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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. For example, it’s very common in Europe to get everything done via email. Reminders, enquiries, even introductions!

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Is America’s Corporate Culture In The Dark Ages?

YoungUpstarts

Various reports and studies show that Americans experience a more burdensome work week than many of their peers abroad, spending interminable hours at the office, wolfing down lunch at their desks, letting vacation days expire unused, and answering emails after hours and on weekends. company would prove a poor fit beyond our borders.

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[Asia] Music Streaming Service Spotify Launches In Singapore And Malaysia

YoungUpstarts

Spotify also launches in Malaysia today; its Premium tier cost just RM14.90. Users can easily search, stream and even share music on Spotify, Facebook, Twitter, a blog or by email. In the News Asia digital music Malaysia music distribution music streaming online music Singapore Spotify'

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Significant Percentage Of Global Email Traffic Is Spam: Cloudmark

YoungUpstarts

Don’t we all hate email or SMS spam – those meaningless, time-wasting pieces of unsolicited digital miscommunication masquerading as marketing messages, for example. The trouble is, much of the volume of emails sent around the world actually comprises of spam. Global Ranking for Volume of Email Spam. Philippines.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

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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. Malaysia unfortunately does not have a good technology IPO pipeline. Malaysia tried but there simply wasn’t enough liquidity, or institutional demand.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

ReadWriteStart

Malaysia is trying hard to build a hub and finding it difficult. If you have additional questions, please email me, and I would be very happy to respond. There are pockets of entrepreneurship developing in various European capitals. In India, five of the seven major metros are seeing significant improvement in entrepreneurial energy.

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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. Freelancer.com sent out this email to users in Russia: Freelancer is coming to Russia to hold a media event in the coming weeks and we want to hear your story!

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