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Ok, Things I Loved About Vietnam

Posted in society, travel, tagged , , , , , , on August 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Travel is a passion of mine. It is for a lot of people.
Once in Jakarta as a young businessman, I moved out of my five-star hotel for a weekend, just to stay with back packers in another part of town. That, however, was a long time ago. Yet, with such perspective in mind, let me [...]

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Building an International Team is Challenging, Rewarding

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , on August 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Hiring new employees is always a challenge. Trying to hire in a foreign country takes the challenge to another level.
Lift9 is building part of its social media research center in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam to support our efforts here in the states. We believe that in order to make much of the social media data [...]

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Maneuvering Through Opportunities & Traffic in Vietnam

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , on July 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I hold on tightly behind my brother as he deftly maneuvers his scooter through the seemingly chaotic traffic of Ho Chi Minh City.
At first, watching hordes of cars and scooters sharing the streets and avoiding each other without apparent defined rules can be both astonishing and terrifying. But from the back seat of Paul’s scooter, [...]

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Asia Offers More Than Just A Business Opportunity

Posted in Entrepreneurs, business, tagged , , , on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

One of my criteria for a new start-up venture was to have an international twist.
Having lived and worked in Europe and Asia, I was comfortable with either or both. As fate would have it, I’m heading back to Asia and couldn’t be happier about it.  If the business plan is well executed, we’ll be in [...]

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Joe Chang Finds Another World In Southeast Asia

Posted in People, society, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Meet Joe Chang, who just returned from vacationing in Thailand and Vietnam.  Yes, he has a big smile on his face when not yawning from jetlag.  He loved it:  The weather, the culture, the food, the nightlife.
Joe is a single 30-year-old Korean-American, born in Vancouver, WA and never lived outside of Washington state.  He gets [...]

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Life is but Series of Experiences

Posted in Entrepreneurs, People, business, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Guest Post by Paul Song
When John asked me to share one of my business experiences as a guest contributor to his blog a few months ago, I started to think which one would be the most interesting and relevant. Should I talk about starting an IT services company in my 20’s and what [...]

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Father, Son Venture into Vietnam

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »

MEET Paul Song, a father, a world traveler and a visionary entrepreneur. Oh yeah, he’s also my brother. Paul’s been part of the Seattle business community since 1990 when he started ARIS, an IT consulting firm that listed on NASDAQ in 1997. He was 34 years-old then.
Today, he’s more fashionable, still in good shape, more [...]

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