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The Longstanding Appeal Of Investing In Singapore’s Luxury Hotels

YoungUpstarts

According to figures despite, or perhaps because of, its relatively small size, Singapore is the fourth most expensive centre for investment in hotels in the world with only London, New York and Hong Kong ahead of it. So in a world where supply and demand is key, Singapore does certainly have the ratio pretty much right.

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[Review] Twitter Is Not A Strategy

YoungUpstarts

A case in point is Apple, whose “Think Different” campaign in 1997 (see video below) served as a rallying call to those who shared the brand’s values. Forging deeper emotional connections with consumers, strong brands help communities to build a common identity. Finally, engagement ideas must be sharply defined in concrete terms.

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Franchises Finding International Niches

The Entrepreneurial Mind

Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei, Cambodia and Laos are all seeing rapid growth in American franchise restaurants. Kentucky Fried Chicken first came to Vietnam in 1997 through the vision of Singapore entrepreneur and franchisee Tony Chew.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

I have the opportunity to build bridges from NYC to Nairobi, from Dhaka to Denver, from Silicon Valley to Singapore. People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K., Of the 85 IPOs priced so far this year, only 28 are up. ” (ix) The U.S.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors.

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