Build Startup Festival: Paulo Campos | Esquire Philippines - video Dailymotion

Kaya Founders managing partner Paulo Campos describes the past year of local startups. #EsquirePHVideo #EsquirePHEvents

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00:00Over the past year I think the Philippines has emerged as the most

00:04exciting venture ecosystem in Southeast Asia so when you look at our neighbors

00:11in Southeast Asia and the different startup and venture ecosystems in all

00:14of those places and I think it's no exaggeration to say that you know the

00:18Philippines has really emerged as the most exciting said another way the one

00:23of the highest potential where investors anyone involved in the

00:28ecosystem really looking at the Philippines as you know providing the

00:32next big hope to Southeast Asia the next big story for the region not lose the

00:38lessons of the last couple of years which is that these days the types of

00:42businesses that get funded are those that are sustainable in their business model

00:47that with an eye towards monetization and profitability already out the gate and the

00:53discipline of you know not you know of building a business step-by-step in the

01:00right way with strong foundations rather than any quick fixes or quick quick

01:06turnaround those have been the lessons of the last couple of years so we should

01:10keep those and then inject a sense of the fact that you're working and

01:16building in the most exciting country in Southeast Asia so my advice is just go do

01:21it this year