bullshitters from real startup/tech experts
As purveyors of tech stories that are not often covered, we have ourselves (internally) prepared a checklist of bullshit - to separate truth from...
A US$30b company is challenging Didi in China
Didi is valued at US$56 billion with daily order of 25 million; while Meituan is valued at US$30 billion with daily order of 22 million.
