Field notes
All field notes from the factory desk
Practical memos we reuse on OEM calls — not market-size PDFs. Start with the playbook or your target country, then open OEM and ops guides when you are scoping hardware.
Start here
- How to start a shared power bank business in 2026 — SKUs, OEM vs white-label, payments, and an 8-week pilot.
SEA country notes
Full cluster with localized versions: SEA country notes hub.
- Vietnam — MoMo/ZaloPay, F&B counters. Tiếng Việt.
- Indonesia — campus clusters, off-peak firmware. Bahasa Indonesia.
- Thailand — Bangkok malls, PromptPay/TrueMoney. ภาษาไทย.
- Malaysia — Klang Valley, Touch ’n Go / GrabPay. Bahasa Melayu.
- Philippines — Metro Manila, GCash/Maya. Filipino.
- Why Southeast Asia first — regional why before you pick a country.
OEM, go-global & ops
- Four checkpoints before you scale abroad — compliance, payments, localization, spares.
- OEM / ODM playbook — EVT, DVT, PVT gates on real programs.
- Sharing unit economics — revenue share, payback, ops lines that eat margin.
- Daily ops triage sheet — ten-minute field checks and escalation.