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My colleague Thuy and I had the opportunity to represent our company #Dashfactory GmbH during the two-week market exploration trip of the International Startup Campus. For us, these first steps on the Asian market were a complete success to bring in our ideas for a more sustainable development of urban mobility and to get in contact with potential partners and customers. Vietnam has a lot to offer in terms of expertise, and the trip provided very good opportunities to build networks and find local partners and suppliers. It also gave us the necessary know-how to make many decisions about international markets....

'This program allowed us to experience Vietnam in a most comfortable and curated fashion. The networking was organised promptly by competent local ecosystem mentors. The program allowed us to meet our Vietnamese partners with the active involvement of the mentors. As a market, Vietnam is a hot test bed with amazing diversity and the best location to build an scale operations in Asia...

Dedicating 2 weeks for this trip was really the best decision in order to get more done while in the country. I enjoyed working with the ISC team, highly professional, not only on site but also a month before the trip actually started. This was a very good way to start thinking about the whole business environment and save time after landing in the country. Vietnam is a country where language can definitely be an issue and getting the support from ISC Vietnam team members was very valuable....

By participating in the ISC Market Exploration Trip, we were not only able to explore the interesting market in Vietnam, but also learn a lot about Southeast Asia in general. I gained knowledge about local sales as well as got to know the business culture and legal and tax conditions. I even had the opportunity to participate in a pitch event and present our startup "3G Proxy" to Asian investors, where I was able to make interesting contacts...