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

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Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. In Singapore, the government has been extremely supportive, and there is entrepreneurial activity, although we have not yet seen very significant companies emerge. It needs to be chiseled.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

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During this week's roundtable we had a group of entrepreneurs from the Pune Open Coffee Club gather at the offices of Persistent Systems to participate in the roundtable together. Next Vin Lim presented Qyzzy.com , which can be succinctly summarized as the Yelp of Malaysia. Google Adwords advertising. That sounds great.

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[Singapore] Tribehired.com Lands Investment; Plans Team Expansion

YoungUpstarts

Prior to this round, TribeHired had received pre-seed funding from Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd , a government agency under the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia. “In TNF we have access to a team of veteran entrepreneurs who have proved they know how to manage fast growth. .

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

YoungUpstarts

The supportive pro-business environment paired with forward-thinking government initiatives such as the Start-Up Enterprise Development Scheme (SEEDS) ensure that Singapore’s startup community is teeming with activity. Each of their answers was surprisingly consistent, revealing four key pieces of advice to fellow entrepreneurs.

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Don’t Pay Bribes to Get International Expansion

Startup Professionals Musings

In a very recent international bribery case, Alcatel-Lucent decided to pay $137 million to settle charges that it paid millions of dollars in bribes to foreign officials to win and maintain contracts in Costa Rica, Hondurus, Taiwan and Malaysia. The days of a “slap on the wrist” for offenders are gone. The resulted in the U.S.

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Getting ‘Fashion Forward’ On Customs

YoungUpstarts

Start-ups and smaller entrepreneurs are finding fresh growth potential cross-border in the form of new customers, or unique finishes and componentry for garments. If you’re a fashion entrepreneur ready to take the next step of either sourcing or selling items internationally, here are some tips on navigating customs to get you started.

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Transportation, On-Demand And The Asian Economy – Asian Horizons

YoungUpstarts

Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, India and some other countries have been privy to the on-demand bubble, so to speak. Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam) We’ve identified some factors that set them apart from other ride-sharing outfits. Hyperlocal Focus. Co-operation and Synergy.

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