YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2013

by Bruce Piasecki, author of “ Doing More with Teams: The New Way to Winning ” Over the past few months, sports fans around the world have watched the downfall of the most celebrated cyclist of all time: Lance Armstrong. Just last week his televised confession interview with Oprah Winfrey — where he admitted to doping, using blood transfusions, and more — riveted the public.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2013

Tertiary students in Singapore looking to be the next star programmer or code monkey should look at the inaugural PlugFest International Programming Competition (IPC) , a programming competition targeted at tertiary students and individuals to create complete, usable web applications that utilize publicly-available datasets from the Singapore government through data.gov.sg.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2013

By Bruce Serbin, owner of Serbin Media, Inc. Business owners are always looking for ways to stand out from their competitors. Some people like traditional advertising while others turn to Facebook and Twitter, attempting to reach their audience through social media campaigns. While either method can be an effective marketing tool, the traditional media – daily newspapers, local and national television, radio programs and online – offer unparalleled advantages.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2013

Adobe Systems , a leading maker of multimedia and creativity software, brought its experience to the cloud when it launched Adobe Creative Cloud , a membership-based online cloud-based platform that allows users unlimited access to its entire suite of tools and services in the U.S. market last April. The platform was also recently made available to Australia and New Zealand, and today, the software company announced Singapore as the first of many Asian countries to get access to the service.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2013

So it’s been a good week at the office so far – the sales team has reported some success with those new accounts, development on the new product is ahead of schedule, and there’s been no PR or customer service crisis so far. Even the plants in the corner office are finally thriving. It’s time to kick back, relax, check your Facebook feed and look forward to the weekend… or is it?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2013

by Jeremy Kingsley, author of “ Inspired People Produce Results: How Great Leaders Use Passion, Purpose and Principles to Unlock Incredible Growth “ As the leader of your team, you must clearly understand and be able to pass on the purpose of your organization and your team’s role within that organization. If you don’t know the purpose of your efforts, you certainly won’t be able to inspire your team to success.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2013

Ever wondered what a venture capitalist does and what that means for a startup seeking funding? If so, check out “ Office Hours Revealed With Jeffrey Paine “ Jeffrey Paine is a founding partner of Golden Gate Ventures an early stage technology incubator based in Singapore with a $10 million fund to invest in the region. Paine started and manages the Founder Institute in Asia where he is currently overseeing its expansion in the Southeast Asian region.

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