Episode 25: The Ecosystem Momentum Series - Southeast Asia & The Regional Illusion

**First published in A Reasonable Rant: Private Edition (members-only subscription) on 28 July 2026.** **When Connection Still Requires Starting Again** What if Southeast Asia’s biggest companies make the region look easier to build in than it really is? Episode 25 asks whether Southeast Asia has developed a genuinely regional innovation system, or whether eleven distinct national ecosystems are still being connected largely by a handful of platforms, investors and financial centres. The same app may work seamlessly across several countries, but behind the screen are different relationships, regulations, payment systems and customer behaviours th...