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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

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In March 2016, Rosanne Hortensius left the Netherlands to launch online couponing platform Saleduck in Southeast Asia. As the company’s Commercial Manager, Hortensius was armed with the responsibility of setting up the office’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur as well as growing the local team. Giving the wrong company perks and benefits.

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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George. Todd Park convened the team that saved Obamacare.

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[Singapore] Crowdsourcing Week – Crowdsourcing Soon To Come Of Age In Asia

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For example Michael Thatcher , Chief Technology Officer – Public Sector Asia at Microsoft , provided some insights about how shared data benefits transparency and participation, and how that gives rise to new products and services. “ Elance believes in the power and nature of the online crowd.

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[Asia] Online Social Stay Marketplace travelmob Continues Push Into Asia

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The company recently introduced an iOS app that helps hosts to manage their reservations and listings quickly, as well as assist travelers in booking their accommodations from more than 20,000 properties across Asia Pacific while on the move. In the News Asia Asia Pacific online marketplace social stay travelmob vacation rental'

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[Event] [Asia] Asian Startups Take Centrestage At Startups in Asia

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The Startup Arena competition, part of Penn Olson ‘s two-day Startups in Asia Singapore conference, saw nineteen startups from all over Asia battle it out, with Singapore-based social collaborative learning platform Teamie emerging victorious.

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[Event] Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015

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Online platform for Asia’s tech community Tech in Asia will round off its highly vaunted Tech In Asia Conference series for this year with Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015 , which will take place on 11 and 12 November 2015 at Balai Kartini. More speakers will be confirmed closer to date.

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[Asia] Kark Mobile Education Lands Funding From Indonesia’s Indeosource

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“We are delighted to have this support, which gives us the ability to continue building our product and reinforces what we have believed all along– that games have a great future in the educational industry,” says Bullitt Sezaria, founder and CTO of Kark Mobile Education , which is currently participating in the JFDI–Innov8 2012 Bootcamp , a business (..)

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