Guest Post
A number of Western developers I advise are interested in launching their apps in what they call “the Asian smartphone market.” The goal is quite understandable, given that geographic area’s high growth rate in recent years.
But I sometimes fear …
Guest Post When I co-founded InMobi in 2007, we took a novel “east-to-west” approach to our growth, starting in India before moving into other developing markets, then finally into more traditional “Western” markets as well.
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Guest Post Startups are considered pretty uncool in Hong Kong, a city ruled by finance and real estate, but I'm optimistic for the city’s chances at growing into a tech hub
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