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[Singapore] JFDI.Asia’s Second Accelerator Program This Year Receives Overwhelming Response

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Singapore-based accelerator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator ( JFDI Asia ) has revealed that over 300 digital startup teams have applied for its second accelerator program for this year, competing for just 12 places in this intake. Other nations made up less than 1% of applications each.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

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Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. 63 MBA founders are represented among the 157 unicorns. Key Insights. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton).

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TackThis Helps Small Businesses In Singapore Sell Online

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According to Paypal , by 2015 Singapore’s e-commerce market is expected to hit US$4.4 The founders of local startup company PayWhere believes there’s an opportunity in this gap, and that’s why they’re introducing TackThis. . TackThis is incubated by NUS Enterprise. billion in size.

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[Singapore] Golden Gate Ventures And JFDI Asia Form Strategic Alliance

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“Vinnie was amongst the most popular and valued mentors on the bootcamp we operated earlier this year,” says Hugh Mason, co-founder and CEO at JFDI.Asia. “*Limpeh gar lu gong…” (* Let me tell you…). “Jeff and Paul also both have great reputations for sharing their know-how.

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Mobile Marketplace Carousell Launches In Singapore

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“During Startup Weekend Singapore in March 2012, I discussed the idea of an easy-to-use mobile marketplace with my friends. Armed with S$7,000 Innovation Practicum funding, Siu Rui, Marcus and Lucas developed the iPhone app, while hot-desking at business incubator Plug-in@Blk71.

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[Singapore] Online Car Rental Marketplace Drive.SG Launches Mobile App

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In a country where a car essentially denoted status and is a symbol of wealth (and it doesn’t even have to be a luxury model), renting a car could easily be seen as a failure of sorts, at least in materialistic Singapore. mobile application online marketplace Singapore' Including locals and overseas visitors, Drive.SG

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Burpple Enables Social Sharing Of Food Experiences

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But if Singapore-based Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does. The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. ” The key advantage for the founders, of course, is being based in Singapore.

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