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  • Echelon Bangkok roadshow showcases the bright new stars in Thailand’s ecosystem

    Echelon Bangkok roadshow showcases the bright new stars in Thailand’s ecosystem

    Recently, Echelon, the tech event startup organizer from Singapore held an event at WeWork Asia Centre in Bangkok. The Echelon Roadshow is part of a series of international stops leading up to the annual Echelon Asia Summit happening in May.

    The event brought together the local startup ecosystem over a night of networking, Thailand top 100 startup, plus a panel discussion with feature founders sharing their startup journeys – from how they scaled their company to how they addressed obstacles such as building a sustainable team. The panellists included Surasit Sachdev, CEO of Hungry Hub, Casey Liang, co-founder of Pomelo, and Bond Thaiyanurak, CEO&Founder of Box24. The discussion was moderated by PachareePantoomano, BrandNow.asia’s Director of Make it Happen, the agency that launched large startups such as Grab, Lalamove, and Honestbee in Thailand.

    The panel discussion tackled Founders Confessions which panellists shared their experiences as part of starting up. Bond talked about working with the right partners and having the right chemistry. He’s had to resolve a conflict with a shareholder. Surasit confessed that when he initially started the company, he did not do market research and that causes him to burn through his investment quickly. He advised anyone thinking about starting up should do the research and work on the proof of concept from the beginning. When Pacharee asked the panellists if they started their companies for love or money, Casey said that it was a bit of both. However, it’s the love for growing the business that keeps him going. The life of a start-up can be a bumpy one and he said that if you love what you do, it will help you stay true to your goal.

    Thaddeus Jit Siong Koh, the co-founder of e27, shared “The journey for these winners has only just begun. We are excited to see them compete against the other bright new stars of Southeast Asia’s ecosystem in Singapore — at our Echelon Asia Summit 2019 which is taking place on May 23rd and 24th at Singapore Expo. We also hope that these startups will be able to level up through absorbing insights from thought leaders, corporate business matching, and more”

    Pacharee added, “It is important that we continue to contribute, develop and grow the ecosystem locally, regionally and globally. These events and competitions bring about better products and services for businesses and consumers. We are delighted to be Echelon’s media and community partner in Thailand. It is an opportunity for us to support our local startup scene and do our part in fostering the digital economy”.

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  • Echelon Thailand addresses the unique struggles of women in business

    Echelon Thailand addresses the unique struggles of women in business

    It may come as a surprise that Thailand not only boasts one of the world’s largest number of women entrepreneurs. It is also one of the few countries in the world where there are as many female business owners as there are male.

    At Echelon Thailand 2015, we are dedicating a panel solely to female entrepreneurs — their struggles, their drive, their rise in participation in business and why female entrepreneurs are here to stay. The discussion will include, but is not limited to, female entrepreneurship in different cultures around the world, existing policies and their issues and more.

    Araya Noo Hutasuwan is currently Vice President at Ardent Capital, an operator VC based in Bangkok with 15 companies in portfolio across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. She is focussed on advising current portfolio companies on their business strategies, helping drive subsequent funding rounds and potential M&As, sourcing potential deals, due diligence and making investment recommendations.

    Prior to working at Ardent, Araya co-founded several fashion retail brands with a presence in the US and Thailand, spent time setting up a factory in Myanmar and spent four years in Investment Banking at Phatra Securities with a focus on M&A.

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    Shannon Kalyanmitr is superwoman: Entrepreneur, women’s advocate, World Connector, Thai-American and Mother of Siamese-Viking Twins. She is also the Founder and Group CMO of MOXY, the shopping destination in Southeast Asia focussed on women.

    Coming from a long line of business development roles from Investment Banking (Lehman Brothers and PwC) to Television and Media (Singha Beer & Building a Digital TV Station from Scratch) – to Social Development (Tsunami Humanitarian work) and now Tech, Shannon has been able to marry the best of all her global experiences into MOXY, along with carrying on her passion for women’s development and entrepreneurship.

    An international marketing and communications professional with over 20 years experience, Pacharee Pantoomano-Pfirsch delivers winning solutions for some of the world’s most influential brands. From brand management to direct marketing to internal communications and community relations, her proven expertise and solid grasp of market communications come together with stellar results for leading-edge marketing strategies for her clients around the globe.

