YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2011

This year’s first Keynote Panel Discussion at Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia will be examining the profile of consumers that can be reached via social media, both regionally and globally and how the social web is changing their attitudes. Young Upstarts is a Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia and Apps World Asia 2011 media partner.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2015

Twitter last week announced that it has opened its office in Singapore, officially designating it as its headquarters for the Asia Pacific region. The new regional headquarters will be home to a wide range of business functions, including sales, partnerships, marketing, HR, finance, user services, legal, policy, and trust & safety.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Business units are demanding mobile apps to help them win, serve and retain customers, simply because that’s what customers expect to see, thanks to the pervasiveness of the Apple and Google app stores. It is that seamless mobile experience that employees, partners and customers expect when they access your company’s mobile apps.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

Demand for divorce services will lead to more professionals getting into the divorce industry. The housing market is set to have another booming year in 2021. The housing demand has far outpaced the supply in 2020 and this will continue into 2021. 5- Change in marketing. I foresee a shift in the way products are marketed.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Its cloud platform lets sales and marketing teams connect and share information about customers and prospects, and developers have enriched the value of the platform with a host of applications that integrate to the platform and add to its functionality. Salesforce does the same thing in the B2B world.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Over the last four years, the coal industry has witnessed an ongoing transformation on a global scale – from decreased demand in the US to growing fuel needs in Asia and rising concerns about climate change. and global solid fuel demand and prices for alternative coal types, coke, and market segments.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

In fact, 2021 was the year that my sister and business partner quit her 9-5 corporate job and we both went full time with the business. As a studio that produces animated commercials and explainer videos, the pandemic hits us hard, as not many companies are willing to spend their budget for marketing. Photo Credit: Shokouh Hatch.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2018

E-commerce is exploding in Asia, with e sales for Asia-Pacific expected to total US$1.37 trillion in 2017 according to e-Marketer, and hitting the US$3 trillion by 2021. While numbers for Asia Pacific can be skewed by China, it’s too simplistic to put this growth down to merely the China factor and its huge domestic market.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. This is the second part of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Having people in-market and on the ground is key in each of these countries.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

This will require many partners – credit card companies, banks, microcredit institutions, the United Nations, foundations and community leaders. However, the vast majority of bankless adults live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and India. The global smartphone market grew 0.7% In India, at least 50% of the 1.3

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Transformify

AUGUST 16, 2020

Transformify , a UK-based Freelancer Management System (FMS), has partnered up with Xoxoday , an HR Software company based in India that has offices in Singapore, Australia, the US, Ireland and the Philippines, to boost its expansion across Asia. About Xoxoday. of India’, FT top 100 tech companies 2020.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2018

In Asia Pacific, research shows that almost 60 percent of young entrepreneurs want an international customer base in the next five years, up from 36 percent who have an international customer base now. It’s likely you have done this already — seeking training or mentoring in unfamiliar areas such as marketing or finance.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2012

This payment solution was beta-tested by merchants such as Russian-themed restaurant and caviar bar Buyan in Singapore since June last year, and is now launched worldwide, with the company targeting Southeast Asia, South Africa and South America as key target markets. Mobile Payment Now A Reality For Singapore Small Business Owners.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 4, 2017

In fact, Gartner forecasts that the Asia Pacific public cloud services market will grow 17.7 By 2019, the total public cloud services spending in Asia Pacific will rise to $13 billion, highlighting how well-received subscription-based services are in the Asian business landscape. percent in 2017 to total $10 billion.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. The ethos behind microcredit has reached a market well beyond the poor, rural woman in an emerging market.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

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. CRMs / marketing tech generally work. Messaging / email generally works. Ads generally work. Payments work.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

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. CRMs / marketing tech generally work. Messaging / email generally works. Ads generally work. Payments work.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

