Why AcqHire will never be an exit strategy in Asia
Acqhire is a new buzzword as an exit strategy when big tech companies have purchased small companies, primarily as a talent recruitment strategy with a sometimes significant signing bonus. So far, to the best of my knowledge, it only happens in the US. Facebook is probably the most well-known company in such type of takeovers...
Thinking about Expansion out of Singapore to Asia & US
An interesting post from Willis Wee in Penn-Olson today prompted me to provide some perspective on the issue of expansion. The question that most people ask: if I build a start-up from a country with a very small market size (say, Singapore but it can apply from Slovenia to Monaco), where should I expand the...
Why Exits are Important (as a metric for Start-ups)
My friend, Rama Mamuaya (aka @rampok) from DailySocial.net (the top tech & social media blog in Indonesia) wrote a tweet this morning, “How exactly does one measure a startup’s success? Exits?” I want to emphasize why exits are very important as a whole for the technology scene in Southeast Asia. It is one of the...
