Pawoot Pongvitayapanu (pictured) – known to many as Pom – is the founder of Tarad.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites in Thailand.
In 2009, Rakuten bought a majority stake in Tarad and made it the Japanese company’s springboard into Thailand. In the last three years, Pom saw how Rakuten co-run Tarad and made his business even more data-driven and disciplined.
He shared his acquisition aftermath experience with us recently during a recent trip to Ho Chi Minh City last December, touching upon on key performance indicators and how they could be applied to startups too. It got me so inspired that I wrote a blog post to journal his thoughts. On the spot when we met, I invited him to speak at Startup Asia Singapore 2013 knowing that he has more knowledge to share. Thankfully, he said yes.
During his panel discussion at Ho Chi Minh City, Pom had less than five minutes. So at Startup Asia Singapore, we allocated 30 solid minutes to interview and dig into his experience on what he learned after Tarad got acquired.
Pom’s coffee chat interview is scheduled on April 5 from 3.00 to 3.30pm. Join us. We will see you on April 4 and 5 at Startup Asia Singapore.
