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

ReadWriteStart

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. Malaysia is trying hard to build a hub and finding it difficult. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. I think this is one of the key issues.

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

The Next Web

Most of clients are “startups, small businesses, and solo entrepreneurs who are building their business on or around oDesk,” Cooper said. The main prize of oDesk’s competition is a trip to the Silicon Valley with guided tours to the offices of major Internet companies, including Facebook, PayPal, Autodesk, and others.

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5 Online Tips For Food Trucks to Grow Their Business

Kodorra

On the flip side, food truck entrepreneurs are trying to make a living serving specialty foods on wheels and competition can get pretty tough these days. But some entrepreneurs feel that it’s an upscale social trend for their customers to eat at their trucks since their foods are mainly gourmet-oriented. I beg to differ.

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Google alumni launch analytics startup Sparkline to mine data and provide insights for Asian businesses

The Next Web

Huge volumes of data are common in this time and age as people increasingly live out their lives on the Internet — but analyzing the data is a herculean task that companies find hard to tackle. Asia Entrepreneur Google analytics Data News Product Launches' Headline image via Shutterstock.

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[Asia][Event] Echelon 2013 Agenda, Speaker Lineup And Pitching Startups Revealed

YoungUpstarts

The conference will feature over 50 speakers and judges flying in from around the world, with keynotes and panel discussions at Echelon 2013 aiming toinspire both aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs as well as seasoned investors. The 10 pitching startups are: GridMarkets (Malaysia). You can find the full agenda here. POP (Taiwan).

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Asia Pacific SMEs Must Look To Cross-Border Trade

YoungUpstarts

That’s opening up opportunities for smaller entrepreneurs unheard of in the past. For example, New Zealand and South Korea have 94 and 92 percent Internet penetration respectively, but Thailand is struggling to get to 30 percent [3]. In ASEAN markets, SMEs account for just 21 per cent of direct exports [5].

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[Singapore] IT Infrastructure For Small Business: In Conversation With NetGear

YoungUpstarts

Setting up the right IT infrastructure for a small business can be a daunting task, especially for a new entrepreneur without any technical background. In the same vein, the entrepreneur needs to consider the size of his team as a matter of connectivity. Security is not of utmost importance yet.

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