YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Offering access to an English-speaking business environment, a business-friendly tax and legal system, and a highly-skilled workforce, Singapore offers an ideal market for global expansion. Marketing strategies and cloud-based systems can easily play a central role in the market entry process. .

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2011

Organized by the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) , the SiTF Awards 2011 – which seeks to recognize innovative infocomm technology applications or solutions developed in Singapore – has announced its finalists for the awards competition. And some of them are pretty interesting, too. In the Student categories.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

Southeast Asia is one of them. As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. Southeast Asia was walloped by Covid-19.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Global social media analytics and optimization company Socialbakers has announced the opening of its new Asia-Pacific headquarters based in Singapore. ”By 2017, Asia-Pacific will have the largest social network population worldwide.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. A country that is in the process of moving from a developing to a developed stage is considered an emerging economy or market. Emerging Markets: Five Markets To Watch.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2017

by Kamal Brar, Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific at Hortonworks . Artificial intelligence (AI), which is essentially a set of tools and programs that make software ’smarter’ in a way an outside observer thinks the output is generated by a human, is starting to break out on the global stage.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

During the recent launch of Blackberry 7 OS in Singapore, Research In Motion (RIM) executives had shared that Southeast Asia was a potential hotbed of application developers with whom they were keen to work with. During the launch of Blackberry 7, RIM executives mentioned that Southeast Asia is a key market for developing applications.

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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. Asian Companies Going Global.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2013

But newly-launched Asia-based online wine marketplace WineFamily instead aims to invite licensed wine retailers across the region to create virtual stores in an Etsy-style platform and sell directly online to consumers in Asia. WineFamily will enable a global dialogue among winemakers and their customers in every corner of the world.”

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2011

In a developer conference today in Singapore, online social networking giant Facebook made its strongest indication yet of its intention to better engage developers in Asia and Southeast Asia.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Asia is home to some of the world’s most groundbreaking companies and you only have to look at the likes of Korbit and VMFive to realize it’s not just the larger players that are shaking things up. Be agile and adapt to changing market needs – your customer’s needs are not static and they will continue to evolve.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Singapore’s taxi industry has been the subject of many recently introduced services looking to disrupt that sector. “Since the mobile app was first publicly launched in 2012, there has been an amazing response from commuters around Southeast Asia,” says GrabTaxi Founder and Group CEO, Anthony Tan.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2012

Singapore’s average household income has risen to S$2,925 per month in 2011, according to global services information company Experian. Experian Mosaic Singapore also provides a demographic breakdown of the Singaporean consumer, into 30 unique segments and nine groups that share similar demographic and socioeconomic traits.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Hong Kong is a great place to start if you have been contemplating expanding your business to Asia. Many foreign investors have opted to expand to this promising market to tap into new opportunities. Whether your business is a small, mid-sized, or larger firm, expanding to Asia is a strategic move with many benefits.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It is hardly a surprise when I say that Singapore is one of the best destinations to begin a business. The combination of corporate tax laws with political stability make this city the ideal location for running a company, and this is why I chose Singapore as the city to begin my business. Obtaining The Correct Licence.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you loved the emerging startup vibes of the DEMO conference, Asia will be getting its very own version with DEMO Asia 2012 slated for February 29 to March 2 in Singapore next year. We are committed to the success of the first-ever DEMO Asia in Singapore,” says Chua Wee Phong, executive Director of Sphere Exhibits.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2013

Singapore-headquartered location-aware mobile advertising platform AdNear earlier this week announced its foray into the Southeast Asian markets of Malaysia and Indonesia, opening up its platform for advertisers who are looking to enable precision advertising on consumer mobile devices in those countries.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2013

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. ” - Vicky Skipp, Adobe’s head for Southeast Asia. ”

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Connectivity is changing the face of business in Asia Pacific and the world. The rapid advancement of technology that boosts global connectivity is a powerful trend set to impact individuals and businesses of all kinds, and the logistics industry is no exception. A good example would be the global transportation network.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2013

Cologne, Germany-based Hotel Reservation Service (HRS) , the leading hotel portal in Europe for business and private travelers, late last month announced its official expansion in the Asia Pacific with the opening of its regional headquarters in Singapore. In the News Hotel Reservation Service HRS Singapore'

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

In one of business’s most fickle markets (and with no certain or proven path to success), startups must ask themselves: How can they successfully break into technology’s most competitive business without any true business experience? As global talent discovery continues, Startup Labs will begin to churn out their own ideas.

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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

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

JANUARY 31, 2013

Social media practitioners and enthusiasts in Singapore, rejoice – Social Media Week Singapore 2013 is upon this month, and will see over 30 free-to-participate events scheduled across 18-22 February. “There has never been a better time to discuss the impact of social media and technology in shaping our societies. .

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2011

China online game developer and operator The9 Limited announced today that there are establishing a Red 5 office in Singapore as its Asian operation and development center, which will manage the operations of its upcoming online multi-player first-person shooter (FPS) game Firefall in all countries outside of the North American and European markets.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2012

This payment solution was beta-tested by merchants such as Russian-themed restaurant and caviar bar Buyan in Singapore since June last year, and is now launched worldwide, with the company targeting Southeast Asia, South Africa and South America as key target markets. Today, Swiff is unique in its ability to do so.”

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2013

It looks like the Singapore worker has a big and growing appetite when it comes to salary expectations. According to the online survey, 42% of workers in Singapore are seeking positions with a salary between 1,500 to 3,499 SGD, compared to 38% of Hong Kong workers who demand a higher salary between 2,449 to 4,899 SGD ( see diagram left ).

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

by Jun Byongnam, Regional Director of the Korea IT Cooperation Center in Singapore. This gives South Korea’s gaming industry a chance to make a bigger impact on the global stage, to move up from their standing in 4th place in the global market to be in the top 3. After COVID-19 – Barriers to go global.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2013

Japan-based electronic commerce and Internet service provider Rakuten has announced its first-ever Rakuten Startup Challenge in Singapore, a competition that looks at getting Singapore-based entrepreneurs and developers to develop personalized e-commerce websites using Rakuten’s APIs (Application Programming Interface).

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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

DECEMBER 16, 2012

GET4X is a Singapore-based technology startup that looks at simplifying the process of how Singaporeans exchange their foreign currencies. GET4X basically offers an online site as well as an iOS mobile app that allows users to compare foreign exchange rates from various money changers in Singapore. Archaic, to say the least.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

Singapore’s startup scene looks set to become even more vibrant with the entrance of Sydney-based startup accelerator muru-D. muru - d.com/apply/global. trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D. trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D. million (A$3 million) in follow-on funding.

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The Next Web

MAY 26, 2014

Pieter Walraven is the co-founder of Pie, a Singapore-based SaaS startup. 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?” Asia Entrepreneur' It’s an appropriate question. This story continues at The Next Web.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, is finally bringing its FedEx Small Business Grant Contest, a small business competition it first launched in the US three years ago to give small businesses have the chance to win grants to help them expand overseas into international markets, to Asia Pacific.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2011

This year’s first Keynote Panel Discussion at Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia will be examining the profile of consumers that can be reached via social media, both regionally and globally and how the social web is changing their attitudes. In recent years Web 2.0 The discussion will be taking place on day one of SMWF.

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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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