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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Advances in technology used to begin at the enterprise level and slowly trickled down to the consumer technology market. When the first microwave oven hit the market in 1955, it cost roughly $12,000 in today’s dollars; today you can pick one up for $64 on Amazon. Consumerization & Affordability of Technology. billion by 2022.

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Innovation: The Key To Entrepreneurial Success

YoungUpstarts

Unleashing creative thinking helps drive businesses forward, improve customer value propositions and identify new opportunities that deliver on the needs of our ever changing customers. 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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[Asia] Music Streaming Service Spotify Launches In Singapore And Malaysia

YoungUpstarts

According to Sriram Krishnan, Spotify’s head of new markets in Asia Pacific, the service – available now in 23 countries – currently has over 6 million full-paying customers who subscribe to their premium music services out of a total subscribed base of 24 million active users.

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[Malaysia] Chalkboard Launches Location-Based Widget For HTC Devices

YoungUpstarts

Location-based mobile advertising network Chalkboard has announced an exclusive strategic partnership with device maker HTC in Malaysia, and launched a Chalkboard widget for HTC users in that country. Consumers are relying more and more on their mobile devices to give them ready access to the local information they want.

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The Seven Rules of Fearless Growth: What Fearless Companies Are Doing To Grow Faster And Smarter 

YoungUpstarts

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. You can also target niche customer groups that you can uniquely please.

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Daily Deals Still A Big Deal In Asia; All Deals Asia Launches iPhone App

YoungUpstarts

“Many (merchants) are beginning to see this group buying model as one of the risk-free marketing channels with no upfront costs,” says All Deals Asia founder Yiping Goh ( we also interviewed her in mid 2010 when All Deals Asia first launched). And while some daily deal sites, such as Groupon and deal.com.sg

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Will NFC Technology Take Off In Singapore?

YoungUpstarts

To that effect, Nokia is probably hoping that NFC avoids the dismal fate of the QR code by introducing the NFC Hub , a third party service which makes it easier for local businesses to adopt NFC technology for their marketing uses.

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