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[Interview] Pekka Viljakainen, Author of “No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age” (Part II)

YoungUpstarts

Viljakainen’s was recently in town to give a talk and promote his book “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “, and we were fortunate enough to catch him for a short interview to talk about how business leadership in the new digital era. How do you see leadership in the new millennium evolve? are idiots.

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Adeo Ressi: Singapore Has The Highest Funding Rate, But That May Not Be A Good Thing

YoungUpstarts

Adeo (left) with Matt Marshall, founder of VentureBeat. We managed to catch Adeo Ressi, CEO of The Founder Institute and CEO of TheFunded.com briefly at the sidelines of DEMO Asia 2012 to get his views on the startup scene here in Asia. Ultimately, Singapore is supported by artificial market dynamics. What Singapore Needs To Do.

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6 Ways To Turn Your Website Into A Sales Machine

YoungUpstarts

by Donald Chan, founder and Business Director at IMPACT! Another strong benefit of blogging is that it can help your business establish a leadership or authority position in its niche, thereby attracting more leads and potential customers. Donald Chan is the founder and Business Director at IMPACT! Brand Communications.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

In the past few days there has been a lot of discussion on the topic of a Founders Visa. The credit for starting this fire goes to Paul Graham from Y Combinator , who wrote a great essay titled The Founders Visa in April 2009. As an immigrant founder, this is a topic that I can relate to and care about.

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5 Questions for a CEO: Jacqui Chew, iFusion Marketing

Jeff Hilimire

How would you describe your leadership style? It never ceases to amaze me when I hear a founder say “yes, but we’re different” or “we don’t have competitors.” On a more macro level, choosing a co-founder is probably one of the most crucial decisions a startup founder can make.

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Build it and they won’t come: How and why growth hacking came to be

The Next Web

Classes on growth hacking are being taught in Singapore. Deloitte’s Shift Index , which tracks economic competitiveness, has shown a long-run decline in a firm’s ability to retain market leadership. If anyone tells you products sell themselves, they probably want you to fail”, said Phil Libin , co-founder and CEO of Evernote.

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[Event] Crowdsourcing Week Global 2014

YoungUpstarts

The annual week-long global crowdsourcing conference will take place in Singapore on April 7-11, 2014, and will see an expanded lineup of events that will convene many of the luminaries from around the world who are shaping the future of the growing crowdsourcing movement. .

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