YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2013

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. WayGo (Taiwan).

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M But 5-6 years ago, building a critical mass of talent and attracting capital wasn’t as easy outside of the top startup hubs.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M But 5-6 years ago, building a critical mass of talent and attracting capital wasn’t as easy outside of the top startup hubs.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 31, 2019

To take place on 19-21 February 2020 at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, the event will host over 3,000 attendees from over 40 countries, as well as featuring over 200 tech partners, more than 60 startups and 50 investors. and 100+ speakers. Casey Swails, Director, Executive Services, NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration).

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M But 5-6 years ago, building a critical mass of talent and attracting capital wasn’t as easy outside of the top startup hubs.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2017

by Alex Campbell, Managing Director, Asia, ‎ Xero. Global Entrepreneurship Week took place last month around the world, and it was a rather opportune time for me to examine the factors that have helped Singapore startups succeed. This creates a symbiotic relationship with Singaporean startups.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

Singapore’s startup scene looks set to become even more vibrant with the entrance of Sydney-based startup accelerator muru-D. trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D. trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D. muru - d.com/apply/global.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

4-Rise of individuals deciding to launch startups. The trend I see in our industry is a continued rise of individuals deciding to launch startups and embrace entrepreneurship. I am the CEO and co-founder of a dating app called So Syncd that is based on matching compatible personality types. Photo Credit: Deborah Sweeney.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Speakers include: - Kareem Amin, Co-Founder, Frame. - Rami Essaid, Co-Founder & CEO, Distil Inc. - Yao-Hui, Founder, The Hatchery. - Andrew Mitchell, Managing Partner, ZIG Capital. . Europe-Maghreb renewable energy projects are creating new investment opportunities.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

Organized by technology startup accelerator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator – better known locally as JFDI Asia – the recent JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp saw some 11 local and regional technology startups undergo a tough 100-day program that saw them attempt to turn a prospective idea into a potentially sustainable digital business.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

One of more interesting trends touched on during Crowdsourcing Week in Singapore last week , but was not explored in any great detail, was the how online work has been taking off in Asia as part of the changing work landscape in this part of the world. Demand for, and the supply of, online talent in Asia on the rise.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

The world’s startup landscape keeps evolving. According to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report , in 2017, global venture capital investments reached the record of $140 billion, while the total value creation of the world’s startup economy hit astonishing $2.3 The Rise of the Canadian Startup Scene.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Here at The Startup Magazine , we don’t typically “do” press releases, but occasionally an item comes to us that warrants including it in the magazine. Joe Zhu is a quick study with a natural desire to offer assistance anytime, anywhere startups face marketing, operational, and financing challenges.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

He has served as a teacher for the Stanford ME310 Global New Product Design Innovation Program and has also been recognized as one of the top 30 Designers Under 30 in 2015 by Forbes magazine. The mission of Ling Technology’s founders was to create a “Ling” world with man and robot symbiosis. Tell us your story. How do you help clients?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 3, 2024

” Martin Gonzalez is the creator of Google’s Effective Founders Project, a global research program that decodes the factors that enable startup founders to succeed. Martin is a frequent lecturer at Stanford, Wharton and INSEAD, and has advised leaders across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2017

by Wang Tse, co-founder and director of Campfire Collaborative Spaces. It is good to know how your extended global family works and how good a fit you are before diving in. There are top picks across the world and Asia is a vibrant, preferred destination , with destinations such as Chiang Mai lauded as the place to be.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2013

We grab Epirot Ludvik Nekaj (pictured above), the founder And CEO Of Crowdsourcing Week , for a quick chat on where crowdsourcing is headed in the coming years for this part of the world. Often used to subdivide tedious work or to fund-raise startup companies and charities, this process can occur both online and offline.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Richard Ma , CEO and Co-Founder at Quantstamp , says, “We focus on helping our customers stay safe and succeed because our philosophy is that technology is only a tool to solve people’s problems.” It’s estimated that 20 to 25 percent of funds are lost to corruption globally at the government level, so this is a really important issue.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2011

