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[Interview] Benjamin Yee of EMERGE App

YoungUpstarts

Navigating a rented motorbike through the winding hills of Vietnam and swimming in secret lagoons in Thailand are just some of the things that Benjamin Yee does when he’s not typing furiously away at this laptop. Or look for another revenue generating angle. Take it apart if necessary and spin-off bits of it.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I was doing freelance SEO consulting for e-commerce businesses and on my first trip to Thailand fell in love with the country and the culture. I wanted to support the local community and stay in Thailand and I’ve been able to keep living abroad and traveling for the past three years. I heard my calling from the gods of business.

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

The Next Web

Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam each have a couple of very good VC firms. They want to see cash flow quickly (you cannot wait 2-3 years before determining your revenue model, like in Silicon Valley), so make sure you’re ready for this next step and have a solid plan in place on how to accomplish it.

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Philadelphia University Commencement Speech – May 15th 2011

Steve Blank

My first week on the base… our shop chief announced: “We’re looking for some volunteers to go to Thailand.” Two weeks later I was lugging heavy boxes across the runway under the broiling Thailand sun. Eighteen months after arriving in Thailand, I was managing a group of 15 electronics technicians. You get to make your own luck.

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YouTube Marketing And Analytics: A Primer For Magnificent Success

Occam's Razor

The only reason my kids know Evian or Volvo Trucks or TrueMove (Thailand), among many other brands, is because of their work on YouTube. So, lots of content combined with an engaged audience (contributing and participating in consumption), driving great branding and real world revenue. When I have a choice, I now buy Prudential.

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What it’s like to interview with Y Combinator

The Next Web

YogaTrail is a global yoga directory, created and maintained by a team that’s based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Since launching the site last summer, we’ve built decent traction, generated some revenue, and are just now reaching the point of “ramen profitability.”

Thailand 143
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Why And How Your B2B eCommerce Start-up Should Work On Having A Strong Sales Team

YoungUpstarts

Gogoprint , a leading Southeast Asian online printing company founded in late 2015, has been working hard to do just that in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Each individual market differs in many ways, bringing up the challenge of determining appropriate ways to spur sales and find new customers in order to create revenue.

B2B 179