Inspiring tech entrepreneurship

25 June 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Marine and coastal areas / Sihanoukville / Water resources
Australian aid / Koh Rong island / Lazy Beach / Malaysian aid / New Zealand / Sihanoukville / Singapore / Startup Weekend / Thailand / The Riverside / Yellow Tower

The arrival of Startup Weekend in Cambodia marked a new beginning for high-tech entrepreneurship as more than 80 people worked on all kinds of new business ideas all weekend at Yellow Tower across the Tonle Sap from The Riverside.

Chief Marketing Officer Joey Pomerenke of Startup Weekend flew out specially from the US to attend all three days and to lead a planning group of regional high-tech participants at the Lazy Beach private hideaway on Koh Rong island off the coast of Sihanoukville and is leaving on Tuesday.

“It is really about bringing the region together. The organisers from Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand can work together,” he said. …

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