How Davids hire Goliaths
Filling in leadership roles with industry Goliaths will take more than just a slingshot. Here’s how founders fresh to the battlefield can win seasoned veterans over to their side.
Year: 2019
How to be the Alibaba for cars in Southeast Asia
How Carro’s market dominance is being driven by its very own formula one vehicle — a hyper-vertical platform fuelled by data and running on the engines of a financial services ecosystem for car owners and dealers
Intern Review: 360 Degrees of VC
From “star”-gazing to working on the ground with founders, mechanical engineering major Jie Hui and computer science major Chia Ler from NTU share takeaways from their three month exposure to venture capital in Southeast Asia
Growing an edtech startup by going micro
Scaling an edtech across Southeast Asia is about delivering value at the granular level
Cross-border logistics scaling Southeast Asia’s Export Potential
Logistics has emerged as an important vertical for innovation in the Asia Pacific, fueled by ecommerce retail. Momentum is now shifting upstream from first and last mile delivery services to cross-border logistics services.
Developing effective local teams for cross-border companies
Janio co-founder and CEO Junkai Ng lets Insignia Review take a peek at the key people management practices behind operating a regional logistics ecosystem.
What smart access means for the urban organism
Anthony Chow, co-founder and CEO of Igloohome, shares with Insignia Review the biology of the smart city, which he refers to as “urban organisms.” Here are the key takeaways from our interview.
Distribution insurtechs’ boarding call for industry
Insignia Review sat down with Laurens Koppelaar, CEO of Symbo Singapore, to talk about how distribution insurtechs are reshaping the industry’s interaction with data.
The world is flat, but Southeast Asia is a bowl
In 2005, Thomas Friedman wrote, “The world is flat.” Here’s our take on the innovation landscape in Southeast Asia.
Disruption in Southeast Asia: Best served with RICE
What’s next on the menu for disruption in Southeast Asia?