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Corruption, language, lack of confidence hurt Asia’s digital workers: study The digital economy’s on its way to becoming the great equalizer of the world – but it’s got some serious obstacles to get around first. In Asia, a new report finds that government corruption, language barriers, and a lack of confidence and education about the […] The post Corruption, language, lack of confidence hurt Asia’s digital workers: study appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Funding famine gnaws at one more food startup: Eatfresh shuts retail food delivery Bangalore-based startup Eatfresh has suspended its on-demand food delivery service and is now focusing on group and bulk orders. “Dear customers, we no longer operate our on-demand meal delivery service, and will only cater to party or bulk orders in the future. The post Eatfresh shuts retail food delivery appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

The importance of working with great co-founders One powerful force that keeps us going is working with great co-founders The post The importance of working with great co-founders appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Grab introduces UberPool-like ride sharing in Indonesia – but for motorcycles Southeast Asian ride-hailing app Grab launches a new feature: GrabHitch (Nebeng) – a service that offers ride sharing on motorcycles. The service matches Grab drivers who commute to work with passengers who have similar routes living in cities around the Jakarta metro area such […] The post Grab introduces UberPool-like ride sharing in Indonesia – but for motorcycles 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 .

When stuck in traffic jams, Indonesians would choose the internet over their friends and family A survey by Opera revealed Indonesians’ online habits related to the country’s massive congestion issue The post When stuck in traffic jams, Indonesians would choose the internet over their friends and family appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

The Hive is the New Network Facebook, Twitter and Instagram all started life as revolutionary networks that brought existing real-world relationships online. Today, they are aging utilities, powering an outdated version of the social internet. As social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram grow larger, they skew disproportionately toward supernodes-celebrity, meme and business accounts. The post The Hive is the New Network appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

4 ways to boost e-commerce in Myanmar If banks and telcos reduce service fees, provide a better API and simplifies the procedure, the hassle of payment can be eliminated, and the e-commerce industry will grow up The post 4 ways to boost e-commerce in Myanmar 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 .

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 .

Eragano was borne to solve the never ending problems in the Indonesia agricultural industry by providing in the hope for total farming solutions. The founders at Eragano were actually built an e-commerce selling organic farm produce before pivoted the business to help Indonesian farmers and the industry in general. Eragano released several services for the industry […] The post Eragano brought in total solutions for Indonesia agriculture industry appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia 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 .

iGrow, the agricultural platform that connect farmers, landowners, and the investors to create food organic plantation then selling them to networked of modern markets just received an undisclosed early stage funding from East Ventures and 500 Startups. The funding will be use to propelled iGrow mission to expand its platform usage globally. Today, iGrow is managing over 1,000 hectares […] The post iGrow received undisclosed seeds funding from East Ventures and 500 Startups appeared first on Stage by Unjukin Labs .