radical candour from a deep generalist
This is so good. I need to digest some of the more salient points but I love the truth telling.
In the past few weeks, as some of the Valley’s most mature internet companies have faced crisis after crisis, there’s been a theme circulating that these companies, and Facebook in particular, has lost their product way.This chatter peaked when journalists and others suggested that Instagram …
— Read on www.theinformation.com/articles/why-product-doesnt-win
EngageRocket!
But communicating feedback is a core function of leadership, says human resource expert Adrian Tan.
Been sitting on this news for a while. Congrats to the HXC team for going public!
The fund is backed by Apollo Hospitals, Jungle Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International, and other private investors.
— Read on www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/healthxcapital-healthcare-fund-sea-india-108533/
I am biased in my love for CardUp:
FinTech Awards – Singapore FinTech Festival 2018
— Read on fintechfestival.sg/festival-line-up/fintech-awards/
I mentioned this when Jon first announced it :: https://seedvc.blog/2018/09/03/12-startups-in-12-months-jon-yongfook/
#1 is out the door.
Quite a shift in careers:
Kathryn Haun made her name prosecuting Bitcoin crimes. As a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, she could reshape the cryptocurrency industry.
— Read on fortune.com/longform/crypto-vc-andreessen-horowitz-kathryn-haun/
China’s secret startup advantage: liquidity | TechCrunch:
Faster liquidity can push cycle of returns, fundraising, reinvestment
This is the struggle with the SEA ecosystem. Just not enough liquidity yet to create the magical cycle.
USA and China have it. India with some of their monster exits creating some secondary action to enrich employees is crawling towards it.
As some of the big unicorns in SEA start to make some employees rich – there will be some mini cycles around that.
One should not knock what SEA and Razor of done to help get this going as well.
Have one of our portfolio companies using this. Pretty cool way to get your product UX into multi-language:
People-powered translation at scale. Gengo provides fast, affordable and quality translations by native speakers located worldwide.
— Read on gengo.com/
Looking forward to this:
Southeast Asia’s been home to almost half of the biggest growth drivers in the past half-century. To keep investors interested, it’ll have to make the right moves across technology, education and infrastructure, according to Diaan-Yi Lin, a senior partner at McKinsey & Co.
Good read for founders.
Especially the stuff around bridges.
Second Seeds: The New Normal But Know This… – Hunter Walk – Medium
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