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[Singapore] Shopify Partners SingTel To Grow Presence In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

The e-commerce space in Singapore has been ratcheted up by another notch as online shopping platform Shopify partners telecommunications provider SingTel to make available its services to businesses in the country. Shopify itself was started as an online shop in 2004 selling snowboard equipment out of a garage by its founders.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. Today, that niche has grown into a chasm and YogaFit® has become the largest training school for yoga instructors in North America.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Whilst teaching 16-18-year-old college students part-time, I had taken on a Flash website build in mid-2004 for a highly-reputed jewelry company in Bristol, UK, referred to me by a friend, and done a good job, other website opportunities started to come in. In his case, he built commercial buildings in Toronto, Canada.

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FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap

thebarefootvc

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. Just in the past year, a Babson study pointed out that funds with female partners were 3x + more likely to invest in female led companies.

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FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap

thebarefootvc

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. Just in the past year, a Babson study pointed out that funds with female partners were 3x + more likely to invest in female led companies.

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Friday Guest Stars :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape.

Duct Tape Marketing

He is currently a founding partner at Ninety Five 5 (Less Nonsense – More Sales). As well as having one of the world’s most popular marketing blogs , he has also contributed to programs on The BBC and ITV in the UK as well as CBS in North America. . She is the author of the book, Cold Calling for Women.

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I Hate Selling, So Now How Do I Convert Leads 1 :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

As well as having one of the world’s most popular marketing blogs , he has also contributed to programs on The BBC and ITV in the UK as well as CBS in North America. Jim Connolly Jim Connolly specializes in helping small businesses to make massively more sales and boost their profits, through common sense marketing.