Southeast Asia

Not long ago, M-Bar, a mini karaoke service wildly popular in China, made its inroads to Singapore. The concept of mini karaoke is simple...

E-commerce has grown to be a powerful distribution channel for goods, and I believe it will continue to grow in weight and influence in...

Who owns the future? The governments or the internet giants (or someone else)? In the first two parts of this analysis, we discussed why we...

Plausible and implausible use cases for payment adoption in Southeast Asia In Part 1, we discussed why we couldn’t exactly replicate Alipay and Wechat in...

Can someone replicate the success of Wechat Pay or Alipay? Our Chinese entrepreneur friends believe that the low penetration of banking services in South...

Most startups a have limited runway, constantly running against time, market, and competition. It is imperative to ensure that the right person calls the...

Just a few months ago, you would hear Chinese bike sharing companies making announcements here and there, but not see actual bikes being deployed....

When Groupon (and thousands of its clones) entered the market, the message was very attractive to restaurants, spas and other establishments. Giving good discounts...

  Last year, Thailand witnessed the entry and subsequent overhype of 11street – a company owned and invested by South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom....

Someone in Singapore sent us a copy of a promotional letter she had received: That is a lot of hassle to get (maximum) $30...