Liyana HalimChief Product Officer · Essays & perspective

Liyana Halim / Chief Product Officer

Three positions on building for Southeast Asia's small businesses

Perspectives from a life in leadership.

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AI in small-business software5 min read

An AI bookkeeper earns trust by saying when it is unsure

Small-business software is being sold on automation rates. For an owner whose name is on the tax return, a system that shows its confidence and asks before it posts is worth more than one that is right slightly more often and never says when it is guessing.

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AI in small-business software

  1. AI in small-business software5 min read

    An AI bookkeeper earns trust by saying when it is unsure

    Small-business software is being sold on automation rates. For an owner whose name is on the tax return, a system that shows its confidence and asks before it posts is worth more than one that is right slightly more often and never says when it is guessing.

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Pricing for small businesses

  1. Pricing for small businesses5 min read

    Price for the shop's month, not the software's seats

    Per-user pricing was designed for offices. For a warung, a sari-sari store or a family contractor, the right unit is the business and its month, priced in local currency and paid in the way the owner already pays for everything else.

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Multi-country localisation

  1. Multi-country localisation5 min read

    Localisation begins at the tax office, not in the translation file

    Software companies expanding across Southeast Asia still treat localisation as language plus currency. For products that touch invoices, tax and payments, the real work is country rules, and it needs owners with the authority to stop a release.

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