AUTHOR / OPERATOR

Ian Goh.

I build products in public and help technology companies turn MENA and Southeast Asia expansion assumptions into decisions they can test.

Work with Ian

WHY THIS LAB EXISTS

Advice is more useful when the thinking is inspectable.

CAREER / SOURCE-ATTRIBUTED

Operating history

  1. 2013-2017

    DrinkEntrepreneurs, P.A.R.C, and family ventures

    Founder and Community Builder

    Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia

    Ian's first-party profile describes founding DrinkEntrepreneurs Kota Kinabalu, co-founding P.A.R.C, and digital work in family ventures. These are profile claims about community, arts, and business building, not independently verified outcomes.

    Evidence: First-party profile only

    • Ian Goh Ventures

      First-party profile; career dates and role claims, not independent verification

  2. 2017-2018

    oBike

    Head of APAC Strategy and Business Development

    APAC; contemporaneous press covers Malaysia

    Ian's first-party Ventures profile claims the APAC strategy and business-development role. FirstClasse and Malay Mail identify him as Malaysia business development manager. FirstClasse reports 250,000 Malaysian registrations from its interview; this is not an independently audited total or proof of Ian's personal impact.

    Evidence: First-party APAC role claim; public Malaysia interviews

    • Ian Goh Ventures

      First-party profile; career dates and role claims, not independent verification

    • FirstClasse

      Public interview; Malaysian registrations reported from the interview, not independently audited

    • Malay Mail

      Contemporaneous Malaysia reporting; identifies Ian as business development manager

  3. 2018-2020

    OYO

    Head of Growth Marketing and Partnerships, Malaysia

    Malaysia

    Marketing-Interactive documents Malaysia growth marketing and partnerships, including demand, hotel supply, and named campaigns. One million bookings was a goal, not a reported result. The interview does not establish campaign-level performance; the chapter dates follow the first-party profile.

    Evidence: Industry interview for Malaysia remit; first-party profile dates

  4. 2020-2023

    Tiki

    Co-founder and CEO

    India

    Ian's first-party profile describes his co-founder and CEO chapter in India. Financial Express and The Times of India interview him as CEO about creators and community. Indian Television reports a 60 million-user forecast, not a verified result. User, monthly active user, and retention figures remain founder/company reporting, not independently audited measurements.

    Evidence: First-party co-founder and date claims; public CEO interviews; founder/company metrics

    • Ian Goh Ventures

      First-party profile; career dates and role claims, not independent verification

    • Financial Express

      CEO interview; metrics are founder/company reporting, not independently audited

    • The Times of India

      CEO interview; metrics are founder/company reporting, not independently audited

    • Ian Goh

      First-party founder retrospective; user, MAU, and retention figures are not independently audited

    • Indian Television Dot Com

      CEO interview; 60 million users stated as a forecast, not a verified result

  5. 2020-present

    BIGO Technology

    Director, Strategic Growth across Southeast Asia and the Middle East

    MENA and Southeast Asia

    Ian's first-party profile describes strategic growth across MENA and Southeast Asia and supplies the chapter dates. Gulf Business identifies him as a BIGO director and reports $500 million investment and 500 jobs in Saudi Arabia as company-announced five-year targets, not delivered results or Ian's personal outcomes.

    Evidence: First-party regional remit and dates; public interview on company-announced targets

    • Ian Goh Ventures

      First-party profile; career dates and role claims, not independent verification

    • Gulf Business

      News interview; company-announced investment and hiring targets, not delivered results

INTERVIEWS / REPORTING

Public record

OPERATING CONTEXT

Built across markets, not from a distance.

My perspective comes from Borneo roots, operating experience in China, work around MENA and Southeast Asia, and a habit of turning strategic questions into products people can inspect.

INSPECT THE WORK

Follow the evidence.

Source-backed market briefingsDecisions behind shipped productsInteractive market-entry toolsResearch and editorial methodology07Launchroom / venture building↗

FIRST-PARTY PROFILE

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