After graduation, I worked at Microsoft Research Asia and Baidu Institute of Deep Learning (IDL), both of which are well-known research institutions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). AI consumer productization places higher demands on human-computer interaction, which can also empower artificial intelligence products.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Held on October 8-11, Global Startup Youth is designed by StartupMalaysia in collaboration with partners including Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance, the US State Department, YouNoodle Inc., Events & Happenings Asia Global Startup Youth Kuala Lumpur Malaysia startup startup accelerator StartupMalaysia youth'

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Untapped markets in China that may become the next “big thing”. There’s an untapped market for challenger fashion brands in the e-commerce space to make an impact in China. The marketing and payment infrastructure is already in place, and WeChat has changed the game for consumers and retailers alike.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. The ethos behind microcredit has reached a market well beyond the poor, rural woman in an emerging market.

Africa 40

Africa India Bangladesh United States 40

Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Fortunately, for those of us in the market long enough, it's actually good news. For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. This for me is a no-brainer. This is a tough one.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:09 AM.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Jon Yongfook is a serial entrepreneur based in Asia. He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. Startups are a special breed of companies when it comes to marketing. Rely on cheaper forms of marketing : Blogging, email, viral tactics etc. What is this?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 29, 2020

20:09) How Radu knew the site had hit product-market fit (22:07) Radu talks about the three times he's hit product-market fit with startups (23:09) Radu on making the first cinemagraph-making app in the app store. (24:44) 29:15) Skills in demand, including design, software engineers, and people to vet volunteers and projects. (32:23)

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2011

In recent years, feeding the local demands became the focus. Most Indian entrepreneurs are extremely hardworking folks, who understand the domain they are operating in and a good number of them are also exposed to other markets – either by virtue of them working there for a while, or having an education abroad.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 10, 2018

In last week’s newsletter, I linked to the funding announcement for Terra, a stablecoin project backed by Binance (the largest crypto exchange in the world by volume), which will focus on the ecommerce market in Asia. This is the natural flipside to the run up we saw last year when ETH was in demand to fund these projects.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Inbound Marketing vs Interruption marketing. Email marketing. Market Research. Promotions/Marketing. Put up a LaunchRock Page and get your marketing working right away.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Ultimately, the company partnered with the City of Los Angeles , and as Eren recalls, "seven days after the original handshake and launch into a scheduling website, we helped launch Dodger Stadium, which was the single largest mass vaccination site in the country." I think last week it changed from supplies to the demand.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy , knew his target market could come from all over the world. Recognizing that self-study language learning was a huge and underserved global market, Gollash saw local branding as the key for his business. “We Diverting attention to the overseas market at the detriment of domestic business.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Before I get into what I have done and why I know what I know, here is a brief background on myself: My Background The name is Indian, but I was born in South East Asia (just above Yaro’s homeland) in an upper middle class family of entrepreneurs. Where do I get the money to invest in the markets? I am not a guru in stock trading.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… Markets. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. Founders cant demand such concessions unless their companies are doing well. Welcome, Logout. Customer Center. My Journal. Edition Home.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Greater efficiencies are really needed in this sector to deal with a growing demand and a wider consumption base. They are going to remain in semi-stealth mode and are testing their products in the US, Asia, and Europe. Video currently represents about 40% of all online traffic, growing by 400% by the year 2015.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy , knew his target market could come from all over the world. Recognizing that self-study language learning was a huge and underserved global market, Gollash saw local branding as the key for his business. “We The Hottest Markets? So where do you start? “It

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 29, 2012

In fact, these challenges are taking away most packaged goods marketers ability to determine their own marketing mix. The two friendly giant of Coles and Woolworth s are no longer partners of their suppliers – they are now their biggest competitors. We can no longer buy an audience on demand. The Evil Duopoly.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2018

2017 was the first year my business broke 6 figures, I hired an assistant and marketing team to take my two brands to the next level. In 2018 (and beyond), I look forward to helping more military spouse and veteran entrepreneurs grow their business through social media and marketing strategies. 2- Sustain income.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. DK: I still remember it.

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