WRITING · 8 POSTS
Notes from
the house.
2024 TO 2026
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Becoming the First Cambodia
Cambodia doesn't need to be the next Singapore. It needs to be the first Cambodia.
NO. 01 · 2 MIN
15 Years of Building in Cambodia: What Actually Worked
Fifteen years, KOOMPI, Selendra, VitaminAir and 50-odd startups later, here is what worked and what was expensive.
NO. 02 · 2 MIN
Local-First Product Design
Translation is the easy part. The work is making the app run on a $50 Android over weak 3G.
NO. 03 · 2 MIN
Digital Sovereignty
A country that imports all its technology can't fix it, can't adapt it, and inherits someone else's rules.
NO. 04 · 1 MIN
Why We Built Cambodia's First Laptop
KOOMPI shipped in 2018 to put students in front of a computer, back when an imported laptop cost $1,000 or more.
NO. 05 · 2 MIN
Local Problems, Global Technology
We built Selendra for problems Cambodian businesses actually have, not because we love crypto.
NO. 06 · 2 MIN
The Space That Started It All
Before smallworld built companies it was a co-working space, and that room taught us most of what we know.
NO. 07 · 2 MIN
Different Metrics for Different Markets
Silicon Valley chases fast growth and big exits. Cambodia is playing a different game.
NO. 08 · 2 MIN