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29 Entrepreneurs Share Nonmonetary Benefits and Perks of Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Adam Ng, Trusted Malaysia ! #18- This allows employees to take paid time off to volunteer at non-profit organizations or participate in community service projects. Volunteer time off programs encourage social responsibility and give employees a chance to give back to their communities. Thanks to Laura J.

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[Event] Over 540 Young Entrepreneurs To Converge On Global Startup Youth

YoungUpstarts

Malaysia will see over 500 youth descend on its capital Kuala Lumpur this October for Global Startup Youth (GSY) , a three-day idea accelerator program aimed at helping young entrepreneurs shape and launch new projects that will hopefully evolve into sustainable global businesses. A Meeting Of Young Minds.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. By holding training and social events in your city, you’ll ultimately become the online work expert in your community. You’ll join others in our Freelance Mobilizer Program, recruiting people to join the Elance revolution.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

prosperati.com

By and large, a lot of it were macro challenges that Malaysia itself faced. The cliches of hiring the best of the best is as true in Malaysia as it is in the US. The Ruby community in Kuala Lumpur is fairly small. Malaysia unfortunately does not have a good technology IPO pipeline. Some cared enough but not everyone did.

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These Are The Most Exciting FinTechs To Emerge In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

The countries are Singapore (490 FinTechs), Indonesia (262 FinTechs), Malaysia (196 FinTechs), Thailand (128 FinTechs), Philippines (115 FinTechs), and Vietnam (77 FinTechs). Since it was founded in 2014, it has launched 4 innovative and competitive products, with its flagship product being Liquid, a web application.

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Help Detained USA Citizen In Abu Dhabi

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

While there is a direct connection to creativity and innovation it is essentially a press release written by concerned leaders in the creativity and innovation international community. His detainment was not known until Dr. Black failed to show up at a speaking engagement in Malaysia. The details are below. See: [link].

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[Interview] Pekka Viljakainen, Author of “No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age” (Part II)

YoungUpstarts

You cannot fully compensate your lack of knowledge about the physical world by using the web. Tell us about the No Fear community site that you’ve put together. If a Singapore company wants to operate in Asia, you simply have to live in Malaysia, China, Taiwan and see how the Singapore company can add value to those consumers.