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[Singapore][Competition] SiTF Announces 2011 Award Winners

YoungUpstarts

The Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) earlier this evening announced the winners of this year’s SiTF Awards , which recognizes technology innovations developed in Singapore. Y-Find Technologies co-founders Ting See Ho, Melvin Yuan and Han Yang. Digital Media. m9 Tech Solutions Pte Ltd.

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

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The first logical step when you are based in Singapore is to start in a market you are most comfortable in conquering. It is logical and sometimes it is the right choice starting from Singapore, sometimes not. There are three market categories that startups from Singapore are likely to address: 1. Regional from day one (RD1).

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[Event] [Singapore] AppsWorld Asia: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apps

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Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia is happening right now and the event space in Suntec City is buzzing with the chatter of the gathered social media glitterati, brand managers and communications professionals from Singapore and the region. Rise of the Apps.

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Making Social Media Work For SMEs

YoungUpstarts

Small businesses rarely have the time or resources to invest in outsourced customer service support, and some are finding it more efficient to serve customers via social media platforms: one LinkedIn study from 2014 revealed that 81 percent of North American SMEs use social media [5]. It’s exactly the same in social media. [6]

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[Interview] Imaginary Friends Studios (Is More Real Than You Think)

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You’re unlikely to have heard of Singapore-based creative agency Imaginary Friends Studios – unless you’re in the fields of film, games or animation. Stanley Artgerm Lau: I am a co-founder and creative director of IFS. Tell us a little about yourself.

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

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Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil. Parallel to this, social media has grown as well, allowing businesses from anywhere in the world to market to anyone,” he says. Attracting Overseas Customers.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Stef Lewandowski , co-founder of Makeshift.io, which has launched apps attending.io , hiremyfriend.io domain also references “input/output”, something that Courtney Boyd Myers , founder of audience.io Cofounder of Greenhouse.io says founder Kellee Khalil. “These new.io and wrangler.io , says, “.io io” as well.

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