YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2012

Those with a great business idea or a project can always turn to a crowdfunding platform like Kickstarter to help fuel their entrepreneurial dreams. But crowdsourcing donations, however – like trying to raise funds for victims of a natural disaster or a child fighting cancer – has been near impossible. Enter a website called GoFundMe.com.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2012

by Andrew Sobel, author of “ Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others ”. Most doctors firmly believe that certain types of regular screening tests and checkups are essential and help save lives. And most of us, no matter how much we despise devoting an hour or more to getting poked and prodded, dutifully go for an annual checkup each year.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Written by writer and brand consultant John Simmons , “ Innocent ” narrates the brand story of how Cambridge graduates Jon Wright, Adam Balon and Richard Reed built a “tasty little juice company” with a unique culture founded on strong values. Embodying the informal, casual wit of the company, the founding of Innocent is summarized on their website in the form of a charming story as follows: “We started innocent in 1999 after selling our smoothies at a music festiv

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2012

Singapore’s average household income has risen to S$2,925 per month in 2011, according to global services information company Experian. The Experian Mosaic Singapore , an index that looks at the Singapore consumer, was recently updated with over 200 new data points from sources including SingPost postcodes, Census 2010 data, property and market research data and shows that average monthly household income has risen some 25 percent from 2007.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

If the whole world’s a stage, everyone’s life is a story being played out. And there are no bad stories, just bad storytellers. Whether you are applying for a new job or are being interviewed for a promotion by your current employer, your chances of success can be greatly enhanced by transforming yourself from a walking set of skills into an unforgettable lead actor in your own play.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

Almost 80-percent of students in Singapore are interested in entrepreneurship, if the results from a recent survey are to be believed. According to the results from the latest Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey (GUESSS), 79.8% of students here showed “Entrepreneurial Interest”, defined by the study as having given some thought to founding their own business.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2012

You’ve crossed the stage, thrown your hat in the air, and entered the real world. You’re probably eager to get your career started and are already thinking ahead 10 years when you’ll be running a company, saving the world, and making wads of cash. But slow down there, new grad. Your career starts with baby steps and avoiding some of the common mistakes young workers make.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2012

by Christina Tangora Schlachter and Terry Hildebrandt, authors of “ Leading Business Change For Dummies “ The global economy has turned the rules of leadership upside down and shaken them vigorously for good measure. Where there was once a fairly defined hierarchy — Boss A tells Worker B what to do and Worker B does it — there’s now a flat landscape where everyone is expected to take the reins as needed.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 15, 2012

Admit it – if you’re anything near as busy as I am, you’ve hit the delete button on countless less significant emails in your email inbox. A solution, of course, is to attract less emails, but that’s not feasible. The more practical one is to find a way to manage and prioritize incoming emails. Thankfully, there are various solutions that can help you do just that.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

by Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, authors of “ The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built a Bestseller “ So you’re starting up a small business. Or maybe you’re already established, but still in the exciting, nail-biting initial phases of your venture. Either way, congrats… and bring on the customers! What’s that? No one seems to know about your fantastic product or service, and your shoestring budget (okay, dental floss budget might be more accurate!

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

If you’re an eBay or HardwareZone forum junkie who regularly uses those sites to sell unwanted items or hunt for pre-loved items, check this new mobile app out: Carousell is a mobile marketplace that connects buyers and sellers socially. Aside from being an easy way to list products for sale (users simply take pictures of an item, beautifies them, set a description and price) or finding what you want (buyers scroll through various sale categories such as ‘Photography’, ‘F

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2012

What’s cooler than a top-secret, high-tech research facility? One that’s run by Google! Located in the Bay Area of Northern California (though only a select few know the exact location), Google X Labs has a purported list of 100 projects in development that delve into the realm of science fiction, the products of which may just change how we interact with our technology and each other in the coming decades.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2012

For many brands, moms are a much desired target market. It’s also a very lucrative one – after all, they control around 85-percent of household spending, so it’s no surprise that entire businesses are created or geared towards that segment. In fact, moms, especially those with young children, make decisions on kids’ products or activities each and every day.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 15, 2012

