South-east Asia poised to be startup hub of the world
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COULD 2017 be the year of the South-east Asian startup?
There's a lot to suggest that might be the case, with big names from 500 Startups Management Co to Google Inc talking up the region. Its potential to grow into a US$200 billion Internet economy "is an idea whose time has come", Sajith Sivanandan, who oversees Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and new emerging markets at Google, said at Bloomberg's Asean Business Summit in Hanoi last week.
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