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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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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

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In the same year, Singapore did not improve its credit terms with export customers either. credit terms), a rise in daily sales outstanding, or DSO, affects the cash flows of local businesses. DSO is the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. Dispute over the invoice.

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[Singapore] Twitter Designates Singapore As Asia Pacific Headquarters

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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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TackThis Helps Small Businesses In Singapore Sell Online

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According to Paypal , by 2015 Singapore’s e-commerce market is expected to hit US$4.4 The founders of local startup company PayWhere believes there’s an opportunity in this gap, and that’s why they’re introducing TackThis. . PayWhere founders (from left) Damian Chow, Vincent Lau and Dickson Gregory.

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[Singapore] Daylight Studios To Tap Growing Mobile Games Market With Two New Titles

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Despite the country’s modest size, the tiny island of Singapore seems to be producing game development firms at a prodigious rate. Specifically for the mobile games, worldwide revenue is forecasted to surge from US$13.2 ” Feature Story Daylight Studios IAHGames mobile games Singapore video games'

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

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by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Co-branded cards were invented, combining a Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment brand along with a retailer or airline brand. Too much was at stake, we couldn’t afford the risk of destabilizing everything and losing substantial revenue. Early results are exciting.

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Four Tips For Singaporean Startups To Ensure Success Past The Five Year Mark

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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 is an encouraging trend as the study also showed that innovative startups attain significantly higher sales growth – an average of 70.4

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