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Careers Start by Peeling Potatoes

Steve Blank

When I got to my first airbase my job was lugging electronics boxes on and off fighter planes under the broiling hot Thailand sun, to bring them into the technicians inside the air-conditioned shop, to troubleshoot and fix. Solutions From Hands On.

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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

The first platform we launched was our Singaporean site and we realised that most large companies there provide their staff with basic health insurance coverage and the same goes for Malaysia and Thailand. Especially in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines where people are a lot more responsive over the phone.

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JD.com Celebrates a Decade of Non-stop Delivery Service During Spring Festival Holidays

The Startup Magazine

The sale also revealed what is popular for Chinese consumers during these new year’s festivities. Sales of the Chinese liquor baijiu in the middle to high-end market increased 11 times year-over-year on JD.com. Indicating a focus on health for the new year, sales of low-sugar pastry gift boxes increased by a multiple of six.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

A case in point is Malaysia, where ethnic Chinese account for 40% of shariah-compliant investment product sales, or China where halal food products are viewed to be safer than non- halal equivalents. . Beneficiaries include ASEAN mainland cities like Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After living and traveling around Thailand in 2014 and with other travelers I was desperate to learn Thai. After that, I spent the next ten years leading marketing and sales teams for a few startups until the entrepreneurial bug hit me again. When my friend Rotem Dafni suggested we build an autonomous sales prospecting platform.

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

YoungUpstarts

In the world of e-commerce, online sales are the bread and butter for firms of any size. 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. In many cases, the backbone of B2B e-commerce start-ups is a strong sales team.

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My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time

Both Sides of the Table

Turns out it is a family-owned business started by a refugee from Vietnam and named after a small village in Thailand Si Racha. While still owning the business he now does $60 million in annual sales built from nothing. The company name sounded Chinese – Huy Fong Foods. Was this the latest Chinese product to take off in the US?

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