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[Asia] Socialbakers Opens Asia Pacific HQ In Singapore

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Global social media analytics and optimization company Socialbakers has announced the opening of its new Asia-Pacific headquarters based in Singapore. ”By 2017, Asia-Pacific will have the largest social network population worldwide.

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Starting Up In Singapore (Part I) – Product/Market Fit

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As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. However, they tend to be extremely difficult to navigate especially if you do not have a cofounder from and/or experience in that country. Global from day one (GD1). In this case, I urge founders to start in the US first (i.e.

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[Event] Over 540 Young Entrepreneurs To Converge On Global Startup Youth

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Malaysia will see over 500 youth descend on its capital Kuala Lumpur this October for Global Startup Youth (GSY) , a three-day idea accelerator program aimed at helping young entrepreneurs shape and launch new projects that will hopefully evolve into sustainable global businesses.

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Expanding To Asia: 5 Tips For Tackling the World’s Largest Market

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by Jay Eum, co-founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital. At one time, expanding into Asia was considered a luxury — a feat attainable only by the largest and most well-heeled companies in the country. In Asia, “face time” is much more important. 2: Pick the right entry point. 4: Reputation matters.

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[Singapore][Competition] SiTF Announces 2011 Award Winners

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YFind co-founder Melvin Yuan says the team found it an experience pitching the many seasoned technopreneurs and businessmen who formed the judging panels for this award. Y-Find Technologies co-founders Ting See Ho, Melvin Yuan and Han Yang. Digital Media. Interactive Game on Global Warming. Cloud Technology.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain The Future Trends They See in Their Industry

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Due to online learning, more companies will focus their efforts in creating interactive media, such as video games, comics, instructional videos in order to captivate their audience and promote learning their desired topics. As we have all been transplanted into the digital realm, social media and influencer marketing is bigger than ever.

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[Asia][Event] Echelon 2013 Agenda, Speaker Lineup And Pitching Startups Revealed

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Echelon put out a call looking for more of Asia’s most promising startups earlier this year. Last week its organizers, tech media and events platform e27 , finally announced its full speaker lineup, agenda and the participating startups pitching for the title of Echelon 2013′s Most Promising Startup.

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