Reinventing leadership: Insights from former executives turned startup founders
The recent East Ventures Summit 2024, held in July this year, brought together over 100 experts and leaders in the Southeast Asian tech, startup, and business landscape to share their nuanced insights in more than 30 simultaneous panels.
David vs Goliath: How Indonesian SaaS startups can win
Over the past decade, software-as-a-service (SaaS) has emerged as a successful model for software delivery globally. Both businesses and consumers have been demanding more software tools, and the question has always been – “how to sell and deliver what the customers want at scale?” The hallmark of SaaS - a centrally hosted, web-delivered, multi-tenant architecture (i.e. built once, sold many times) fit into the growing digitalization theme and was the core engine of tech adoption in the US and many developed economies.
Ignite the burned out: Applying a healthy approach to burnout in the workplace
Everyone has responsibilities and expectations to fulfill, whether as business owners, startup founders, workers, parents, students, or many other roles. There must be times when we experience a state of exhaustion, both physical and emotional, that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment. Based on the latest Deloitte report, named “Women @ Work 2022: A Global Outlook”, the report reveals that 53% of women say their stress levels are higher than they were a year ago, and almost half feel burned out.
Pintarnya closes Seed fundraise at US$ 14.3 million; East Ventures and Vertex Ventures SEA & India join the round
Pintarnya, one-stop digital platform for blue collar workers to find employment opportunities in Indonesia, today announced it has raised $8 million from East Ventures and Vertex Ventures SEA & India (VVSEAI), bringing the total seed funding to US$14.3 million, one of the largest seed funding rounds in Southeast Asia to-date.