Welcome to Asia Tomorrow's seventh weekly news! This week’s Asia Tomorrow will aid your entrepreneurial journey with the content below:

• How to discover your customer’s “actual” response to your business

• An English-phobic CEO is heading to Bangladesh for his very first team meetup

• A Singaporean ESG Startup Wins $0.8 Million Over Competitors, Including AI and Healthtech Companies

• An ex-Samsung Researcher’s Challenge of Tackling Climate Crisis with AI and Blockchain

For this week’s newsletter, you will get the insights such as:

• Understanding user behavior and improving your product/service.

• Everyone can grow a business abroad, even if the CEO fears speaking a foreign language.

• ESG startups can be beneficial to the world AND profitable.

• Blockchain-based solutions integrated with AI can be a new way of resolving carbon emissions.

Resources for Startups

👉 How to Discover Sincere Response of Customers and Apply It to Your Business

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We all know that listening to customers' voices is essential. However, few people pay attention to how to gather users’ authentic feedback. Generic surveys—such as “How do you like the app so far?”—will only provide superficial insights, wasting your precious time and resources. In this article, you will discover how major companies like IBM and Coca-Cola meticulously researched how to ask the right questions. Are you wondering how to collect honest feedback from your users? The content will guide you in excavating and understanding actual responses.

Stories for Starters

👉 South Korean CEO, Who is Afraid of English, Makes His Way to Meet Teammates in Bangladesh

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Can you operate a startup with co-workers abroad, even when you are reluctant to speak English? Lukas Shin, founder of Potential AI, proves that the only thing that matters is execution. The South Korean CEO visited Bangladesh to understand employees’ cultural environment and personal history. He invested 36 hours in an opportunity to discuss the team’s future despite his fright of speaking a foreign language. Shin’s story proves, once again, that starting unprepared is better than waiting for perfection.

Stories of Entrepreneurs & Changemakers

👉 How an ESG Software Service Won $850,000 in Tech in Asia Pitch Event

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Numerous startups have emerged since the importance of ESGs arose. This means entrepreneurs willing to focus on environmental issues must prove their vision, profitability, usability, and sustainable business model. A Singapore-based startup, Handprint, proved that this is possible. Instead of emphasizing environmental issues, the CEO focused on what the startup is working on with actual examples. Along with their well-organized blog, Handprint consistently proves that a business’s ability to solve customers’ problems is the most critical foundation.

👉 An Ex-Samsung Researcher’s Challenge of Popularizing Carbon Emission Trading with AI and Blockchain

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Achieving net-zero carbon emissions is becoming virtually mandatory for all businesses, which has caused the international carbon credit trading market to skyrocket by the year. However, many startups are still unsure how they can access emerging opportunities. Phantom Yun, an ex-researcher at Samsung, founded CO2 Network to resolve this issue. Based on blockchain technology, the application provides everyday transactions and tracking of carbon credits for everyone. Phantom’s story is filled with distinguished perspectives and insight into integrating cutting-edge technologies with the global environmental crisis.

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