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[Singapore] Designs On A New Furniture Future

YoungUpstarts

Amidst the elaborate show booths featuring all manner of furniture, interior decorations, construction materials and even hand-carved decorative wooden ships, you’ll find a creative space displaying examples of some of the more quirky, fun yet practical furniture designs within the entire exhibition. Designed in Singapore.

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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

Also, in Southeast Asia the Islam is the dominant religion in most countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia which means that a lot of your Southeast Asian team members may not consume alcohol. Taking note of this before organising any get-togethers or drinking sessions is very important.

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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. Further refinement of Product/Market fit could be done locally by using Value Proposition Design. sales office. Outside the U.S. Obviously this depends on industry and application.) Test product/market fit in the U.S. Trip 4 to the U.S. Establish U.S.

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[Singapore] Shopify Partners SingTel To Grow Presence In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

Online commerce has seen explosive growth in the region – data from PayPal, from example, revealed that merchants based in Singapore saw an increase of online export sales on average by 68% to China, 55% to Hong Kong, 22% to Japan and 20% to Australia in 2012 alone. Tapping On The E-Commerce Explosion In Asia.

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The Next 10 Years Of Infocomm Technology

YoungUpstarts

Over the next few decades, this young cohort would comprise a rising proportion of citizens in Asia (31%-40% in Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, and more than 51% in Malaysia, Philippines, India and Indonesia). Finally, prepare for a “system of systems” approach in ICT design.

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NYC 3.0

thebarefootvc

Now that I’m back full time in NYC, I decided to run for the Board of NY Tech Meetup, a dynamic community of 20,000 entrepreneurs, investors, developers, designers and people interested in tech. We no longer have to prove that NYC should be a key part of any technology company’s strategy, beyond just a sales office.

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Why predicting the future is more about sociology than technology

Start Up Blog

China, India, Indonesia, Africa, Eastern Europe and South America all have cities that fit this definition today. We are more than 20 years into the World Wide Web and e-commerce is still only 7% in US retail sales. A bit like designing something by committee. But let’s add the social reality to the mix.