Lack of talent is biggest gap in South-east Asia tech space: EDB executive

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THE biggest gap in South-east Asia’s startup scene lies in talent, said a top executive at Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB). Even as opportunities abound, the region lacks senior product managers and engineers partly because it does not have a history of building “brilliant” tech systems. Read more at The Business Times.

That said, many South-east Asians who were educated in the US are coming back home to start companies, and this story is seen across all countries in the region. South-east Asians are also “very well-represented” in tech firms in Silicon Valley, with more taking on senior product engineer positions, said Mr Chng.

Mr Chng was speaking during a fireside chat held during the 10th anniversary celebration of East Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital firm known for being the early backer of Indonesian startups Tokopedia, Traveloka and Kudo. The event was held in Jakarta on Monday.

 

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