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[Indonesia][Event] Startup Asia Jakarta 2012

YoungUpstarts

Earlier this year in February, the Startups in Asia conference in Singapore saw Singapore-based social collaborative learning platform Teamie emerging victorious from a pool of nineteen regional startups pitching in a ‘Startup Arena’ to win a US$10,000 prize.

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

Southeast Asia is one of them. It is home to over 680 million people and over 400 million internet users- nearly 70% of the population. The report predicts that the region’s internet economy can cross $300 billion by 2025. Southeast Asia was walloped by Covid-19. The region consists of 11 countries.

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Internet Growth Means Big Changes For How Businesses Connect

YoungUpstarts

By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications. billion of them. Our region will not be the first to reach this milestone.

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Ready to expand your startup into Asia? Read this

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. . This is the first of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. countries or cities) across Asia that you would like to target. Laser focus.

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[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

How big are small businesses in Asia? Did you know, for example, that in Asia small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute between 25% to 60% percent to a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), constitute 16% to 69% of its exports, and employ between 52% to 97% of its workforce? Apparently, very very big. A key takeaway?

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Smartphones – The Crucial Thread In The Fashion Retail Marketing Mix?

YoungUpstarts

With the proliferation of blog shops and rise of online shopping in Singapore – and in Asia – the casual observer might be forgiven for thinking the brick and mortar shops will go the way of the Dodo. I will be presenting the results at the upcoming Asia Fashion Summit 2013 at the Raffles Conference and Convention Centre this month.

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Take Your Website Performance To The Next Level

YoungUpstarts

by Roger Chen, Vice President, Asia for GoDaddy. When it comes to finding success as a small business on the internet, having a website set up is merely the first step. Domain name, check. Web hosting, check. Website designed, check. Products and solutions to sell, check. Shopping cart, check.

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