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If you are building for the unbanked, try to live as an unbanked for a while
If you are building for emerging market, try to live there and mingle with the locals
👇🏻is the 3rd tallest building (Torre de David) in Caracas, Venezuela. Now becomes the tallest slum in the world
If you are building for emerging market, try to live there and mingle with the locals
👇🏻is the 3rd tallest building (Torre de David) in Caracas, Venezuela. Now becomes the tallest slum in the world
I will spend significant time in South East Asia in 2019 where only 27% of the people there are banked
My next two stops in SEA will be Vietnam 🇻🇳 (~20%) and Philippines 🇵🇭 (~27%).
only after these trips I can tell the merit of “build for the unbanked” thesis
My next two stops in SEA will be Vietnam 🇻🇳 (~20%) and Philippines 🇵🇭 (~27%).
only after these trips I can tell the merit of “build for the unbanked” thesis
Haven’t been to Venezuela 🇻🇪 yet m doing research on the most effective way of doing local due diligence and found the “tallest slum” above.
SEA would works easier for me as a decent part of population there can speak Mandarin/Cantonese so can get first hand info in depth
SEA would works easier for me as a decent part of population there can speak Mandarin/Cantonese so can get first hand info in depth
This is a popular local equivalent of cab 🚕 I took at in rural Thailand, the stickers/meme on it reflects how western culture has “eroded” them 🤣🤣
US dollar bill 💵 has much worse utility there than Singapore dollar bill. Liquidity of currency tends to regionally centralized
US dollar bill 💵 has much worse utility there than Singapore dollar bill. Liquidity of currency tends to regionally centralized
