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Top Things To Consider When Buying New Technology

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

With the rapid rate of development in new technology there is no surprise that this is the fastest growing sector of the market. Whether it is the latest smartphone, or a digital camera that also makes toast, pretty much everybody has enjoyed the guilty pleasure of indulging in a new gadget of some kind, shape, or description. As a result of the high levels of productivity this is a very crowded market place, which really plays into the hands of the shopper.

Technical Review

Technical Review Technology Singapore Cost

[Singapore] Comparing Foreign Exchange Rates With GET4X

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Singaporeans travel overseas like there’s no tomorrow. It’s probably because the country is so tiny that traveling just 40 kilometers in any direction requires you to carry your passport. It’s a good thing that the Singaporean passport lets its holder travel to most countries without fuss, and there’s no lack of innovation when it comes to online travel services – social travel discovery and recommendation sites, for example, or airline comparison and booking engine

Singapore

Singapore Private Equity Asia China

MediSafe Project – Mobile App For Medication Reminders

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Those who are on medication – whether short or long term – are aware of the dangers of missing out on taking their medication, or worse, taking multiple doses by mistake. When their father had a health scare when he accidentally took a double dose of insulin for his diabetes, brothers Rotem and Omri ‘Bob’ Shor decided there should be an easier way to remind patients to take their medication.

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Mobile Cloud Cost Founder

10 Tips For Starting A New Business On A Budget

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2012

by Thomas Ford, Marketing Director of www.123Print.com. Starting a new business might sound like a complicated endeavor, and many would-be entrepreneurs probably shy away from creating a company from the ground up because of the expected costs involved. However, with some careful planning and perseverance, you can start a business even if you don’t have a great deal of cash on hand.

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[Infographic] Wasting Away – The State Of Workplace Productivity

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Workplace productivity isn’t as high as it can be, many managers complain. The culprit they usually point to? The Internet and social media. But they’re wrong. Every year, some $134 billion is lost by employees spending time on tasks that are not work-related. The biggest time-wasting culprit is actually meetings, followed by office politics and annoying colleagues.

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Product Social Media Internet Employee

Seven Ways To “Grow” An Entrepreneur (Instead Of A Boomerang Kid!)

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2012

by Michael Houlihan, coauthor of “ The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built a Bestseller “ Your child may still be in elementary school but you’ve already started worrying about the “boomerang” syndrome. It’s a valid concern. Most kids come back home after college to “crash” until they find a job. But as the months (and years) crawl by and your child still can’t find anything that doesn’t involve cash registers, coffee machines, or polyester uniforms, it becomes cle

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Conversion Developer Small Business

Share Your Wifi Karma

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

“Remember to set a password for your WiFi, otherwise you may compromise your online security and attract leeches.” “Bandwidth and mobile data is precious. There’s never enough of it.” “Sharing is for losers.” If these are the views you have towards using WiFi, you won’t quite get the concept of Karma. No, not this karma.

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Bandwidth New York Cofounder Mobile

Nine Strategies To Help You Stop Enduring And Start Creating A Life That Really Works

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

by Vickie Milazzo, author of “ Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman “ The year 2012 is drawing to a close and, for many recession-wracked American women, it feels like just another mile marker in an endurance race going nowhere. Depressing, but true. We trudge through the week at a dreary job, drive home fretting about money, and spend our evenings robot-walking through the usual haze of homework battles and half-finished chores.

Flash

Flash Demand America Matching

[Infographic] Music Wars – Can Google Music Beat iTunes?

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2012

iTunes has long been the leaders of the online music market – Apple’s music store has a commanding market share of 64-percent, while its closest rival Amazon MP3 comes in only 16-percent. But there’s a new challenger in town – last year, Google introduced Google Music , as part of Google Play , its own digital application distribution platform developed for Android.

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[Singapore] Golden Gate Ventures Invests In Three Local Startups

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Singapore-based early-stage technology seed fund Golden Gate Ventures has announced investments into cloud-based inventory and sales management SaaS solutions provider TradeGecko , online grocer RedMart and mobile payment provider Coda Payments. This marks Golden Gate Ventures first investments since its founding in February this year. Co-founders Vinnie Lauria, Paul Bragiel and Jeffrey Paine says that the venture fund’s investment decisions have been based on more than a year spent resear

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[Infographic] Entrepreneurial Spirit And Education

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The Kauffman Foundation (2011) reported that only 320 out of every 100,000 adults set up new businesses in the United States – which shows that while many actually consider taking the plunge, most of them don’t actually end up doing it. Well, quite possibly many of you may be considering entrepreneurship as an option, whether you’re just about to graduate from college or looking at a second wind in the middle of your career.

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United States Programming Entrepreneur

Raising Funds For A Traditional F&B Or Retail Startup

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Over the past two weeks I’ve received at least five emails asking for startup advice. Most of them merely had ideas but no clue how to start in their industry, three of them needed advice on fundraising, and just one asked recommendations for a mentor (no prizes for guessing which impressed me most). But one of the greatest challenges faced by aspiring entrepreneurs is to raise sufficient funds to start their business.

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Angel Investor Startup Finance Networking

Online Network myRight Helps You Know Your Rights (And Wrongs)

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Most of us aren’t familiar with the law – in fact, most of us probably try to avoid having anything to do with it until we’re forced to by some unfortunate circumstance. But what happens when you’re plunged into a situation where you need to know about your legal rights? Legal counsel can be an expensive proposition, and asking uninformed friends is courting trouble.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Networking Cofounder Founder

Getting Value From Your Virtual Office

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2012

by Lewis Edward, The Office Providers. Every single entrepreneur has to know how to deal with the problem of office space, since basically all companies need to have it. However, there are so many different options out there that many young entrepreneurs are unable to get the best value for their money – and that is especially true when it comes to some of the more unique options like virtual offices.

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[Asia] Tony Fernandes To (Finally) Tell You You’re Fired On The Apprentice Asia

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2012

If you’re looking to work with – or get fired by – one of Asia’s billionaires, you may want to know that The Apprentice Asia is finally set to hit this part of the world. Modeled after the familiar U.S format – which featured Donald Trump – the Asian version, helmed by reality TV guru Mark Burnett (of The Voice and Survivor ) and FremantleMedia Asia , which has produced various hit reality TV series such as Idol, The X Factor as well as the game show The Price

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Asia Entrepreneur

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Top Things To Consider When Buying New Technology

[Singapore] Comparing Foreign Exchange Rates With GET4X

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MediSafe Project – Mobile App For Medication Reminders

10 Tips For Starting A New Business On A Budget

[Infographic] Wasting Away – The State Of Workplace Productivity

Seven Ways To “Grow” An Entrepreneur (Instead Of A Boomerang Kid!)

Share Your Wifi Karma

Nine Strategies To Help You Stop Enduring And Start Creating A Life That Really Works

[Infographic] Music Wars – Can Google Music Beat iTunes?

[Singapore] Golden Gate Ventures Invests In Three Local Startups

[Infographic] Entrepreneurial Spirit And Education

Raising Funds For A Traditional F&B Or Retail Startup

Online Network myRight Helps You Know Your Rights (And Wrongs)

Getting Value From Your Virtual Office

[Asia] Tony Fernandes To (Finally) Tell You You’re Fired On The Apprentice Asia

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