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Massive technical and regulatory debt is the hidden cost of unregulated tech markets. Recently, our CEO Jan Cenkr, made an excellent point about the strategic value of early regulatory foundations that we’re experiencing firsthand: "If you look at other countries which don't have it, they will have to catch up eventually, and they will basically need to deal with whatever already exists on that market." And that’s the core of the issue. When a market lacks a framework, companies build "wild" products. When regulations inevitably arrive, those companies are forced to spend millions retrofitting their architecture and business models. Markets that establish frameworks early on encourage a compliance-by-design mindset from day one. For investors and enterprise tech leaders, an early framework isn't a hurdle; it's a risk mitigator that ensures capital is spent on growth, not on fixing historical compliance debt. Europe usually sets the standard, but as we see directly from our Vietnamese office, Asia isn't just waiting to catch up. By establishing legal frameworks early in the tech boom, countries like Vietnam are preventing the messy "retrofitting" phase that older markets struggle with. Jan shared these insights and more during his recent interview for the Acclime Vietnam, check out the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/gpKTJt8N

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