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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

Singapore is by far the most developed behind those big three markets with government schemes attracting over a dozen early stage firms to set up shop here (e.g. the large government-linked corporations setting up their own venture arms (e.g. Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam each have a couple of very good VC firms.

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[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

Interestingly, Indonesia has a lot more small businesses (54 million) than China (54 million), despite having a population only a quarter of the world’s most populous country. In a 2011 and 2012 survey conducted by McKinsey of SMEs in Asia, SMEs who use the Internet say it has helped them gain revenue as well as reduce costs.

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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. We intend to focus on the ride-sharing, transportation market in South Asia, as it is the most eventful zone in this regard: along with also being a sector that’s making leaps and strides in its scope and revenue.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 7

Steve Blank

Why Innovation in Government Is Hard. In a company you know you’ve been successful when you generate revenue and profit. In those case revenue will become an additional metric. ” In slides 4- 11 they describe what they learned about illegal fishing in Indonesia (Thanks again to the State Departments innovation outpost.)

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Power to the People: How to Create a Profitable Social Enterprise

Up and Running

A street view in Bali, Indonesia, where the founders of Indosole were inspired to start their social enterprise. First off, you should have a clear mission set out in your governing documents ; whether it’s a social venture or an environmental quest, all your choices should be controlled in the interests of this mission.

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The 10 Best Performing Companies of 2017

Growthink Blog

Key Lesson: With local, state, and federal government expenditures close to 40% of the economy, policy and regime changes have BIG impacts on wide swaths of the economy (see healthcare, manufacturing, etc.). Its revenues increased 38.3% Permacity , completed the world's largest solar rooftop project and increased revenue by over 35%.

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VC Cafe - Untitled Article

VC Cafe

Mobile Data as a percentage of total revenue is about 7.5%. India was a major market for Blackberry (like Indonesia), but the youth segment abandoned RIM for Android. Data services currently contribute only about 8-9 % of revenue for mobile operators, versus 52% in the US. Mobile Data ARPU is 60-70 Rupees per data user.

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