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,…
Nous entamons notre tour du monde des écosystèmes d’innovations de 10 mois à Kuala Lumpur, où se tient cette semaine du 7 octobre 2013 la 4e édition du Global Entrepreneurship Summit. L’intérêt de cet événement est triple: d’une part, il nous permet de commencer ce périple en Asie du Sud-Est, une région à la fois…
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 thoughts about the way Singapore, and conversation by tech, digital and social players, are turning bitter these last months. Disclosure first if needed : I’m now living and working here, and hopefully have secured my visa even as a foreigner (-1) qualified individual (+1) working (-1) in a start-up (+1, but for how…
Third week of discovery of the tech, digital and social scene of Singapore, with, again, more insights gained as interviews piled in my schedule. After having talked – a bit – of the social media agency industry, of the cultural aspects to remember when doing business in South-East Asia, here are a few thoughts about…
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…
“They’re not good at ideas”, but are more “digitally fluent” than Westerners. It’s a “huge market” (growing hugely, say), but some of the big players of the industry don’t even have the beginning of a team to go online. Their inhabitants are among the most connected and engaged on mobile and Facebook, still, it’s no…