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

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. KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3 Drives development in technology. Increases government support and legislation.

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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

AUGUST 4, 2014

How big is the market for Muslim-friendly products and services? Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods.

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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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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.

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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

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

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

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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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

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

Organized and participated by various business groups within the Singapore-headquartered Asia telecommunications provider SingTel , this year’s SingTel i.luminate – with the theme of “Powering The Future” – will on November 6, 2012 examine the forces that are shaping the market, discuss the implications, and showcase real-world (..)

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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

APRIL 27, 2012

We will be unveiling our exciting new product aimed at the family education market shortly.”. 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.

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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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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. Photo credit: Artisansbank.com].

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In 2012 a number of prominent pharmaceutical companies began restructuring or downsizing their R&D investment in neuroscience due to the large number of failed drugs. If you get their attention, focus instead on convincing them that you are capable of successfully taking your idea to market. – Experience is king.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 15, 2017

Since launching in 2012, Eagle Eye Networks has become the largest cloud-based video surveillance provider in North America. It’s also the largest cloud-based video surveillance provider in Asia. And now, it’s set its sights on becoming the largest cloud-based video surveillance provider in Europe.

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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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2013

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore facing critical challenges in doing business in-country – with its manpower crunch, high rental costs and small domestic market – may want to consider exploring participating in the global e-commerce market, says PayPal. What have we been selling?

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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

DECEMBER 11, 2013

They followed up that success with Reign of Heroes Turbo and (the discontinued) Hisho Collection Mall Empire in December 2012. According to Gartner, the worldwide video game market, which includes video game console hardware and software, online, mobile and PC games, is forecast to reach US$93 billion in 2013 and US$111 billion by 2015.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The past year has seen exciting growth for online and mobile commerce in Asia , and that trend looks set to continue all the way through 2012 into 2013. Weston is one of the most renowned companies for the widest range of replica jerseys in Asia. E-tailing is generally more difficult for companies in Asia.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

And now, without further ado, here are the startups that make up the newest class of 500 Startups Fall 2012 accelerator class: BabyList: a baby registry that works like Pinterest enabling you to put anything online into your registry. Kickfolio: service to help brands market their iPhone apps. Fake it before you make it.”

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

If you’re an Asia-based entrepreneur or are looking to establishing links in Asia, you may want to check out the Make a Difference (MaD) Venture Fellows Programme. “It is an ideal launch pad for developing and introducing new products and services into the international market.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2013

Tapping On The E-Commerce Explosion In Asia. Online commerce has seen explosive growth in the region – data from PayPal, from example, revealed that merchants based in Singapore saw an increase of online export sales on average by 68% to China, 55% to Hong Kong, 22% to Japan and 20% to Australia in 2012 alone.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Don’t we all hate email or SMS spam – those meaningless, time-wasting pieces of unsolicited digital miscommunication masquerading as marketing messages, for example. Consider this – there were 210 billion reported incidents of spam in 2012. Here’s a look at how five Asia Pacific countries rate: COUNTRY.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2012

Launch a startup in 54 hours – that’s the premise of the upcoming 2nd Startup Weekend Hong Kong that’s taking place May 18 to 20, 2012 at the M-Lab InnoCentre in Kowloon Tong. First started in July of 2007 in Boulder, Colorado, the movement has since spread across the world. Hell, there’s even a book on it!

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2014

Indeed since 2012 the daily deal model have been observed to be dying a slow death , and even industry players agree an overhaul of their business models is due in order for them to survive. ” With this pivot, Chai explains, the startup now covers different ends of the luxury travel market.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

There is no social media or marketing content that you have to create. They are just big markets, and this is why they are so useful. Therefore, the first thing to do is to find the best possible market for your business. B2B Marketplaces in Asia. It also offers marketing services for contacting selected buyers.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2012

The country aims to do more – in a speech during the launch of International Furniture Fair Singapore 2012 , Singapore’s minister for trade and industry Lim Hng Kiang says he aspires to raise the country’s global market share to 1.5-percent percent by 2015. Designed in Singapore.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2020

His creativity in making an online service and app that corners this niche market is inspiring. Thanks to Brandon Amoroso, electrIQ marketing ! #2-Yvon He is the fifth richest man in the world and the richest in Asia. Blakely was named the world’s youngest, self-made millionaire by Forbes in 2012. 2-Yvon Chouinard.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Painting the scenario of how things will evolve, Cort Isernhagen of IDC Insights forecasted at the recent Infocomm Technology Roadmap Symposium 2012 that the ICT landscape over the next 10 years needs to consider four macro trends supported by four key pillars of technology. How will these trends impact the way we work, live and play?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

7) permits convenient communication with the East and West coasts, South America, Europe, and Asia all in the same business day. In 2012, Denver startups raised more than $280M, with 33 startups raising $1M or more. Its elevation also affords it the recognition as the largest U.S. Access to capital and resources is gaining momentum.

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