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Unique Challengesas a
Tech Entrepreneur in Myanmar
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• My plan is to come back and build a human resource in terms of a few designers and developers and work as an Android development company for the first 6 to 12 months.. When things become stable, I plan to shift my focus to my own product…..
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• My assumption is that there will be a large increase in mobile phone users in Myanmar in the next one to two years.. Most people uses Android phones.. So it is likely that there will be demands for android app development especially from SMEs.. But I am not sure about whether it will be feasible to survive just as an android development firm.. Along the way, I plan to build a product as well and try to build a user base.. I have already gotten a MVP for my product idea..
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FACTS
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The StartHard
The Fact
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Market
The Fact
Local
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Human Resource
The Fact
Brain LeaksNow the real tigers are here.
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Infra Strain
The Fact
drains your life
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The Fact
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The Fact
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CO$T
The Fact
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LAW
The Fact
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DANGER
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Easy Money Envy
DANGER
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Social Work Overhead
DANGER
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The SV Syndrome
DANGER
You are Not in Singapore
You are Not in Silicon Valley
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Overwhelming Opportunities
DANGER
You cannot chase 2 rabbits at the same time.
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Brain got Eaten
DANGER
Don’t be naive!
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Crony Wannabe Syndrome
DANGER
Red Pill or Blue Pill?
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Tips• Reduce your expectation to 10%.
• The development is slower than as it seems.
• Triple the amount of your expected co$t.
• Just choose one. Doing outsourcing or Doing your own product from day1 and stick to it.
• Double the time required to stability.
• You need at least 2 to 3 years to learn the lessons before your really start.
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–My Dad
“e"မ$%က'ကiန'*ဘယ'eလ%က'eက%င'*eက%င'* တည'ကiန'*မeက%င'*ရင'
ရလ%ဒ' ဘယ'လiuမ4 မeက%င'*5iuင'ဘ6* ” 0 x 100 = 0
base multiplier result
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Why are we still doing this?
Questions?