YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2014

In addition, the top three monthly Crowdtivate campaigns will receive exclusive assistance, including access to test users, marketing support, startup funding, free software development, invention development, and infrastructure support. In the News Asia crowdfunding crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing Week Crowdtivate Singapore StarHub'

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

But finding the right local partner isn’t easy, and even if you do find one, gaining a foothold in the massive Chinese mobile market takes patience, insight, and strategy. The biggest mistake most US entrepreneurs make right off the bat is in thinking of China as one market. The right partners. Seeing double.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

Once the answer is found, the entrepreneur needs to do serious research on the market he/she will be addressing. Product/Market Fit. To me, the Market is the most important followed closely by the Team who can execute, navigate and conquer that market. Startups in this category start off in their home markets (i.e.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

by Marek Danyluk, managing partner at Space Executive. 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

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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.

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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

APRIL 9, 2014

As commercial growth in Asia continues unabated, there’s never been a better time to start a small business on the world’s most populous continent. It may sound obvious, but before investing valuable time and money opening in Asia, it’s vital to ensure the product you sell or the service you offer has a place on the Asian market.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2019

Moreover, a trade war with China, the world’s second largest economy, has created volatility in the stock markets and upheaval for certain corporate sectors. The situation could become even more tangled if the effects from China spill over into the rest of Asia (or beyond) due to intertwined supply chains.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2015

Twitter last week announced that it has opened its office in Singapore, officially designating it as its headquarters for the Asia Pacific region. The new regional headquarters will be home to a wide range of business functions, including sales, partnerships, marketing, HR, finance, user services, legal, policy, and trust & safety.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 2, 2019

Series A round , alongside Unlock Ventures Partners and Maveron. We also invested in Guesser whose mission is to make prediction markets more accessible to mainstream users. Ada , a market leader in automated customer experience , launched Ada Glass. Welcome to the V1 family! Product launches and partnerships.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

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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? Labs provide guidance and expertise, making the startups more attractive to venture capitalists.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2017

by Amanda Setili, author of “ Fearless Growth: The New Rules to Stay Competitive, Foster Innovation, and Dominate Your Markets “ Growth has always been fundamental to business success, but it’s never been more critical than it is now. Do we develop new capabilities internally or partner? Not anymore.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2013

The e-commerce space in Singapore has been ratcheted up by another notch as online shopping platform Shopify partners telecommunications provider SingTel to make available its services to businesses in the country. Tapping On The E-Commerce Explosion In Asia. “It all began with the intention of scratching our own itch, really.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Of this, 54-percent, or 480 million people, live in the Asia-Pacific region. But some help is coming – the Asia Water-for-Life Project aims to provide the daily drinking water needs of 100,000 people across six countries. “We are proud to partner with Planet Water and J.P.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Entrepreneurs with businesses in Asia know that fundraising here can be a daunting task. With this in mind, I would like to use my experience as an entrepreneur, having closed several sizable rounds of investment around Asia over the last six years, to help explain the landscape as it currently stands.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2012

We hope that this will be the first of several alliances with key partners across the region who share our ambition to support the coming generation of digital success stories across Asia, for Asia.” . “Jeff and Paul also both have great reputations for sharing their know-how.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2013

In Southeast Asia that number sits at a modest 2 million; Singapore alone comprises over 400,000 of that number, which is a massive takeup rate for a country with a population of just over 5 million. In the News Evernote partnership Singapore Southeast Asia StarHub'

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 15, 2011

Taking place on November 30 to December 1, 2011 at The Mira, Hong Kong, the 2nd Cloud Computing World Forum Asia will feature all of the key players within the cloud computing and SaaS market providing an introduction, discussion and look into the future for the ICT industry. Evening networking party for all attendees.

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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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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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The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. This is the second part of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Having people in-market and on the ground is key in each of these countries.

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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. Young Upstarts is a Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia and Apps World Asia 2011 media partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

I found this reality addressed well in a new book, “ Fast Times ,” by McKinsey Partners Arun Arora, Peter Dahlstrom, Klemens Hjartar, and Florian Wunderlich. In the same year, Lego's profits soared 63% as they expanded their initiatives and operations in Asia and Europe. Keeping priority on what matters for long-term success.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Its cloud platform lets sales and marketing teams connect and share information about customers and prospects, and developers have enriched the value of the platform with a host of applications that integrate to the platform and add to its functionality. Salesforce does the same thing in the B2B world.

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Diego Basch

JULY 12, 2019

If you are interested in hardware innovation, you want to be in Asia. Either you will bootstrap the business or you will partner with someone local to fund it, because VCs won’t give you the time of the day. build an execution team wherever convenient (could be Asia, Europe, India, anywhere in the US, who knows).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2018

E-commerce is exploding in Asia, with e sales for Asia-Pacific expected to total US$1.37 trillion in 2017 according to e-Marketer, and hitting the US$3 trillion by 2021. While numbers for Asia Pacific can be skewed by China, it’s too simplistic to put this growth down to merely the China factor and its huge domestic market.

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Transformify

AUGUST 16, 2020

Transformify , a UK-based Freelancer Management System (FMS), has partnered up with Xoxoday , an HR Software company based in India that has offices in Singapore, Australia, the US, Ireland and the Philippines, to boost its expansion across Asia. About Xoxoday. of India’, FT top 100 tech companies 2020.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Compared to the funders in Europe and Asia, U.S. This is an exciting time for the Company!

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The latest funding round led by Active Venture Partners , a European venture capital company with a presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, is expected to help the online ticket trading platform drive its international growth. It then expanded to the rest of Europe, the United States as well as the Latin America and Asia markets.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

The housing market is set to have another booming year in 2021. 5- Change in marketing. I foresee a shift in the way products are marketed. As we have all been transplanted into the digital realm, social media and influencer marketing is bigger than ever. 18- Conversational marketing. 3- Two trends.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2018

In Asia Pacific, research shows that almost 60 percent of young entrepreneurs want an international customer base in the next five years, up from 36 percent who have an international customer base now. It’s likely you have done this already — seeking training or mentoring in unfamiliar areas such as marketing or finance.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Our increasingly connected world is opening up new realms of possibilities where both the components of manufacturing and final end customers may be found across international borders, not just in domestic market places. Junior Achievement exemplifies this approach in its programs which it takes to classrooms across the Asia Pacific region.

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