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Airbnb: The Growth Story You Didn’t Know Airbnb is now a household name that has surpassed industry legacy Hilton Hotels in nights booked. As of spring 2014, the platform had 10 million guests and 550,000 properties listed worldwide, along with a $10B valuation-making Airbnb worth more than legacy players like Wyndham and Hyatt. entrepreneurshipGrowth HackinginspirationMarketingoperating […]

11 Entrepreneurs Stories – Inspiring People That Found Startup Success – LendGenius Successful startup founders are often hailed as superhuman, but the reality is they’re regular people like you and I. Well, maybe not exactly like you and I… Given the unusual lifestyle of an entrepreneur, and that so many are fueled by the promise […]

Making My Underwear An Accessible Product This is a story about My Underwear. Not my underwear -  but “My Underwear” - the mobile game for children from my old game studio. More importantly, it’s about the hard work of building accessible products, about finding and fueling previously unreachable audiences (niche markets on the internet), and ultimately about creating […] The post Making My Underwear An Accessible Product appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Startup funding in 2017: A different game? The investments that will happen in 2017 will help launch companies that have long lasting impact The post Startup funding in 2017: A different game? appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Read the original post by Gary Gaspar on Medium As I’m currently in the process of raising seed funding for my startupMarker, I had to build a financial model for my investors. To speed things up, I looked for a template where I could simply plug numbers and be done with it. Most traditional financial models don’t […] The post Simple SaaS Financial Model For Early-Stage Startups appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

The Next Big Thing is Small Towns Marc Nager has spent the past eight years of his life building Startup Weekend into one of the biggest startup ecosystems in the world. His next big bet? Small … The post Big sights, small cities. appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Democratised learning holds the key to 21st century education in Asia Edtech, and rising internet penetration, has fundamentally changed how educators in Asia approach their classrooms The post Democratised learning holds the key to 21st century education in Asia appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Read the original post here by Robleh Jama on Medium This is a follow up to the post where we announced that we’re shutting down Next Keyboard. My goal is to share some of the hard lessons we’ve learned along the way and show a side of the App Store that’s often not talked about. We’re killing […] The post How our app went from $20,000/day to $2/day in revenue appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

‘I’m out!’ Former boss of Indonesia’s legendary Kaskus drops the mic Ken Dean Lawadinata, former CEO of Indonesia’s legendary online community Kaskus, has exited the company. He announced his departure to friends and partners yesterday in an email that thanked everyone along the journey and ended with an emphatic “I’m out!” “The reason is actually […] The post ‘I’m out!’ Former boss of Indonesia’s legendary Kaskus drops the mic appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Read the original post here by Ali Mese on Medium Finally the SMS arrived: “Tomorrow morning 5am, flight number AZ610 from Rome to NewYork.” An SMS hitting my BlackBerry on Sunday evenings used to decide my destination and client for the coming week. I was working for one of the top three global strategy consulting firms. A […] The post How quitting my corporate job for my startup dream f*cked my life up appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Doing Business with Mom: What it’s Like to Be a Second Generation Entrepreneur How does having a entrepreneur parent shape a person’s life and career? Kelly Cornell, son of designer and retailer April Cornell, talks family, business, and w… The post Doing Business with Mom: What it’s Like to Be a Second Generation Entrepreneur appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Pitch Deck: Complete Guide to a Pitch Presentation The first 5 seconds of your pitch are crucial. Grab the attention of your audience with a succinct-yet pointed-question, followed up with a tagline that encapsu… The post Pitch Deck: Complete Guide to a Pitch Presentation appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

A startup founder’s sudden death sparks a public discussion on work anxiety in China Months before his death, Chunyu Yisheng CEO and Founder Zhang Rui had spoken about his work-related anxiety issue The post A startup founder’s sudden death sparks a public discussion on work anxiety in China appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Why Deep Learning Is Suddenly Changing Your Life Illustration by Justin Metz Over the past four years, readers have doubtlessly noticed quantum leaps in the quality of a wide range of everyday technologies. Most obviously, the speech-recognition functions on our smartphones work much better than they used to. When we use a voice command to […] The post WHY DEEP LEARNING IS SUDDENLY CHANGING YOUR LIFE appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

New accelerator VIISA launches to help Vietnamese startups go global The programme will be led by ex-JFDI Entrepreneur-in-Residence/Program Manager Adrian Tan The post New accelerator VIISA launches to help Vietnamese startups go global appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Milestones and achievements: Indonesia’s crowdfunding platform KitaBisa shares its story KitaBisa CEO Alfatih Timur talks about the company’s milestones, and how it managed to balance business and social impact The post Milestones and achievements: Indonesia’s crowdfunding platform KitaBisa shares its story appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Korean university students lack startup spirit, and what can be done to fix it In my master’s thesis “Development of young technology companies across Asia-Pacific,” I did a survey to assess the motivations and perceptions of technology entrepreneurship in Korean university students. In agreement with previous studies on the topic, the results show a low […] The post Korean university students lack startup spirit, and what can be done to fix it appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

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The rise of impact investing in Southeast Asia Almost a year ago, in November, I found myself at an entrepreneurship conference in Jakarta. The room was abuzz with familiar questions: How do we support and mentor budding entrepreneurs? How do we source and manage funding? How do we build scalable businesses that last? The post The rise of impact investing in Southeast Asia appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Congratulations are in order for Seekmi and Kakatu, two Indonesian digital startups that made their way to Google Launchpad, an accelerator program created by Google. Both startups have been published on Stage for a while and we believed their service quality, persistent and management style that got Google noticed. Special ovation also goes to Seekmi twice […] The post 2 Indonesian startups published on Stage are going to Google Launchpad appeared first on Stage by Unjukin Labs .