Starting a business is hard enough. Getting people to notice is even more difficult. It takes a lot of money, time, and thought to promote your business in a way that attracts attention and drives business, but sometimes all you need is a little creativity to get the ball rolling. Whether you’re a business owner or a future entrepreneur, hopefully you’ll have some success using one of these eight unexpected ways to promote your business. 1.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2012

Most of us have watched the Olympics simply in awe of the amazing skill, dedication, and focus exhibited by athletes from all over the world. Yet these traits do not only serve the athletes well in the arena; they can also be carried over into the non-Olympic sphere. The drive to aim for gold, the passion to battle through setbacks, and the infallible work ethic of these athletes can serve as a powerful lesson for those of use who aren’t quite Olympics material, too, and are traits that are just

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2012

By right, there should be a lot more entrepreneurs in the country, according to a recent survey by financial services firm Edward Jones of more than 1,000 adults. The study found that seven in 10 Americans wanted more entrepreneurial experiences at work (although we aren’t clear if the study differentiated entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2012

Remember Dave Carroll, the dude who created a protest song, United Breaks Guitars , when his guitar was broken during a trip on United Airlines in 2008? His YouTube video became a massive online hit, and United was said to suffer some $180 million when its share price plunged from the bad publicity. Carroll’s experience would become a case study in social media – and customer service – history.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2012

If you’re a small business and you use Facebook a lot to connect with your customers, you may not realize that the social network has an excellent resource for you – Facebook for Business , a site which provides plenty of advice for small- and medium-sized businesses reach more customers and grow their businesses. And if you already know of its existence, Facebook for Business recently underwent a redesign to provide even more in-depth tips, tools and tutorials for small and mid-size

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2012

In today’s challenging economy, many undergraduate students with an arts background often find themselves at a disadvantage when it comes to landing a career in business. Anthony P. Carnevale, lead author of the report “The College Payoff”, reveals that bachelor’s degree holders of liberal arts degrees are most likely to be at a disadvantage when finding a job and having earning power. “The truth is that if you get a liberal arts degree, there are a smaller and smaller set of o

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2012

We’ve all heard of modern figures like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs who famously found success despite dropping out of school, but not a lot has been said about business figures from history that left school behind for a better life. Famed inventors, business magnates, and some of the richest men in the world made their fortunes as college (and even grade school) dropouts.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 12, 2012

With an eye-catching title and an alluring subtitle – “What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else” – Fortune editor-at-large Geoff Colvin’s book “ Talent Is Overrated ” provides excellent food for thought in today’s knowledge economy. Debunking age-old notions that nature matter a lot more than nurture, the book proposes that prodigious amounts of deliberate practice is the key to success in multiple fields.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 15, 2012

How much do new graduates in Singapore expect for a starting salary on their first job? According to an annual survey conducted by Singapore-based online jobs portal JobsCentral , 64-percent of graduates in Singapore demand at least S$3,000 (US$1,800) per month. This is a marked increase over 2011, where the same survey reported only 55-percent of respondents asking for more than S$3,000 per month for their first job.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2012

Indonesia’s #1 tech conference, startup competition and hackathon is back! Sparxup returns this year to Jakarta for its third edition – its inaugural conference was in 2010 – and will feature many of the best and most promising technology startups in Indonesia together under one roof. An initiative by technology blog DailySocial , news site Kompas.com , and consultancy SemutApi , Sparxup is set to put Indonesia under the internation spotlight from investors, entrepreneurs and m

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2012

The explosion of online social networking continues worldwide, fueled by a recent slew of new niche social networks that range from the sharing of “filtered” snapshots with Instagram , or the social sharing of images with online pinboard Pinterest. In fact, global information services company Experian has revealed in a study that Instagram and Pinterest are the two niche social networks that has seen the most growth worldwide – both sites now feature in the top 20 social media

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2012

By some estimates, more than half the world’s population does not have access to basic financial services. In many developing countries, the opportunity to take out and repay a loan does not exist, and this lack of access to credit perpetuates the cycle of poverty and stagnates a country’s economic growth. Microfinancing, a type of financial service designed for people with little in the way of capital or collateral, is offering a way for poor people to finance their businesses and lift themselv

