YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2011

We’ve seen a slew of technology- and entrepreneur-focused conferences in Singapore over the past year or so, and the trend is set to continue in the coming year with Demo Asia , and now, Startup Asia Singapore. You’ll also get to network with some of the most talented and well-known investors and entrepreneurs in Asia.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Held on January 15 to 17, 2012 in Mumbai, India, the event is designed to create a forum for some of the top marketing professionals to congregate and create a marketplace for ideas and services that will help Asian companies get the marketing edge. You can register for the event here.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Just a week after Tech in Asia ( Techinasia.com ) completed its acquisition of fellow Singapore-based blog SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum, the startup and technology blog today announced that it has also acquired Indonesia-based gaming blog GameSaku from Apps Foundry. In the News acquisition Asia GamesInAsia.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2020

The study, which comprises 11 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, also showed that Canada’s business costs are the second-lowest recorded in the survey. Still, under this heading, Canada was also recognized by Forbes as the best country for doing business in 2012. Strategic Location.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Hackathons – coding marathons, for the uninitiated – are increasingly getting popular across Asia, but here’s an upcoming one whose scale may boggle the mind. Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is planning a simultaneous Asia Pacific (APAC)-wide hackathon called ­ BlackBerry® JamHack. BlackBerry App World?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

With venture capitalists around the world shifting their focus to Asia, here are 5 ways the surge in venture capital fundraising is shaking up the startup landscape in the region. billion across 283 deals in the first three quarters of 2017, nearly three times that of in 2012. Drives development in technology.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

. Techventure , one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs, is back. which celebrates the vibrant developments taking place in Asia that have helped Asian corporations take the lead and capitalize successfully in many areas of technology. Renaissance.’,

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2012

If there’s a sign that the Singapore startup scene is on all levels of freaking awesome right now, it’s that we’ve seen Startups in Asia and then DEMO Asia happen in relatively quick succession in the past couple of months. Now there’s yet another mega startup event on the calendar – Echelon 2012 !

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2012

Beepmo ‘s mobile application can be thought of as a Foursquare for LinkedIn – during the period of the conference, Next Bank Asia attendees can use Beepmo to view event details, speaker lists, events schedules as well as utilize its social discovery features to check out the professional profiles of other nearby attendees nearby.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Across Asia Pacific, the average number of days for an invoice to be paid rose from 48 to 56, compared to the same period in the previous year. China trades with the lowest number of open accounts in Asia, partly because its exports are in such high demand, and partly because China suppliers are short of working capital.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2012

One of Asia’s largest shows communications and information technology conferences – CommunicAsia – is just round the corner. Visitors can hear presentations from Mobile Monday leaders about the unique opportunities in various markets around Asia. Creative Content Production Conference at BroadcastAsia 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2012

Heads up to all developers intending to work on the BlackBerry® 10 – the BlackBerry Jam World Tour is coming to Asia Pacific this July. The World Tour begins 2 July, 2012 and will cover six cities in the region – Bangalore, Delhi, Beijing, Singapore, Jakarta and Sydney.

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The Next Web

MAY 26, 2014

As an Asia-based SaaS business founder, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked: “Why did you base your startup in Asia, and not the US?” For starters, with around 60 percent of the total global market volume in 2012, North America is still the largest and most mature economy for SaaS services. Asia Entrepreneur'

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

International tourists grew around 4-percent in 2012 to reach 1.035 billion, according the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. By region, Asia and the Pacific (+7-percent) was the best performer in 2012, while by sub-region South-East Asia, North Africa (both at +9-percent) and Central and Eastern Europe (+8-percent) topped the ranking.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2013

From October 2012 to present, the majority of Singapore job seekers saw a small 3% decrease in the 20 – 24 age bracket; however there has been a 4% increase in the 45 – 49 age bracket, a trend that was mirrored in Hong Kong with a smaller 2% rise ( see graphic below ). .

