YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 25, 2012

By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications. Today we depend on the Internet to reach customers, manage suppliers, and conduct our business in general.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It’s accepted that the more than 27 million small businesses operating today in the United States form the bedrock U.S. economy. And in 2013, technology will increasingly enable this valuable economic sector to focus on establishing and nurturing client relationships, while automating and streamlining essential business functions, says Jerry Nettuno, founder and CEO of online appointment scheduling service Schedulicity.

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United States Social Media Mobile Technical Review 185

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2012

by Lyndsey Freeman. If you’re starting a new business, do not take one more sip of coffee, one more step and spend one penny before you write your business plan. Here are 7 things you need to include: 1. Executive Summary. The executive summary is the first and most important part of your business plan. If the project is not clear or compelling enough in this section, often your investors won’t waste their time reading the rest, so you’ve got to get this part right.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2012

?. By Andrew Collins, Founder & CEO of Mailman Group?. Winning IS everything. That’s right. I’m not going to butter it up for you and say ‘having a go’ is enough, as that’s one of the biggest ‘cop outs’ anyone can accept. Winning is everything and it should be treated as such. It’s not just why you are getting into doing what you are doing but it should embody you as an entrepreneur.??

Asia 185

Asia Australia Social Media Global 185

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The Ideas Inc. Business Challenge , the annual business plan and startup competition that’s organized by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) , is back – and it’s bigger and better. The startup accelerator program, hosted by NTU’s Nanyang Technopreneurship Centre , is again inviting submissions from aspiring startup founders who are looking to test and validate their business ideas.

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Singapore Hosting Entrepreneur Programming 160

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2012

by Xenia von Wedel, VP at SocialRadius. In case you are thinking about New Year’s resolutions, here some new tech solutions for SMBs that would definitely help to make 2013 more efficient, time saving and altogether less stressful. 1. Voxeet. My personal top favorite No 1 is Voxeet , because I spend way too many hours on terrible conference calls, where I don’t even understand half of what the others say and it really aggravates me: After online phone services with peer-to-peer architecture like

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Social Media Architecture Analytics Audio 160

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2012

by Aaron Tan. When Internet giant Google threatened to pull out of China in 2010, few were aware of the paradox that the Internet brings to China’s leaders beyond the political fodder. In “ How China’s Leaders Think: The Inside Story of China’s Past, Current and Future Leaders “, Robert Kuhn, an international investment banker who has advised the Chinese government for over two decades, notes that Chinese leaders recognize that free access to information is critical for t

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Technical Review China Government Investment Bankers 164