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How The Covid-19 Pandemic Boosted Adoption Of Emerging Technologies In Southeast Asia

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by Shaun Djie, Co-Founder & COO of Digix. Amidst the outbreak, governments across the region, such as Singapore have been promoting the use of digital finance as a means to minimise physical contact and stamp the spread of the virus, channelling more monetary support for the growth of e-payments and digital financial solutions.

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Starting Up In Singapore (Part I) – Product/Market Fit

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The first logical step when you are based in Singapore is to start in a market you are most comfortable in conquering. It is logical and sometimes it is the right choice starting from Singapore, sometimes not. There are three market categories that startups from Singapore are likely to address: 1. Regional from day one (RD1).

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[Interview] PSB Academy: Up-Skilling In A New Learning Economy

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Awards celebrated 15 winners who are industry leaders in skills development in Singapore. Intermediation and re-intermediation of tourism channel partners such as Airbnb can happen too. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a classic liberal arts and a psychology major student. How would this help cross-industry?

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[Event] [Singapore] Techventure 2011 To Introduce Techventure Asiasons Innovation Awards

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Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

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[Event] [Singapore] AppsWorld Asia: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apps

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Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia is happening right now and the event space in Suntec City is buzzing with the chatter of the gathered social media glitterati, brand managers and communications professionals from Singapore and the region. Young Upstarts is a Social Media World Forum (SMWF) Asia and Apps World Asia 2011 media partner.

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[Singapore] Shopify Partners SingTel To Grow Presence In Singapore

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The e-commerce space in Singapore has been ratcheted up by another notch as online shopping platform Shopify partners telecommunications provider SingTel to make available its services to businesses in the country. “(But) I’m confident our partnership with SingTel will boost the rate in Singapore,” he says.

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[Event] [Singapore] Techventure 2012, Failcon Singapore And TechInnovation 2012

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This year, Techventure has also taken on two new partner events - TechInnovation 2012 and Failcon Singapore. “The start-up sector in Singapore is laying the foundation for a sophisticated high-tech SME industry that can compete on the world stage and power the next stage of economic growth for Singapore.”

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