Kevin Jang

Building a Tech Startup From Scratch in Southeast Asia: A Davao Entrepreneur’s Playbook

Tech Trends /

The Southeast Asian Opportunity and Why Davao? Southeast Asia is a digital frontier bursting with potential. When I arrived in Davao in 2010, the tech scene here was nearly invisible compared to Seoul or Manila. But underneath, I saw something powerful: a young, digitally hungry population and a rising middle class eager for new technologies. […]

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The Niche Market Framework: Building a Thriving Tech Startup in Davao

Digital Nomad Guides /

When I first told my friends back in Seoul that I was moving to Davao in 2010 to start a tech company, I mostly got blank stares, followed by polite questions about whether I’d lost my mind. The perception was that innovation, capital, and talent resided in the glittering metropolises – Silicon Valley, London, Singapore,

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The Emerging Market Truth: Lure vs. Reality for Tech Founders

Digital Nomad Guides /

When I traded Seoul’s high-speed world for Davao’s humid embrace in 2010, many thought I was nuts. Not because Davao seemed like a tech utopia, but because leaving a known tech hub for a place perceived as a digital backwater seemed, well, crazy. But my move wasn’t some spur-of-the-moment decision. I saw potential here that

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Seoul to Davao: The 13-Year Architecture of a Philippine Tech Business

Side Hustle Ideas /

The Allure of the Unexpected: Why Davao, Why Not Silicon Valley? Thirteen years ago, instead of heading to Silicon Valley or established tech hubs in Europe, I chose Davao, a city in the southern Philippines that my friends in Seoul had barely heard of. At 30, I was seeking a departure from the predictable grind

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