Entrepreneurs

Leadership Series

It is well understood that human capital is a company's greatest asset, but with such a limited talent pool here in Thailand, finding the right top brass to fill the director's shoes can be a difficult and potentially ruinous task.

Green Guru

Director’s Pattamaporn Kittipanachol met with Dr Singh Intrachooto, one of Thailand’s leading lights in environmentally friendly design and innovative building technology in understanding the country’s environmental and waste management potential.

Repeat Business

With an abundance of natural resources to take advantage of the scope for green business in Thailand is wide-ranging. Director met with Ditto’s Teerathat Rattanakamolporn whose business is all about copying, but not in the way you may be thinking.

Franchising In Thailand

You have a good, established brand but you don’t have the capital to grow the business. Alternatively, you have the means, but don’t have the time to invest in building a business from scratch. The answer to both of these problems could lie in franchising but what opportunities are available in Thailand?

Mindwaves Solutions

Paths to success are always varied, seldom boring. Entrepreneurs learn to take the rough with the smooth and Director’s Thomas Schmid met with Mindwaves Solutions Har van der Veen to learn why he decided to start his own IT business and how he made it work.

Online Payment Master

Despite never planning to become an entrepreneur, Aung Kyaw Moe’s online payment business, SinaptIQ, expanded within six years to three subsidiaries. Aung’s success was founded upon his fearless determination and unflagging spirit that repeatedly transformed obstacles into opportunities.

Enterprising Gains

What does it take to walk away from the directorship of and an established and successful business to start your own company in a field you have virtually no experience of? Director asked Chokchai Kolsrichai why he did it and what he’s learned.

Emerging Entrepreneurship in Thailand

Historically, entrepreneurship in Thailand is significantly stronger than most other countries in the world, although it has traditionally been centred around family businesses. Brian Hunt, co-author of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Thailand 2007, discusses how modern Thai entrepreneurs are thinking differently.

Tom Waller Talking Thai Movies

Tom Waller arrived in Thailand after DeWarrenne Films, his production company, began to stall in the competitive London film scene. A move to Bangkok opened new horizons and brought new opportunities to the company and recent projects, including a showing at Cannes...

B Boulevard - Theraputic Retailing

Opening in September 2007, the original concept of a stylish "neighbourhood mall for modern families" was pretty much single-handedly devised and implemented by young businesswoman Viphavee "Mona" Khoman when she discovered what she describes as a "niche in the market well worth taking a risk on."

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