Two sides of Singapore: innovation advantages and challenges
Singapore also welcomes start-ups as they represent new sciences, technologies, and products. Entrepreneurship and technological progress are important from the government's perspective.
The government has...
The Rise of LINE messenger in Indonesia
At one point in time, Indonesians were the most frequent users of BBM (previously BlackBerry Messenger) in the world:
Source: SimilarWeb 2016
And BBM was...
Government stimulus ultimate reason for China’s tech take-off?
You still remember the 4 Trillion RMB announced after 2008 crisis?
Alibaba’s Hema Supermarket – China’s new retail revolution
“New retail” has been a hot topic for a long time, but there were not many successful business cases in the market until Alibaba...
Tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia needs Tech in Asia
The region's tech ecosystem is still in its early days, there will be more and more demand for good content.
IPO and overseas expansion: nightmare for Groupon but a start for...
Pinduoduo went public three years after its establishment, and this was considered a miracle. Such miracle once happened in U.S., and that miracle is...
The rise of Indonesia’s modern concept of coffee shops
Last week we wrote about how young Indonesians love going to the Cinemas which makes it a great customer acquisition channel. This week we...
Cinemas as Customer Acquisition Channel
Last weekend I ended up at a cinema with my friends. At that moment I had a realisation that almost every mall in Indonesia,...