Perspectives on the impact of technology on Southeast Asia (recording)

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Thai graduate from Jula living in SF

economist at World Bank

Intel alum

VC partner

Disruption in 4 key sectors

  1. accomodation - Airbnb
  2. e-commerce - Amazon
  3. transportation - Uber
  4. media - ‣ (personally part of the source of this disruption in 2007)

Establishing links to Silicon Valley (successful approach by China)

[[rise of China mini-doc on Netflix]]

Relevant trends

Thailand

medical tourism

vacation / low-cost is great place to recover

R&R

entrepreneurialism

buddhism

(can see trend towards high-end plant-based Thai cuisine)

mindfulness

BOOK: Sapiens

hospitality

Airbnb experiences

trend in slowing down

24/6 - Tiffany Shlain

Underbelly

micro fusion

transformation in socialization

Icebreaker

Gather

transformation in “healthcare”

product-driven growth { INQUIRY: access to financial wellbeing? }