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2015

Financial services provider MasterCard has announced the results of its MasterCard Financial Literacy Index, which revealed that progress towards improving basic finance knowledge and skills across Asia Pacific has stalled as 12 of 16 countries record lower scores in financial literacy. Japan remains rooted at bottom spot.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

In a sweeping expose on the dynamic forces shaping the “New East”, Ben Simpfendorfer’s “ The Rise of the New East: Business Strategies for Success in a World of Increasing Complexity ” provides an in-depth view of how the economic resurgence of Asia and the Middle East are changing global markets.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2013

How big are small businesses in Asia? Did you know, for example, that in Asia small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute between 25% to 60% percent to a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), constitute 16% to 69% of its exports, and employ between 52% to 97% of its workforce? Apparently, very very big.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 25, 2012

The other four RIRs serve Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Europe and the Middle East. The Asia-Pacific RIR and our colleagues serving Europe and the Middle East have already reached the last bit of IPv4 addresses to distribute to organizations in their respective regions.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2013

Knorex integrated the Snap2Tell software into its own ARise technology and has won numerous prizes, including the Most Innovative Infocomm Product/Service Award at the Singapore National Infocomm Awards in 2012. Now that the iSnap service is taking off in Asia, it seems that the region is keen to forge ahead with this type of innovation.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2013

Evernote launched Evernote Business back in December 2012, introducing a suite of tools and services that help organizations by more collaborative and effective through improved knowledge sharing and discovery between work teams. In the News Products & Services Asia Evernote Evernote Business notetaking small business utility'

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

But industry observers actually point to the annual SingTel i.luminate as one of the key events in the country driving real adoption of such emerging technologies.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2012

The concept of working on-the-go in Asia has resulted in application developers experiencing a sudden increase in companies commissioning the creation of enterprise applications for the mobile workplace over the past 18 months. By Joe Ong, managing director of Hitachi Data Systems Singapore. Outlining the perils of mass application adoption.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell wants more users in Southeast Asia to start buying and selling items through their mobile phones on its platform — and it has linked up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to do so. Moving into Southeast Asia, however, isn’t an easy task — as it is a hugely fragmented market.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

This week will see DEMO Asia kick off in Singapore.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2015

author of “ Access to Asia: Your Multicultural Guide to Building Trust, Inspiring Respect, and Creating Long-Lasting Business Relationships “ To succeed in the global economy, business leaders have to be culturally in tune with their Asian counterparts. By Sharon Schweitzer, J.D., Start with these eight key concepts and tips: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Start-ups seeking to apply can do so online until 24 December 2012 at [link] with teams applying early prioritized for evaluation. .” “We believe that innovation need not be a mystery, and that entrepreneurship should not be painful or lonely. Both can be learned, working with peers and guided by mentors,” adds Wong.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2012

Wong Meng Weng, co-founder of JFDI.Asia – that is organizing the JFDI–Innov8 2012 Bootcamp – commented that the digital startup business accelerator has been impressed with Kark since they first met with the team in Jakarta. We will be unveiling our exciting new product aimed at the family education market shortly.”.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2011

He is looking at additional expansion opportunities, especially in Europe (through the introduction of multi-language forms) and Asia (through channel partners). We hope to see many more in 2012. The space is crowded, and requires steady navigation. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

Organized by technology startup accelerator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator – better known locally as JFDI Asia – the recent JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp saw some 11 local and regional technology startups undergo a tough 100-day program that saw them attempt to turn a prospective idea into a potentially sustainable digital business.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate. We also recognize how important it is to have relationships in Asia given the development of the next 50 years of the world so watching us grow our connective tissue to the East has been wonderful. Watching him develop over the past 4.5

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 1, 2013

Launched by financial cooperative SWIFT , the Challenge travels around the world with three regional showcases in the US, Asia, and Europe and provides participants with the opportunity to interact and pitch leaders in the financial industry, participate in discussions on emerging innovations and networking events. Asia Showcase.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

exabytes per month (or 134 exabytes annually) by 2017, according to he Cisco® Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2012 to 2017. billion in 2012). billion M2M connections (up from 7 billion total mobile-ready devices and M2M connections in 2012). Asia To Generate Most Mobile Data Traffic by 2017.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2012

If you’re a small or medium business owner, VISA has reintroduced its Commercial Offers Program for 2012. For 2012, the program now includes more than 90 merchant partners across Asia Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East & Africa, and the United States.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

One of more interesting trends touched on during Crowdsourcing Week in Singapore last week , but was not explored in any great detail, was the how online work has been taking off in Asia as part of the changing work landscape in this part of the world. Demand for, and the supply of, online talent in Asia on the rise.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2013

Let’s take a look at some of the cross-border trade data provided by PayPal : Figure 1: Despite a flat growth rate for traditional exports in Singapore, PayPal merchants take advantage of high-growth online export opportunities to Asia Pacific markets in 2012. What have we been selling?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2013

But the largest Southeast Asia-based taxi booking mobile application provider has set its sights on Singapore as its fourth market – Malaysia-based MyTeksi has announced the beta launch of its app GrabTaxi , after recent expansions to Philippines and Thailand.

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