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Startups • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 28, 2016 • 11 min read

Interview The Southeast Asian entrepreneur

By David Hutt • Jul 28, 2016
Over the past two decades, Southeast Asia has seen a new breed of entrepreneur – along with improved education, technology development and better government investment. But can the region become the world’s next Silicon Valley?

Startups • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 29, 2016 • 7 min read

Custom made Mass production was yesterday

By David Hutt • Mar 29, 2016
Consumers are moving from identikit items to customised creations in a megatrend that strategists have dubbed the “youniverse”

Startups • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 24, 2016 • 7 min read

Dating Apps The fierce business of love

By Kirsten Han • Feb 24, 2016
In an age where ‘swiping right’ has entered common parlance, the matchmakers behind the region's most popular dating apps are working hard to attract users

Startups • Jan 28, 2016 • 10 min read
positive advertising

Thinking of a change: 17 Triggers

What if, inside all of us, there is an emotional ‘elephant’ and rational ‘elephant rider’ competing to determine our actions? Mike Rios of 17 Triggers, a Cambodia-based advertising agency that works with the development sector, explains his hard-learned lessons on how to get people to change their behaviours
By David Hutt • Jan 28, 2016

Startups • Oct 29, 2013 • 3 min read
Entrepreneur

The caffeine king

Brown Coffee’s Chang Bunleang says that education is the key to standing out in a crowded market
By Rebecca Foster • Oct 29, 2013