Silicon Valley

Summit brings together investors, startups in efforts to boost SEA ecosystem
Global Ventures Summit 2017 will play host to VCs, angel investors, corporates and LPs.
Boom in digital economy to draw Indonesians home
Indonesians working abroad are in great demand at home as the digital economy takes off and companies face a talent shortage.
Citing health reasons, Hugo Barra leaves Xiaomi
Hugo Barra leaves Xiaomi, says decision to return to California is largely motivated by health reasons and desire to be closer to family.
A traditionalist's take on tech entrepreneurship
In the late 90s at the height of the Dotcom boom, many Malaysians flocked to entrepreneurship eager to make something of the Asian Financial Crisis. Young, impassioned entrepreneurs relished the wealth of ideas and possibilities flowing out of Silicon Valley. They planned to build internet businesses and aspired to be the next Southeast Asian Pets.com. Afzal Abdul Rahim was one of them.
Digerati50: The ‘behind-the-scenes’ entrepreneur
DNA continues its weekly series that profiles the top 50 influencers, movers and shakers who are helping shape Malaysia’s Digital Economy. This week, we look at the power behind the iPay88 throne!
Week in Review: With new CEO, will MaGIC morph?
Ashran Ghazi may be tasked with getting MaGIC back on track to its original mandate, but it may be a case of ‘damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t,’ writes A. Asohan.
The Silicon Valley model works here, but very slowly
Anwar Jumabhoy & Srikrishna Vadrevu find that there are ‘Silicon Valley’ type success stories out of Malaysia, and that bodes well for the entire tech ecosystem.
In the trenches with the D50: Startups are not one-man shows
At a special panel discussion, DNA’s Digerati50 talked about the right time to start a business and why startups should stop being so rah-rah on Silicon Valley.
Setbacks aside, Jokowi continues digital economy mission with the West
Despite some recent setbacks, Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is going to travel to San Francisco as part of his mission to establish the republic as the largest digital economy in Asean.
Week in Review: MDeC’s unfinished business
MDeC is going back to one of the initial goals of the MSC vision, but its success will depend on the hunger of entrepreneurs.
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