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Want to do business in Thailand – need an Idea?

Posted by sideshowBOB | Blog, Newbies, Reader Submissions | Posted on June 19th, 2007

I recently came across this company and wanted to at least share it with our readers:

http://www.ideacon.biz/

This is NOT a paid advertisement nor was I contacted by the company but rather I came across the site and thought it might be of interest to people who are considering setting up shop in Thailand. Usually people end up working with brokers and buying an existing business. Or people come here and try to build a business from scratch – which is not easy but can be done. Ideacon is a new company focusing on helping people research ideas with a goal towards starting a new company based on a new idea. It is a new concept and there are no success stories but I think it something worth noting. I also think it is important to support business in this space to encourage the overall expat/entrepreneurial landscape. I have encouraged the owner of Ideacon to share any future success stories here and I invite anyone who has experience with Ideacon to share as well. Following is a letter from the founder of Ideacon.

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Treaty of Amity Info

Posted by sideshowBOB | Blog, Newbies, Reader Submissions | Posted on May 24th, 2007

Disclosure: This is all based on some of our direct experience, speaking with a local company who asissts individuals in company setup and some information online. If anyone has anything newer, is currently going through Amity setup or knows something we don’t – please just comment.

Much appreciated!

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Biz 101 :: The Books

Posted by sideshowBOB | Blog, Newbies, Reader Submissions | Posted on May 10th, 2007

When we first started out looking to build a business in Thailand, I went to the book store hoping to find something along the lines of Thailand Business for Dummies but nothing like that existed. I was possibly hoping to even find a book that might share some bar owner war stories but mostly all you will find is bargirl war stories. Maybe someday this section of the blog will spawn the Thailand Business for Dummies book but in the meantime we have a few suggestions for books that may help you in your quest to move to Thailand and start a business.

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So u wanna live in Thailand? by Werewolf

Posted by werewolf | Blog, Newbies, Reader Submissions | Posted on April 29th, 2007

When I first came to Thailand I taught English… it sometimes feels like every Westerner you meet here did.

For me, three months of teaching morphed into a sales job, then a managment role.

A bad vibe from the business owner made me look for an alternative and I found it in the form of being a virtual worker. I am excercising my ability to do technical writing by working for a company in the US. My only requirement is my laptop & internet connection.

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So u wanna live in Thailand? by A guy who did (live in Bangkok)

Posted by John Obama | Blog, Newbies, Reader Submissions | Posted on April 29th, 2007

Great subject. I’ve heard an awful lot of guys (and never one woman) say they would love to/kill to/sell all their possessions to live in Thailand. By which they almost always mean one of the four areas my Thai teacher told me are ‒no longer Thailand”: Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and Koh Samui.

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