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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

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Stop Thinking And Acting Local: Small Businesses Seeking Growth Should See Themselves As Global Enterprises

YoungUpstarts

Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil. To tackle this, B-Free researched and patented another product based on market demand. By Dr. Karen M.

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Should You Launch a Writing Business in 2018?

Up and Running

Given the growth of content marketing, blogging, and social media, it seems pretty clear that the demand for good writers will remain high. In this era of omnipresent content, top-notch writing is in the highest demand—and freelancing has its benefits. Thousands of writers choose Southeast Asia or the small European countries.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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What Is The Forex 3-Session Trading System And How To Leverage It

YoungUpstarts

The foreign exchange is unique in the financial market, as it remains accessible to investors 24-hours a day and six days a week. This is just one of the reasons why the market is so lucrative, with an estimated $6 trillion now traded every single day globally. The Asian Forex Session. The European Trading Session.

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The Easiest, Most Unconventional Way To Start Your Own Business

YoungUpstarts

by Shirin Anne Wan, Head of Customer Care for QuickBooks Asia Pacific. Building (and Growing) a Business in the On-Demand Economy. . The good news is that the rise of the on-demand economy makes these questions easier than ever to answer. Starting Your Small Business via the On-Demand Economy.

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Four Reasons Why Retailers Should Consider International Trade

YoungUpstarts

One way to expand your customer portfolio is to access new customers around the world. 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. Entering a new market is no different.

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