YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

“We need to be like Silicon Valley,” we hear many a startup community organizer around the world intone. After all, Silicon Valley been held up as a shining example as a hotbed for startups and many clamor to copy its success in positioning themselves as a similar scene for innovation and technological entrepreneurship. But early-stage investor and entrepreneur Bred Feld, the co-founder of VC firms Mobius and Foundry, as well as startup accelerator TechStars , thinks trying to be Sil

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2012

by Bill McBean, author of “ The Facts of Business Life: What Every Successful Business Owner Knows that You Don’t “ All year long you’ve been in frantic motion. You’ve put out fires. Solved employee snafus and issues. Juggled conflicting priorities. Fielded exhausting back-to-back meetings, telephone calls, and endless emails. Motivated yourself and others.

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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. But the numbers, however phenomenal, hide the fact that many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have struggled to incorporate online and mobile retail into their business. We speak to Rajbir Singh Chopra, the CEO of Weston Corporation , probably Singapore’s most renowned sports apparel and merchandise company founded way back in 1948,

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2012

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from reading books on social media, it’s that there’s already a very significant shift in the mindsets of businesses towards the acceptance of using social media as a tool to engaging consumers. Indeed, tomes on social media marketing used to devote massive chapters trying to convince companies large and small to adopt the then-new marketing platforms.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Shanghai-based social media and technology company Mailman Group earlier this week announced the launch of a new startup fund that looks at tapping the burgeoning technology startup scene in Asia. The Mailman Group ‘s new startup Venture fund aims to fill the gap of Series A funding in the region of US $0.5 to US$2 million in the region, and will provide cash and mentorship to selected startups.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

National Basketball Association (NBA) rising superstar Jeremy Lin emerged as the top name Singaporeans googled this year, beating out even its founding father Lee Kuan Yew (the infamous Amy Cheong of this saga also made the list), while the Olympics 2012 came out as the top trending search. In its newly released Zeitgeist , Google revealed the top search trends this year in Singapore after analyzing over one trillion search queries it received this year.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) today opened its first BlackBerry Expert Center in Singapore exclusively dedicated to providing after-sales support for Blackberry customers. In an ceremony announcing the official launch of the physical outlet at The Cathay , Country director for RIM in Singapore Charles Dufourcq reiterated the company’s commitment to customers in the country, and sees the center as a way RIM invests in its customers. “RIM is committed to making BlackBerry a

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