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🚀 What does it take to be future-ready as a founder? Our Venture Business Foundations course is designed to help early-stage founders build clarity, structure, and momentum in their startup journey. Over 3 months, you’ll explore practical venture frameworks, sharpen your business fundamentals, and gain confidence through guided reflections, modular sprints, and instructor check-ins. ✨ What to expect: • A self-paced experience paired with community check-ins • Tools grounded in real-world venture building across Asia • Access to venture resources for 3 months upon enrolment • Open to founders, executives, and operators at any stage 💡 As a special thank you to our LinkedIn community, we’re offering an exclusive 15% discount. Use code “VBF15GW” at checkout before 5 October 2025, 11:59PM. 👉 Find out more and enrol here: https://lnkd.in/gKJBKD7K Neil Cheong, MSc Alvin Chin #GUIDE #LearningPass #VentureBusinessFoundations #VBF #VentureBuilding #FutureReady #Entrepreneurship #FounderGrowth #BusinessFoundations #VentureCapital #Innovation #EcosystemBuilding #StartupAsia #LeadershipDevelopment #BusinessGrowth #EarlyStageStartups #CommunityOfFounders #FounderSupport #ScalingUp

From startups and business associations to investors and policymakers, the ASEAN Digital CoE unites voices across the ecosystem to drive growth and strengthen collaboration in the region. If you are part of the ecosystem, we want to hear from you! The ASEAN Digital CoE is being co-developed as a regional enabler for startups, governments, and investors. Through stakeholder engagement across ASEAN, it will gather ground-level insights and co-create evidence-based solutions that support the region’s innovation ecosystem. This initiative is led in partnership by GUIDE and Cradle Fund, with the support of ASEAN partners, to create a collaborative platform for inclusive growth. 🔗 Join the conversation and help shape ASEAN’s digital future: https://lnkd.in/gEtRAJdu Cradle Fund Startup Asean The ASEAN Secretariat GUIDE #ASEANCoE #CradleFund #GUIDE #DigitalEconomyASEAN #DigitalEconomy #RegionalGrowth #Innovation #PolicyInnovation #RegulatoryAlignment

ASEAN’s digital economy is accelerating, powered by record startup growth, rising investment flows, and an expanding pool of innovators. But while opportunities are vast, startups continue to face barriers in scaling across borders, from regulatory fragmentation to limited regional networks. The ASEAN Digital Centre of Excellence (CoE) is envisioned as a regional enabler for startups, governments, and investors. Its mission is to: ● Accelerate regional startup expansion ● Harmonise regulatory access ● Build intelligent digital infrastructure We’re excited to kick off this initiative to listen to stakeholders, gather insights, and co-develop the ASEAN Digital CoE, ensuring it reflects real market needs and supports the growth of our region’s startup ecosystem. In partnership with Cradle Fund and our ASEAN partners, we are committed to building a collaborative, evidence-based platform that empowers inclusive growth. 🔗 Join the conversation and be part of shaping the ASEAN Digital CoE: https://lnkd.in/gEtRAJdu 👉 Follow ASEAN Digital CoE Page for updates. Cradle Fund Startup Asean The ASEAN Secretariat GUIDE #ASEANCoE #CradleFund #GUIDE #DigitalEconomyASEAN #DigitalEconomy #RegionalGrowth #Innovation #PolicyInnovation #RegulatoryAlignment

📣 Calling all early-stage founders! GUIDE Learning Pass: Venture Business Foundations Course launches this October – a 3-month self-paced programme to sharpen your fundamentals and accelerate your growth. Join us at our Virtual Open Day on 4 September, 8:00 PM (GMT+8) to discover what the course offers and how it can help you move from idea to execution. 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gXrkBmAn 🔗 Learn more about Venture Business Foundations: https://lnkd.in/gKJBKD7K We hope you will join us, or share it with someone you believe will benefit from the course! Neil Cheong, MSc Alvin Chin #GUIDE #LearningPass #VentureBusiness #VentureBusinessFoundations #Startups #Entrepreneurs #EarlyStageFounders #FounderGrowth #VentureBuilding #StartupAsia #Entrepreneurship #EntrepreneurshipEducation #BusinessFoundations

On 14-15 August, the Central Asia+ Accelerator Programme Bootcamp: Investment Readiness brought founders from #Azerbaijan, #Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan, #Tajikistan, #Turkmenistan, and #Uzbekistan together to immerse themselves in lessons, activities, and working sessions designed to prepare them for investment readiness. The bootcamp opened with welcome remarks from Soltan Bayramov, Deputy Executive Director of 4SİM Azərbaycan / C4IR Azerbaijan, Orkhan Abbasov, Board Member of SABAH.HUB Innovation Center, and Heather L. Taylor-Strauss, PhD, Head of FDI Programmes, United Nations ESCAP, before diving into: 🟢 Mitigating venture risks using the VANGUARD framework 🟢 Understanding key business metrics and enterprise value 🟢 Developing scalable unit economics and differentiated moats 🟢 Pitching clinics and investor–investee role play 🟢 Working sessions to map individual growth trajectories We ended with a self-assessment and post-bootcamp briefing, giving founders clear tools and direction for what comes next. For our startups, this marks the beginning of an exciting journey. 🚀 International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) | Gobi Partners | GUIDE Neil Cheong, MSc | Alvin Chin | Kennith So | Tom Becker | Orkhan Mammadov | Shahin Khalilov | Aisulu Kalshabekova | Aslan A. | Nurken Bolatov | Maira Ibrayeva | Zulfiya Urunova | Argen Darmanov | Suusar Abysheva | Mihir Modi | Mirzosaid Mirzoev | Murod Khusanov | Otabek Davronbekov | Hayot Azimov, CSAA #CentralAsia+ #AcceleratorProgramme #InfoDay #CapitalAccess #VentureAccelerator #StartupEcosystem #InvestmentReadiness #TradeConnect

Big thanks to Mr Neil Cheong, MSc and the organizers for the opportunity to participate in the GUIDE — to learn from all of you, exchange ideas, and get inspired.