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[Malaysia] Startups Unite To Form Launchpad, An Intern Matching Platform

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The startup scenes in Southeast Asia – Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, among others – have been thriving, attracting scores of students and young graduates who want to be part of their local startup movement. Ideaspotting Asia interns internship job Malaysia skills matching startup'

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

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Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? They are still very small, but have some validation.

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How To Dislodge And Move Forward When Decision Makers Are At A Stalemate 

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Jill saw risks on both sides, but knew that whatever path forward the company chose, gaining the full commitment of her team — the leaders of sales, marketing, manufacturing, finance, human resources, and legal — was crucial for success. These people were not only business partners, they were friends. and Malaysia.

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

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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.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Announces Partnership With MAD Incubator, Malaysia

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At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

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Meanwhile, financing the company will be quite challenging, and I advised Satya to manufacture parts based only on signed contracts and advances against orders, to avoid getting into an inventory-rich, working capital-poor situation. Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team.

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

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“Recruitment is an evergreen industry but it is also ripe for disruption,” shares Shirley Wong, managing partner at TNF Ventures. Prior to this round, TribeHired had received pre-seed funding from Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd , a government agency under the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia.

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