    Today, in addition to serving her clients at Brandnow, she is also the Chairwoman for the Bangkok Now, an organisation she founded in 2003.

    Juliette Gimenez, is highly passionate, a serial entrepreneur and currently Co-founder of Goxip, the mobile-first app that allows users to search, discover and shop fashion by image recognition and celebrity stylefeed. Gimenez has extensive experience in starting up companies and driving multi-million dollars sales growth in e-commerce, particularly from an early stage level onwards in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong at companies such as Cdiscount Thailand and LivingSocial. Previously, she was a VP at ubuyibuy, which got acquired by Groupon.

    Linh Thai is Founder and CEO of Stitch Appeal, an online fashion brand that creates custom tailored women’s fashion.

    Prior to this, she was a Director at DFJ VinaCapital, a leading venture capital fund based in Ho Chi Minh City. Before that, she was an Investment Banking Associate at Bank of America Securities in New York City, where she worked on equity, debt and M&A deals. Her experiences also include roles in marketing and operations at Internet startups in the US.

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  • e27 returns to Bangkok, Thailand with Echelon Thailand 2015 on November 26-27

    e27 returns to Bangkok, Thailand with Echelon Thailand 2015 on November 26-27

    Connecting entrepreneurs to tomorrow’s Mekong, e27 presents Echelon Thailand 2015, a two-day intensive conference this November to bridge the best of the Mekong region’s burgeoning technology startup community with over 1,000 regional tech entrepreneurs, startup founding teams, investors and industry thought leaders.

    While the tech scene in the Mekong region has been synonymous with just Bangkok so far, at Echelon Thailand 2015, active startup communities from around the region will be featured as well. Community delegation groups representing Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos ecosystem will be in attendance.

    With Echelon Thailand 2015, expect two full day of high-level keynotes, rigorous breakout fireside sessions, interactive workshops, structured networking opportunities and panel discussions on the key issues driving the Mekong region’s tech ecosystems.

    This year’s Echelon Thailand, the third of its kind, features the likes of Ariya Banomyong of LINE Thailand, Jeffrey Paine of Golden Gate Ventures, Guillaume Sachet of MediaCorp, Adrian Vanzyl of Ardent Capital, Vineet Tanwar of Google Play, Krating Poonpol of 500 Tuktuks, Jon Sugihara of RedMart, Pawoot Pongvitayapanu, Managing Director of founder of Rakuten TARAD Co,. Ltd. and many more.

    Speakers will headline a variety of keynotes, panels, firesides and workshops on a range of issues from EdTech to E-Commerce, Investing in Female-led Entrepreneurship to Investment Opportunities in the Mekong region and beyond.

    The highly-anticipated search for Asia’s top startups also returns with Echelon Thailand’s Startup Launchpad pitching segment and showcase arena. The e27 team will shortlist the top 10 startups to pitch their products and services in a closed-door session on the first day, before the judging panel shortlists a further top 5 to take to the main stage on the second day. The ultimate winner will clinch the title of Most Promising Startup and walk away with a prize from Microsoft worth over US$120,000.

    Tech Alley returns as a conference mainstay with a mix of startups and top technology firms showcasing their innovations to delegates – forming sustainable partnerships, generating leads, securing scaling opportunities and getting first hand insight into the latest technology trends.

    To top it off, e27 aims to bring people together through structured networking sessions in Echelon Thailand. Selected startups will be given opportunities to pitch and raise funds from attending investors, scout for new talent and form partnerships with other entrepreneurs in attendance. At the same time, investors can seek their next venture, get macro-level insights from our speakers and build their funding portfolios.

    “We take pride in building one of the highest quality tech startup conference series – and bringing it across Asia,” says Roy Ang, General Manager of e27, “After two years of conferences in Thailand and partnering with community groups across the region, we are excited to take the first step in formally connecting even more stakeholders across the Mekong region’s tech community with Echelon Thailand 2015.

    Echelon Thailand 2015 will take place on November 26 and 27, from 8:30 AM to 5.30 PM with an exclusive Afterparty that runs till late. The event will be hosted at Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), located at 88 Bangna-Trad Road (Km. 1), Bangna, Bangkok 10260.