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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

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Faced with the rising costs of labour, materials and land in Chinese cities, companies are increasingly sourcing from other Asian countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. From Bollywood to K-Pop to Indonesia’s punk rock, entertainment in the East is increasingly dominated by local acts.

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

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The business may either start in Singapore and quickly venture outwards OR it starts in a larger regional market e.g. Indonesia from day one. For e.g. platforms, market places, aggregators, advertising networks… chances are you are a B2B2C company. As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India.

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Monetizing Social Networks: The Four Dominant Business Models and How You Should Implement Them in 2010

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In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. Reason : as soon as someone sits down to outline ways social networks can be monetized, another model emerges, and another model ceases. The middle man is called an ad network. That’s right, $1 billion.

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[Event] Japanese Startup Moso Wins Startup Asia Jakarta

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First place winner Moso , a free Mac OS X video editing application which lets users add fun animations, and motion text, and other fun effects, allows edited videos to be exported to networks like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Philippines-based Payroll Hero came in second in the competition, while second runner-up was NoLimit of Indonesia.

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Millennials In Asia Are Ambitious And Entrepreneurial: VISA Study

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In the case of Indonesia, this is overwhelming – 83-percent of Indonesian Millennials say they see themselves as entrepreneurs of the future. Well, unsurprisingly, online social networking is huge with this lot. Let’s take a look at some of these findings: 1.

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[Singapore] LinkedIn Hits 1 Million Users In Singapore

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Then the online professional networking site had around half a million members – earlier this week the company announced that its membership base has approximately doubled to over a million members, addressing about 70% of the country’s professional labor force and student population. million) and the Philippines (1.5+

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[Event] DEMO Asia: Is Being Female A Handicap?

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We this question to three female founders from Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore – it is difficult to start up being a woman? HobbyMash is a social network that connects people according to hobby and location, allowing them to interact, collaborate, and meet up to do things they love. No, all three founders echoed.

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