Author: michael_msft

GM Microsoft for Startups APAC

(My Take) Garage: News, Insights & Reports – THE BUSINESS TIMES

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Garage: News, Insights & Reports – THE BUSINESS TIMES

I missed this one but thank to Splice for the link.

Looks nice and good to see a traditional rag jump in a do something in tech.

However the reporting feels a bit light and fluffy to me. Take this one:

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/garage/singapore-ride-hailing-app-tada-debuts-in-cambodia

I wonder if any of these reporters actually try the service and properly critique it versus just reprint the press release?

I have tried TADA more than a few times now – its frankly terrible.

All good to have new press on the tech scene but still hoping for writers to dig in a little more.

Like this :: https://e27.co/the-world-should-wish-the-singapore-fake-news-law-is-fake-news-20190404/

(LINK) Farewell Stripe – Raylene Yung – Medium

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Farewell Stripe – Raylene Yung – Medium:

We’re building for APAC from APAC, with a localized development team: Every global leader I’ve met is visibly excited when I describe what we are doing and why. Many have spent years sending product requests to other offices (with limited success) or struggling to communicate in both directions. For us it’s still early, but it’s working — our Malaysia beta was launched with many cross-functional team members working together locally.

This is going to be fun to watch. There really is no other large global player like Stripe in Singapore building stuff for the region.

Google is doing maybe a little of this but seems to be only for India as of late.

None of the other global players are doing any engineering work in Singapore at all. 

Stripe is doing some great work – I love this latest announcement :: https://stripe.com/blog/remote-hub

(PDF) USA Facts 2019 Annual Report

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https://static.usafacts.org/public/annual-report/2019/USAFacts_2019_Annual_Report.pdf

Super interesting and some fun facts in there.

Best to dig in – they highlight the big stuff at the beginning.

I love their intro:

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