Top 5 Tips for First Time Startup Founders in Myanmar
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TOP 5 TIPS For First Time Startup Founders in Myanmar 30 th October, 2016
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TOP 5 TIPSFor First Time Startup Founders in Myanmar
30th October, 2016
Serial EntrepreneurCEO
MentorStartup TechUP
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2016 PLANSAre you planning to be a startup founder in Myanmar?
Are you sure?
Plans you have put into motion.
Things you are considering.
Yes No
Yes means?
You have confirmed at least
a few things…
Founding Member(s)
Idea/MVP
User/Customer
Tip #1Feel the Pulse
Get to know the community
March 2014Civic Tech Hackathon
September 2014Business Solutions Hackathon
February 2016MaePaySoh Hack Challenge
June 2016National Day of Civic Hacking
November 2016GDG DevFest
1shotCV “Job Buffet” (GEW)
TechStars’ Startup Weekend
Mar Sep Feb June Nov Dec Jan Feb
People you meet atHackathons, Meetups & Events
Investors/Founders Judges/Mentors Industry Veterans Participants
Tip #2Choose your Environment
Get a desk
Sar J PoeDowntown
Small
Office CubedThinKanGyun
Medium
PhandeeyarDowntown
Large
Kanaung HubMICT Park
Large
Tip #3Reach outfor Funding
500 Startups
Anthem Asia
BeeNext
Omidyar
Blibros Group
NSI Ventures
Frontier Digital Investment
Telenor dtacSeedstars Techstars
Angels*
Phandeeyar AccelerateMMLithan TechUP
Phandeeyar Founder Institute
Tip #4Plan for Hiring
Local
Repat
Expat
#TrainMawExhaustion – in terms of time, money & energy –
from training employees just to have them quit
soon after onboarding.
train·maw/trānˈmô/
noun informal
Colloquial term combining Anglo term “train” with
Burmese term “maw” (meaning exhausted or tired).
“An experienced startup founder complained about
having to reformulate HR Strategy to avoid TrainMaw.”
Tip #5Find time to Contribute
Give Serendipity a chance
Finding out things without
being searching for them
“ မုတ္ဆိတ္ပ်ားစြဲတတ္ေသာ ပါရမီ ”
“ ၾကက္ကန္းဆန္အုိးတုိး ”
“”
THANK YOU& questions please
