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Looking for 1 or 2 bedroom rental for 3 months

Looking from June 1 - End of August

Must be walking distance to Lamai Beach Road (1 - 2km) or very close.

One of the contributors to this article here, I am involved in 2 startups here in Thailand and it is actually working great. The only downside we have had is internet connectivity. While the talent is hard to find we have some for Thailand good experience devs (for back home they are near entry level) who have been able to pick up the coding capabilities we needed in a short timeframe and they are working out well. That is not to say it is always the case but with lots of effort into it, it has worked out well for us.

I will do a personal article about it later on as I would like to go into more detail personally about cash flows, actually bootstrapping and finding staff and so on. The purpose of this article is more to shed a small bit of light on Bangkok as a potential startup location. Take it as a grain of salt, nothing more.

First of all, I do think BKK/Thailand has a lot of potential for startups. That's why I'm here But reading this article gave me the impression of being "over hyped", at least in the near future. I couldn't recommend it to my friends with my own biases. But whatever. We all have our own opinions based from our experiences .

The part about your article that struck a nerve was about the "great" public transportation system. I can't stand getting around BKK. Taxi drivers refusing a fare completely blows my mind.

Perhaps my experiences are being drawn from the wrong places, so I'd love to find out more about groups here. I've look at http://www.meetup.com/WebMobThailand/ and http://www.meetup.com/Bangkok-TechMeetups which look interesting, but for whatever reason, haven't gone. Does anyone have recommendations?

By transport system we mainly just meant the BTS. MRT is not great but is functional. Both are much better than my experiences in Toronto where I was living for a couple years. That being said they are not on the level of Tokyo or anything, but even with a packed train in Bangkok it is never really packed, it is comfortably packed.

Taxis are a mess though, I do completely agree. Motorbikes on the other hand are brilliant!

I don't agree with many points on this blog, but I don't really feel the need to explain them all. Anyone with first hand experience would probably already know. I'm thinking the author has just done Internet research.

If someone was looking for tech start up locations, it would have to be Taipei. Unfortunately they lack decent Thai restaurants

One of the contributors to this article here, I am involved in 2 startups here in Thailand and it is actually working great. The only downside we have had is internet connectivity. While the talent is hard to find we have some for Thailand good experience devs (for back home they are near entry level) who have been able to pick up the coding capabilities we needed in a short timeframe and they are working out well. That is not to say it is always the case but with lots of effort into it, it has worked out well for us.

I will do a personal article about it later on as I would like to go into more detail personally about cash flows, actually bootstrapping and finding staff and so on. The purpose of this article is more to shed a small bit of light on Bangkok as a potential startup location. Take it as a grain of salt, nothing more.

Note: For reference we all have proper work visas and all our papers (though we do have a majority Thai staff, so they are already sorted), we dont use visa runs nor do we condone them, but it is realistic that someone trying to bootstrap a startup here will utilize this method to make it work.

The Next condo 2 min from tesco lotus and BTS in On Nut has 15k 1 bedrooms on a 1 year term with washers.

Im sure you can get studios in the building for 15k month to month or on 3 month terms.

A well backed SaaS company is looking for some people to join our awesome and intelligent team. We are a project management platform that focuses on helping businesses measure performance to improve execution.

Here's some info:

• Looking to fill full-time positions, and want to hire ASAP

• Need people interested in being part of a company culture and bringing a product to the forefront

• Attention to detail and great researching skills are necessary!

• Only interested in people capable of self-managing and who excel at taking initiative and constantly looking out for opportunities to improve themselves and the company

Responsibilities Include:

• Edit, write, revise blog content, editorial articles, press releases, white papers, guides and social media editorial calendars

• Create focused content that is effective for inbound marketing

• Understand the principles of SEO when it comes to writing content and be able to abide by SEO best practices

• Launch and maintain timely, relevant, effective marketing efforts on social networking websites that represent the brand and help generate interest and leads

• Bring a collaborative spirit when working with other team members

Skills:

• Demonstrated understanding of the importance of content, uses of content to draw web traffic, best practices, SEO, Content Management Systems (CMS), project management skills and also time management for multiple projects

• Requires exceptional multi-tasking, self-starting, auto-direction skills

• Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong editorial skills with knowledge of grammar and style rules

• Requires exceptional understanding of social media sites and blogging

• Please provide examples of previous web material as a portion of the resume/application process. In your cover-letter, please advise where we can review an online portfolio

Some Perks:

• Awesome startup with awesome people

• Awesome coffee and lots of it!

• Awesome office in Bangkok in a great area surrounding by tons of great food

• Ample creative freedom and project ownership

If you're interested, email [email protected] Tell me why you're interested, what you're doing now, and include a resume, random cat photo, portfolio or haiku about you.

A well backed SaaS company is looking for some people to join our awesome and intelligent team. We are a project management platform that focuses on helping businesses measure performance to improve execution.

Here's some info:

• Looking to fill full-time positions, and want to hire ASAP

• Need people interested in being part of a company culture and bringing a product to the forefront

• Attention to detail, and a knack for problem solving

• Only interested in people capable of self-managing and who excel at taking initiative and constantly looking out for opportunities to improve themselves and the company

Skills Required:

• Run marketing campaigns: emails, newsletters, webinars, content development and syndication, SEO / SEM

• Web analytics analysis as it relates to making reacting recommendations for campaigns

• Run A/B and A/A testing campaigns

• Viral acquisition campaigns

• Social media management (content and marketing execution)

• Blogging and content production

Experience Required:

• At least 1 - 2 years experience in digital marketing as it relates to customer acquisition on a content basis and organic marketing basis

Some Perks:

• Awesome startup with awesome people

• Awesome coffee and lots of it!