If you’ve enjoyed reality TV programs such as The Apprentice , Dragon’s Den and Shark Tank , you may find the new and upcoming Asia-based Angel’s Gate somewhat familiar. Angel’s Gate aims to help entrepreneurs find co-founders and mentors, as well as project backers through our crowd funding platform.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2011

Echelon , Southeast Asia’s biggest conference for technology startups, is back for its 2011 edition and looks to be even more exciting than before. Many of these startups have all gone and made their mark – there’s Gothere.sg

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Alternative finance has grown slowly in these countries, because both are the historical treasurers of Asia. In Asia Pacific, the volumes in alternative finance have come from South Korea and China. According to a report by Grand Thornton 2 , crowdfunding platforms in China made up 28 per cent of global deal flow between 2011 and 2013.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

A startup can benefit in various ways from having a strategic investor involved in their company, but there are plenty of drawbacks too, both commonly known and more subtle. On the flip side, simply taking strategic investor capital because it’s there or it’s easier or cheaper than other capital rarely works out well for startups.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group. Karen Bantuveris, CEO of VolunteerSpot ( ff VC and angel-backed startup with 2.5m How to build a portfolio of startup investments. What to do when your portfolio startup pivots. Click here to make a reservation.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. 63 MBA founders are represented among the 157 unicorns. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton).

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

But you don't have any lords and masters to answer to and the pay out goes entirely to the founders and management team. He is currently Co-Founder of CapitalMarkets.com and Editor Of SaaSInsights. In simple terms the customer's risk of doing nothing has to be higher than the risk of buying software from an unknown startup.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I remember writing a blog post in 2008, post-financial crash, on how the recession was going to re-vitalize the city’s tech startup community, which would eventually help diversify the NYC economy. Startups are not immune to globalization and can accelerate growth if thinking globally from launch.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Gogii came in my office in 2009 with three of the most talented founders I had seen. Scott Lahman , Zack Norman & Austin Murray were the three co-founders of JAMDAT, the most successful mobile 1.0 The “team beneath the team&# was as talented as any top team that pitches me startups. I could go on & on.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

by Manni Sidhu, Co-founder and CEO of Coleegs , and William Gilchrist , Founder and CEO of Konsyg. A new challenge has bloomed for founders and managers in the Covid-19 era –how do they set key performance indicators (KPIs) for the years ahead? Founders should focus on stability. Retention of Staff.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The larger your customer base, the more opportunities for monetization, and therefore the more attractive your startup is for investors. In this aspect, China’s huge market seems ripe for the taking — and which firms are better-placed to do so than homegrown startups, especially app developers looking to conquer the mobile market?

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. When I started my first company in Berlin, I lived and worked in my apartment with one of my co-founders. In Berlin, most startups are based in Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg and Kreuzberg.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Online platform for Asia’s tech community Tech in Asia will round off its highly vaunted Tech In Asia Conference series for this year with Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015 , which will take place on 11 and 12 November 2015 at Balai Kartini. More speakers will be confirmed closer to date.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York venture capitalists like HOF Capital recognize this trend, and more and more of us are opening our doors to invest in startups with international roots. Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage. They burnt their ships behind them.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We just held our final week of the Hacking for Diplomacy class, teaching students entrepreneurship and “Lean Startup” principles while they engaged in national public service applying advanced technologies to solve global challenges. Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. Hacking for Diplomacy student.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

With Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy joining us, we also assigned her recent article in Foreign Affairs, “How to Prevent a War in Asia” and CNAS report “Sharpening the US Military’s Edge: Critical Steps for the Next Generation”. And in particular in the Asia Pacific. — On China. — On China.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 23, 2013

SparkLabs , the company behind the accelerator program in Korea , is expanding its scope with its first seed-stage fund that will “help great startups go global.”. That will see it not only invest in a range of markets, but also leverage their global networks to help startups push into new regions.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We just held our final week of the Hacking for Diplomacy class, teaching students entrepreneurship and “Lean Startup” principles while they engaged in national public service applying advanced technologies to solve global challenges. Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. Hacking for Diplomacy student.

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