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

YoungUpstarts

As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. However, they tend to be extremely difficult to navigate especially if you do not have a cofounder from and/or experience in that country. Global from day one (GD1). In this case, I urge founders to start in the US first (i.e.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. Strong Asian ties, especially to China — Yale has among the strongest ties to China of any major Western university, matriculating its first Chinese student in 1854.