French entrepreneur & digital innovation expert in Singapore/APAC
I’ve just finished “How Asia Works – Success and allure in the world’s most dynamic region” (Amazon) by Joe Studwell, a book I found in the yearly recommendation from The Economist. Overall, it is a compelling comparative economic history of countries in North-East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan) and South-East Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines,…
Answering the question “what is the 2nd best innovation ecosystem in the world” is both a provocation and a eye-opening. No one seems to be able to think out of what the Silicon Valley has built over the last 50-60 years (see this cool timeline from NPR). And the second “rank”, if it still makes…
During Tech in Asia, I had the opportunity to write about tech trends in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, without moving from Singapore. This time, I went to Jakarta for real, and met a dozen entrepreneurs and support services such as Ubifrance to discuss about the opportunities in digital marketing and social media in Indonesia. The…
Startup Asia is one of South-East Asia main tech conferences, with two days of speeches, demo, contests and networking. The opening pre-event talk this week in Singapore was an opportunity to learn more about the differences between South-East Asia countries, and how you have to adapt to a large area made of different languages, religions,…
A few weeks ago, I offered you to share ideas about some of the agencies and the products of the digital industry in South-East Asia, namely Singapore and Malaysia. As a social media critter looking for a new country and new life, I had met with a few players. Here I go again for another…