Samir Cherro's guest appearances

Samir Cherro

Asia Tech Podcast

Tim Ferriss

Jen Loong

Jason Goldberg

Jerry Chen

Michael Bloomberg

Michael Smith

Nitin Sawhney

Horace Dediu

Stephen Covey

Will Lee

Kerry Brown

Simon Dixon

Andrea Loubier

Daniel Fraser

Jason Choi

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[00:05] Welcome Samir Cherro, Co-Founder and CEO of GoWabi to Asia Tech Podcast[00:45] A little background history of Samir[02:10] Life begins at the end of your comfort zone - an entrepreneur's journey from Sweden to Japan[05:35] Moving from your homeland to another country is like moving to a new planet[10:10] How Samir ended up in Deal.com.sg in Singapore[11:55] A look at the cultural and business differences between the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand[13:00] Three months in LAZADA is like 6-12 months in a normal corporate life[18:30] The main idea behind GoWabi was an online platform, so, you can book appointments etc online instead of applying[24:00] Why convenience isn't the biggest selling point in Asia[31:30] The main problem now was customer retention[37:15] Do you have plans to expand to other countries or do you feel like there’ll be so much business here in Thailand so you don’t have to worry about expanding to other countries?[44:40] How did you find the optimal way to get more clients with spending the least amount of money?[50:10] What are your growth statistics? How much money would you want to raise in your next funding round?[52:35] What have you learned from your start-ups?

[00:05] Welcome Samir Cherro, Co-Founder and CEO of GoWabi to Asia Tech Podcast [00:45] A little background history of Samir [02:10] Life begins at the end of your comfort zone - an entrepreneur's journey from Sweden to Japan [05:35] Moving from your homeland to another country is like moving to a new planet [10:10] How Samir ended up in <a href="http://Deal.com.sg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deal.com.sg</a> in Singapore [11:55] A look at the cultural and business differences between the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand [13:00] Three months in LAZADA is like 6-12 months in a normal corporate life [18:30] The main idea behind GoWabi was an online platform, so, you can book appointments etc online instead of applying [24:00] Why convenience isn't the biggest selling point in Asia [31:30] The main problem now was customer retention [37:15] Do you have plans to expand to other countries or do you feel like there’ll be so much business here in Thailand so you don’t have to worry about expanding to other countries? [44:40] How did you find the optimal way to get more clients with spending the least amount of money? [50:10] What are your growth statistics? How much money would you want to raise in your next funding round? [52:35] What have you learned from your start-ups?

168: Samir Cherro – GoWabi, Lazada, Ensogo