• Awesome office in Bangkok in a great area surrounding by tons of great food

• Ample creative freedom and project ownership

If you're interested, email [email protected] Tell me why you're interested, what you're doing now, and include a resume, random cat photo, portfolio or haiku about you.

Hi everyone,

I am looking for a 3 bedroom or bigger house/townhouse or condo on a 3 - 6 month term with an immediate or very soon move in date.

Only requirements are within walking distance to a BTS or MRT station.

Maximum budget is 65,000/month

We are looking for 1 - 2 women (Thai, White, etc) that look beautiful, sexy and/or hot to be in a quick commercial video we are shooting at the W Hotel tomorrow.

We can offer 1,000 baht for 1-2 hours of your time.

Please let me know if you are interested or know someone who is. We need to confirm those who can come by tomorrow morning!

Hi Everyone,

I am looking for a rental in Samui on a 3 - 6 month contract with the following:

• Max 15 min drive to IT Complex in Lamai
• Internet
• Laundry in the complex or nearby (laundry pick up service within range is also good)
• Aircon

Budget = Up to 40,000/month

Please let me know if you have any leads on a place that may work.

Sorry about that I shoukd have added more detail.

There are basically 2 Thai numbers(in the same city), which I have been able to SMS last week.

This week they have been bouncing SMS but I keep getting charged for the attempted send.

I just topped up yesterday woth 300 baht so it has credit and I also have a SMS pack which has not been all used yet.

The error says delivery failed. On my bb it says protocol stack error

I just got Truemove H a month ago, the iPhone SIM cart and I am using it in an unlocked Galaxy Note 2.

It has been working fine until last week when some of the numbers I have been texting/calling previously, I can no longer send a SMS to.

It just bounces back and says it had an error. I even tried the SIM in my blackberry 9520 and it wont send to the same particular numbers as well.

Any ideas?

Citizen TV is a next-generation social video platform looking for community managers to help build an engaged and active audience in their assigned categories.

The community categories available are:

§ Music

§ Comedy

§ Dance

§ Film

§ Travel

§ News

§ Animation

§ Fashion

§ Lifestyle

§ Sports

§ Documentaries

§ Gaming

§ Education & How To

§ Auto & Vehicles

§ Pets & Animals

§ People & Blogs

Responsibilities for this role include:

§ Generating video content for your assigned category (see above for category options)

§ Sourcing and moderating talent for your assigned category (bring new content creators into the mix to contribute to your category)

§ Manage multiple sub-categories within your assigned category

§ Arrange featured playlists to show off new talent and best of your category (do not use for self-promotion)

§ Develop the social community for your category via Facebook, Twitter, etc

§ Moderate and stimulate discussion on your category’s community wall

Requirements:

§ Must have experience with content management systems for basic administration and social media management experience

§ A stable hi-speed internet connection with a minimum 1mbit upload and 8mbit download speed

How To Apply:

1. Create a profile on Citizen.tv using recent profile picture, showing date in the title.

2. Create a 1 – 3 minute application video explaining why you want to be a Citizen Pro with supporting material and upload the video to your Citizen.tv profile

3. Submit your application online:
Go to www.citizen.tv/citizenpro and send us a link with your profile URL as well as links to your CV, online portfolio and so on – make sure to include your available start date and chosen area of interest.

Please note only the top level category Citizen Pros receive a fixed compensation ($1,000/month)

Pantip I think is the place to go for that.

I think the other alternative is to build one from scratch which is probably not too bad to do if you source from around Bangkok

A Lets Play series.

I want to try and get a couple of people together (2 - 4) and just do a survival series or hardcore series or something

Anyone a Minecrafter that might want to do an LP series for YouTube?

Lol, awesome first week in koh samui

Should have stayed at work until they kicked me out haha

Lamai

Pouring down for +1 hour now

Power is out around IT complex area from what I can tell

As an extreme newbie to Koh Samui and Thailand in general (I've been in Thailand for 5 days now), how long do these power outages last?

Would anyone have any more info on what ToT Fiber2u can offer speed wise when it comes to upload or download in the 3,000 - 6,000 baht range?

Also the 50/20 plan from 3BB: http://www.3bb.co.th/product/en/adsl/select.php?lang=en

Does anyone have any experiecne with speed capabilities in terms of download or upload from US/Canadian servers?

I mainly am looking to get a line set up that can hand continuous Dropbox syncing of 3 - 10mb files, Skype video calls, YouTube video uploads, picture uploads and some light torrenting (~ 1GB/day). If you have anything right now that can handle something similar please let me know!

Thank you in advance!

Hi Everyone,

I was looking through the forums and I cant find much new information on ISPs in Koh Samui. I am moving to Thailand, Koh Samui specifically in a week and I was hoping to do some pre-research into an ISP that can support my work habits and personal speed requirements.

Since I do a ton of video calling internationally and quite a bit of torrenting I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for a good ISP to go with for 1) a stable connection and 2) a fast connection.

Mainly I would like to try and find an ISP that has +20mbps down and +4 mbps upload

My current ideal budget is 4,500 baht, however I can be flexible since right now in Canada I pay ~6,000 baht per month.

Thank you in advance guys!