44. Living and starting business in Colombia with Steve Suh

15/08/2022 37 min
44. Living and starting business in Colombia with Steve Suh

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Steve Suh is an American Korean who came to Hong Kong with nothing but a dream and started Floship, a successful e-commerce logistic platform powering users of shopify and kickstarter.   Now he is reinventing himself again and moved to Columbia , to learn Spanish and look for opportunities in South America     Show Notes:  00:42 - What do you do and how did we meet?  02:10 - What is floship? 05:42 - Why are you in columbia? 08:40 - Did you consider copying successful businesses in North America to apply in Latin America ?  09:57 - How difficult is it to start a new business there? 13:54 - Do you find you need to be on site in the country or can you operate remotely?  17:09 - What kind of legacy has Pablo Escobar left in columbia? 22:19 - Are Asians considered easy targets to get robbed in South America? 27:48 - How are you socializing and meeting new people? 32:08 - Where do you see yourself in the next 2-3 years?