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You’re better off as an entrepreneur if you have more practice making money than spending money.

CheckItOut! | Making money takes practice, just like playing the piano takes practice. | KrASIA

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CheckItOut! | Making money takes practice, just like playing the piano takes practice.

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

I'm Jason with KrASIA [kri’eɪʃə], a newborn digital media with a dedication to help Asia uncover its innovations and to create.

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Jason Zheng

Y Combinator is an American seed accelerator, started in March 2005. Y Combinator is consistently ranked at the top of U.S. accelerators.

Y Combinator

If you want to understand startups, understand growth.

CheckItOut! | If You Get Growth, Everything Else Tends to Fall into Place. | KrASIA

CheckItOut! | If You Get Growth, Everything Else Tends to Fall into Place.

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

HQ has only been out for 3 months, and it’s already beating Zuckerberg’s inaugural Facebook Live for concurrent viewer numbers.

CheckItOut! | All the WHYs/HOWs Behind HQ Trivia's Success | KrASIA

CheckItOut! | All the WHYs/HOWs Behind HQ Trivia&#8217;s Success

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

In 2015, Dianping merged with its rival Meituan to form Meituan-Dianping, which is now worth $30B and the fourth most valuable startup in the world.

CheckItOut! | Tao Zhang of Dianping regrets Meituan-Dianping merger didn't happen sooner and thus missed the ride-hailing opportunity | KrASIA

CheckItOut! | Tao Zhang of Dianping regrets Meituan-Dianping merger didn&#8217;t happen sooner and thus missed the ride-hailing opportunity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Gobi Partners currently has three ASEAN-oriented funds. Overall, the firm has invested in 172 startups in China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

Jason Zheng

CheckItOut! | Making money takes practice, just like playing the piano takes practice.

CheckItOut! | If You Get Growth, Everything Else Tends to Fall into Place.

CheckItOut! | All the WHYs/HOWs Behind HQ Trivia’s Success

CheckItOut! | Tao Zhang of Dianping regrets Meituan-Dianping merger didn’t happen sooner and thus missed the ride-hailing opportunity

Gobi Partners expands ASEAN team with two new VPs