'Just propose those projects to me, no
matter how bad it is,' Nguyen Ha Dong writes on Facebook.
The overnight success of mobile game Flappy
Bird has turned its creator Nguyen Ha Dong into a star of the local startup
scene.
Flappy Bird creator Nguyen Ha Dong (L) and Google CEO Sundar
Pichai (R) shake hands at a sidewalk café in Hanoi on December 22, 2015. Photo
by Reuters
The game, hailed by the industry as one of the milestones of
Vietnam's startup history, has brought Dong great fame and fortune, all within
a short period of time.
Now Dong is making a pledge to pay it forward and fund Vietnamese startups in the fields of robotics, artificial
intelligence, social services, community development and education.
“Just propose those projects to me, no matter how bad it is,” he
wrote on his Facebook page.
He did not give specific details about mentoring and funding.
Flappy Bird was released in May 2013 with little fanfare. By
February 2014, the sleeper hit topped the charts in more than 100 countries and
had been downloaded more than 50 million times. Dong reportedly earned an
estimated $50,000 a day.
The Vietnamese government has seen successes like Flappy Bird as
an encouraging sign. It is trying hard to cultivate a startup scene where tech
entrepreneurs can create products and services that will go global.
Unlike the well-developed startup ecosystem in most other
countries, where there are venture capitalists and a strong network of
entrepreneurs working together, the system in Vietnam is at a fledgling stage,
with many funding difficulties.
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Source: Bao Vnexpress
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