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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

Singapore is by far the most developed behind those big three markets with government schemes attracting over a dozen early stage firms to set up shop here (e.g. the large government-linked corporations setting up their own venture arms (e.g. Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam each have a couple of very good VC firms.

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VC Cafe - Untitled Article

VC Cafe

India was a major market for Blackberry (like Indonesia), but the youth segment abandoned RIM for Android. The next largest carriers are Vodafone, Idea, Reliance, Tata Teleservices, Aircel, MTNL and BSNL (both majority government owned), Uninor, MTS, Videocon and Loop Mobile.

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. The trade war between the United States and China could also help.

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Progressive Web Apps: What Do Marketers Need to Know?

ConversionXL

Tokopedia —the biggest marketplace platform in Indonesia—built AMP versions of their top three organic landing page types: product, category, and trending. The tag firing sequence and Data Layer pushes frequently face obstacles; data-layer governance is critical. This created 3.6 Unique feature tracking. in analytics?

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eFishery Secures $200 Million Funding, Becomes Indonesia’s First Aquaculture Unicorn

ReadWriteStart

The funding will be critical in supporting eFishery’s ambitious plans to expand its operations both within Indonesia and internationally. Only China has a larger fishing and aquaculture industry than Indonesia does; Indonesia’s industry is currently ranked in second place. The remarkable annual output of 5.8

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[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

Interestingly, Indonesia has a lot more small businesses (54 million) than China (54 million), despite having a population only a quarter of the world’s most populous country. The impact of the Internet has also opened up possibilities for small businesses seeking growth in both domestic and international markets. A key takeaway?

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