Comments for HarryD's Blog: Web 2.0 Vietnam

Comment on HarryD’s 22 Immutable Laws of C2V (Cloning to Vietnam) by Vinh

Vinh — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:34:27 +0000

I really do like your article her Harry. There are two faces of cloning as I have seen: Technical and Finance. Technical is considered done because if you can do it, then I can do ịt However, the finance part does not apply to every region at all. This is why most the the Viet Clone sites failed.

Comment on HarryD’s 22 Immutable Laws of C2V (Cloning to Vietnam) by Marcia Larson

Marcia Larson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:18:59 +0000

Harry,
Really insightful stuff here – wow, wish I’d read your blog before my presentation. I’m going to bookmark your site and keep reading when I get back to New York.

Have a good one,
marcia

Comment on Welcome to my Blog! by thelostnomad

thelostnomad — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:27:03 +0000

Nice blog! You have very deep understanding about Web 2.0 scene in Vietnam. I hope you apply this understanding well into your own business. Good luck!

Comment on HarryD’s 22 Immutable Laws of C2V (Cloning to Vietnam) by HarryD

HarryD — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:40:35 +0000

Dear pcspacevn,

Feel free to translate and repost the piece, just provide the link to the original article so that anyone who would like to see the original English version can refer to, as some words might be difficult to be translated into Vietnamese.

All best to your blog,

Harry

Comment on HarryD’s 22 Immutable Laws of C2V (Cloning to Vietnam) by pcspacevn

pcspacevn — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:57:32 +0000

Hi,

Could I take your post and translate it to Vietnamese? I want to populate it in my blog. Please give me the permission. Thank you very much.

Comment on Facebook Vietnamese language gaining traction, how can Vietnamese Facebook clones survive? by Top Vietnamese Tech Blog Posts - 2008 | Top Vietnamese Tech Blog Posts - 2008 - Công nghệ số

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:45:31 +0000

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Comment on HarryD’s 22 Immutable Laws of C2V (Cloning to Vietnam) by Dung Tran

Dung Tran — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:45:46 +0000

Should have: The law of integration: Your clone must integrate with original model

Comment on TheGioiBan joined Facebook clone bandwagon, will it follow FaceViet? by harelshareman

harelshareman — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:40:54 +0000

TGB is a dead website, there’s like 1-2 visitors per day, they’re ranked like 3,000,000 on Alexa!
The FB model will never work in VN.

Comment on FaceViet filed for bankruptcy, have web 2.0 Vietnam’s bubbles started bursting? by Leo Nguyen

Leo Nguyen — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:50:02 +0000

Well clone works sometime and it is not a bad thing to clone. The problem was the poor execution. The site was never gonna be able to handle bigger traffic anyway. Plus the fact that it never got over a few thousands users, most of them are fake profiles put to lure more people in tell you that it was never gonna be sustainable.

People are already using yahoo 360 and faceviet doesnt offer much more than that. There is no way to limit people to their university because vietnam doesnt even have a university email system. So what is faceviet in vietnam ? nothing, it just a normal social network like any other.

Failing is not a surprise, it is inevitable.

-L

Comment on FaceViet filed for bankruptcy, have web 2.0 Vietnam’s bubbles started bursting? by David Everitt-Carlson

David Everitt-Carlson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:10:32 +0000

Here’s a radical idea: Stop “cloning” shit! Your list of fittest attributes is the smartest checklist I’ve seen to help companies, digital or not, to develop a successful Vietnamese product. Cheers to you.

I just did a blogpost of the subject of stolen business ideas here in country. You can see it here: http://wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com/2009/03/detri-viral-marketing-when-internet.html