Top 5 Tips for founders considering and planning to begin their startup journey in Yangon, Myanmar for the very first time. Presentation was given at #RedDotVentures located in #LaunchPad @ One-North, Singapore.

1. TOP 5 TIPS
For First Time Startup Founders in Myanmar
30th October, 2016

3. Serial EntrepreneurCEO
MentorStartup TechUP
Manager USAMicrosoft
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4. 2016 PLANS
Are you planning to be a
startup founder in Myanmar?

5. Are you sure?
Plans you have put into motion.
Things you are considering.
Yes No

6. Yes means?
You have confirmed at least
a few things…
Founding Member(s)
Idea/MVP
User/Customer

7. Tip #1
Feel the
Pulse

8. Get to know the community
March 2014
Civic Tech Hackathon
September 2014
Business Solutions Hackathon
February 2016
MaePaySoh Hack Challenge
June 2016
National Day of Civic Hacking
November 2016
GDG DevFest
1shotCV “Job Buffet” (GEW)
TechStars’ Startup Weekend
Mar Sep Feb June Nov Dec Jan Feb

9. People you meet at
Hackathons, Meetups & Events
Investors/Founders Judges/Mentors Industry Veterans Participants

10. Tip #2
Choose your
Environment

11. Get a desk
Sar J Poe
Downtown
Small
Office Cubed
ThinKanGyun
Medium
Phandeeyar
Downtown
Large
Kanaung Hub
MICT Park
Large

12. Tip #3
Reach out
for Funding

13. 500 Startups
Anthem Asia
BeeNext
Omidyar
Blibros Group
NSI Ventures
Frontier Digital Investment
Telenor dtac
Seedstars
Techstars
Angels*
Phandeeyar AccelerateMM
Lithan TechUP
Phandeeyar Founder Institute

14. Tip #4
Plan for
Hiring
Local
Repat
Expat

15. #TrainMaw
Exhaustion – 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.”

16. Tip #5
Find time to
Contribute

17. Give Serendipity a chance
Finding out things without
being searching for them
“ မုတ္ဆိတ္ပ်ားစြဲတတ္ေသာ ပါရမီ ”
“ ၾကက္ကန္းဆန္အိုးတိုး ”
“
”

18. THANK YOU
& questions please 

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