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2012

To many of us, Timothy Ferriss is living the dream life. Touting himself as a “serial entrepreneur” and “ultra-vagabond”, the author of the uber bestseller “ The 4-Hour Workweek ” works from anywhere around the world, pursuing activities as varied as skiing in the Andes, tango dancing in Buenos Aires, or racing motorcycles in Europe.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2012

by Kyle Lagunas, HR Analyst at Software Advice. Summer is underway, and another group of “Trophy Kids” (Gen Y) preparing to leave their jobs at your local coffee shops and retail stores to join the ranks of the professional workforce. They have big plans and high hopes, but as many twentysomethings can attest, a diploma doesn’t guarantee success. A few of us have learned the hard way that there are some things that college simply can’t prepare us for.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2012

Have you ever tried Googling yourself? You should. And you may be surprised with what you find. Every time we volunteer more information about ourselves online through the use of various social media profiles, the more we reveal about ourselves to the world. But some of that information we may have preferred to have kept private. The truth is, once we put personal information online, we have little control over it, how it is used, and how long it stays available in cyberspace.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2012

Cycling is a big thing in the Netherlands. There’s awesome infrastructure catered for the cyclist: not only is there 25,000 miles of traffic-free cycling routes in the country, it’s also one of the safest. And in Amsterdam, nearly everyone cycles. And this cycling culture starts really young – children learn to ride as soon as they can stand.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 15, 2012

Music streaming subscription provider Deezer has announced that it will be enlarging its Asia footprint by extending its services to Singapore and Malaysia, just a few days after launching in Thailand. It has also signaled its intentions to launch in Indonesia and the Philippines in the coming weeks. Deezer currently hosts more than 18 million music tracks in its database that can be easily streamed at a click of a button across all devices including iPhone, Android, Blackberry and other Interne

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 8, 2012

By Dr. George H. Labovitz and Victor Rosansky, co-authors of “ Rapid Realignment: How to Quickly Integrate People, Processes, and Strategy for Unbeatable Performance “ If you’ve ever skippered a sailboat, you know that you cannot simply set a course and then sit back, relax, and watch the waves roll by. Some combination of external and internal factors will be driving your boat off course: a shift in the direction or speed of the wind, a hidden current, your own force on the ti

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2012

57-percent of mobile application users would consider purchasing their holiday gifts this year on a mobile device, according to a survey conducted by API technology provider Apigee. In its 2012 Holiday Shopping survey of more than 2,200 American adults aged 18 and older responded that they would buy holiday gifts using a mobile app. Considering the typical festive crush at the malls during the holiday period, this perhaps shouldn’t count as a surprise.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2012

How do you find out what truly makes your customers tick? Can you understand what your customer REALLY wants through surveys, focus groups, and structured interviews? The answer, according to Linda Goodman and Michelle Helin , is “No” Debunking traditional research predicated on the above yardsticks, the authors of “ Why Customers Really Buy: Uncovering the Emotional Triggers That Drive Sales ” claim that true insight can only be achieved through conducting emotional-trig

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2012

Team science encompasses a wide range of disciplines, such as cognitive psychology, business management, education, and sociology, among others, and explores the ins and outs of group dynamics. It’s a relatively nascent field, but one for which a fair amount of research and observation already exist. Suffice to say, findings on what factors constitute a truly successful team constantly ebb and flow and shift.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 15, 2012

by Julianna Davies. These days, when small technology start-ups arrive on the scene and quickly become multimillion-dollar operations, the creation of an effective company culture is crucial to engendering loyalty and productivity in employees. Successful corporations such as Google and Apple are well-known for their attempts to create employee-friendly corporate cultures.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 2, 2012

If you’re using Facebook for your business, you may have noticed that your marketing attempts aren’t performing to the level you’d originally hoped. There are several reasons why this might be the case. Take a look at our list, and see if any of these applies to you – 10 reasons your Facebook ads aren’t working: 1. They’re boring. This is a social media death sentence.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2012

by Jeff Spears. Everyone uses the cloud. Whether someone subscribes to an online storage service or he just has a web-based email account, there isn’t anyone who uses the Internet who doesn’t benefit from the cloud. It has subtly altered the entire technological landscape, and the changes only compound on each other with each passing year.

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