The future of struggling service marketplaces

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Good Start, Let’s Uberize Everything! Source: Getty Images 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?

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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?

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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!

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There were a few times when i went to a gathering introduced myself as from the insurance industry, people would give me a sympathetic...

Alipay is NOT launching a digital wallet in Singapore soon

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Many friends living in Singapore noticed this news today on both The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/alipay-inks-deal-to-expand-cashless-payment-acceptance-points-in-singapore http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sme/news/story20170823-789329 According to the reporting (especially that on...

What is best ecommerce marketing channel in rural developing world?

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I was having lunch with some friends in Dubai the other day, and one of the friends ran an e-commerce platform across a few...

Alibaba leads US$1.1 billion investment in Tokopedia

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This would be a major setback for JD.com and Tencent for their effort to build a foothold in Indonesia, the fourth most populous country...

Softbank: the final winner of SEA ride-hailing war?

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US$2 billion  investment to Uber’s largest rival in SEA is the latest move by Softbank in the great war of ride-hailing. How far can...

China’s Mini KTVs land in Singapore

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Mbar, One of the leading operators of mini KTVs in China, has launched its business in Singapore. Mini KTVs are telephone-booth-like soundproof kiosks where people...

WeWork’s entry into Southeast Asia

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Many of our friends are questioning the real value of WeWork, believing that the US$20 billion valuation is obviously over-hyped. Someone calls it  “the...

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