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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Next Vin Lim presented Qyzzy.com , which can be succinctly summarized as the Yelp of Malaysia. I asked him about his customer acquisition strategy and heard the word "advertising" a lot: Facebook advertising.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

ReadWriteStart

In Singapore, the government has been extremely supportive, and there is entrepreneurial activity, although we have not yet seen very significant companies emerge. Malaysia is trying hard to build a hub and finding it difficult. The bulk of our discussion today was around scaling and customer acquisition strategies.

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

The Startup Magazine

Late 2020 revealed the depth of the Solarwinds hack, which had massive implications for government agencies and (ironically) cybersecurity provider FireEye. McLaren Technology Acquisition Corp, the SPAC focused on fintech recently closed a $ 201 million IPO at NASDAQ. In just ten months, Warehouse Now has grown 400% year on year.