Reddoorz :: Skift’s Top Travel Startups to Watch 2018 – Skift

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Skift’s Top Travel Startups to Watch 2018 – Skift:

REDDOORZ SINGAPORE AN OYO WITH SINGAPOREAN CHARACTERISTICS

Money Raised: Close to $20 million Headline Investors: Jungle Ventures, Susquehanna International Group and InnoVen Capital

Skift Take: Launched in 2015, RedDoorz is a network of budget branded lodging, with more than 500 properties primarily in Indonesia but also in Singapore and the Philippines. Yes, the company is mimicking a model that others pioneered in India. But we bet that its executives, led by co-founder and CEO Amit Saberwal, have the rare skills needed to lead their team of 180 workers in fending off looming competition from Chinese-owned budget hotels.

Invisible asymptotes — Remains of the Day

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This is such a good read. Long – but crazy worth it.

I have highlighted the paragraph that the rest of the article supports so you can get a sense of why to dig in.

Amazing,

Invisible asymptotes — Remains of the Day:

For me, in strategic planning, the question in building my forecast was to flush out what I call the invisible asymptote: a ceiling that our growth curve would bump its head against if we continued down our current path. It’s an important concept to understand for many people in a company, whether a CEO, a product person, or, as I was back then, a planner in finance.

Places To Go :: Pothong Market – 31 Photos & 29 Reviews – Grocery – 3540 Norwood Ave, Del Paso Heights, Sacramento, CA – Phone Number – Yelp

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This is our usual place for supplies – main thing to remember is to get there before noon if you are looking for the fresh fruits and veggies.

They close by 6pm and by the afternoon all the fresh produce is picked over.

Pothong Market – 31 Photos & 29 Reviews – Grocery – 3540 Norwood Ave, Del Paso Heights, Sacramento, CA – Phone Number – Yelp