This article will summarize 7 points that are positive about running a company in Thailand, and a few suggestions for how it could be even better. 1. The recent Military Coup has brought stability to the country. Thai politics is a complicated affair and outside the scope of this post. However, oftentimes it is...
With the opening of Maker Zoo, Bangkok is soon to have dedicated maker space to drive the Maker Movement forward in Thailand. Set to launch officially by the end of August 2014, Maker Zoo has a room set up in Pah Creative Space and will also open an online store. The equipment on site...
Self-described serial entrepreneur Paul Srivorakul took an unlikely path to becoming a business tycoon, having studied Anthropology at UC Berkeley. But not long after graduating, he got the entrepreneurial bug and convinced his brothers to move back to their native Thailand in order to try their hand at bootstrapping a tech startup. Three successful...
If you are a new Thailand based startup, you’ll want to participate in Echelon Thailand 2014, which will be held September 18-19 2014 in Bangkok. Gain valuable media exposure and the attention of investors by pitching your amazing idea at this event. Five of the brightest and most promising startups will be given a...
Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has announced a new set of rules regarding the enforcement of visa overstays. How will the new rules affect you? Well, hopefully they won’t affect you at all because you’re smart enough and careful enough to never overstay your visa. The Old Rules The old rules were honestly quite ridiculously lenient...
Crackdown on Visa Runs at the Malaysian Border According to news reports from the popular web forum Thaivisa, foreigners with valid 60-day tourist visas have been denied entry into Thailand at land border crossings with Malaysia. The one thing that all of the foreign nationals had in common was that they had many back-to-back...
The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) is able to provide special tax privileges to those companies that it promotes. It therefore can be very advantageous—especially for startup companies—to seek promotion from the BOI. The two main tax benefits that the BOI is able to grant are: Exemption of corporate income tax for a period...
A new $100 million investment fund was announced by Rakuten Ventures. The global fund is to be directed towards investing in startup companies around the globe, with a focus on those in the Asia Pacific region, Israel, and the USA. This fund will use an earlier Southeast Asia fund, which was launched in 2013,...
If you’re starting your own business in Thailand you’ll no doubt need to have some employees. Therefore, it’s a good idea to get yourself acquainted with the essential points of Thailand’s labor law. The most important piece of legislation governing laws for the protection and welfare of employees is the Labor Protection Act of...
The Thailand Tech Startup Association has made its official debut in order to build a strong community of tech entrepreneurs in Thailand. The group, representing Thailand’s front-line of tech startup entrepreneurs, announced the establishment of the “Business Association for the Promotion of New Technology Entrepreneurs”—which was given the official English name “Thailand Tech Startup...