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Starting Up In Singapore (Part I) – Product/Market Fit

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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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Ready to expand your startup into Asia? Read this

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The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. . This is the first of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Prioritize the markets. It’s wise to first broadly prioritize the top markets (i.e.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

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Four Trends In Artificial Intelligence That Affect Enterprises

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by Kamal Brar, Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific at Hortonworks . For most in Asia, AI in its most basic forms is already evident in daily lives. Enterprises forecasted to be most affected by AI in Asia include: financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and transportation.

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

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total in funding on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter ) and “Main Street Matters”, where paint manufacturer Benjamin Moore used crowdsourcing as part of its marketing campaign to decide on the colors that would decorate certain main streets in the United States. “ Elance believes in the power and nature of the online crowd.

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[Singapore] Twitter Designates Singapore As Asia Pacific Headquarters

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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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Taming The Apps Explosion With Data Center Convergence

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By Joe Ong, managing director of Hitachi Data Systems Singapore. 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.

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