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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.

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Will NFC Technology Take Off In Singapore?

YoungUpstarts

Near Field Communication (NFC) – a form of data transmission that allows simplified transactions, data exchange, and wireless connections between two devices in close proximity to each other – is one of the newest technologies currently being embraced by the mobile communications industry, and especially by handset makers.

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The Seven Rules of Fearless Growth: What Fearless Companies Are Doing To Grow Faster And Smarter 

YoungUpstarts

Rapid changes in technology, shifting customer expectations, disruptive business models, and quickly evolving regulations force organizations to innovate quickly and invest in new lines of business that will fuel future growth. Do we develop new capabilities internally or partner? In short, they operate confidently in uncertainty.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

To tap this burgeoning market, companies should consider working with local partners who possess a more intimate knowledge of each market. Beyond Lenovo’s famous acquisition of IBM’s PC business, entertainment conglomerate Dalian Wanda bought American cinema operator AMC Entertainment followed by British yacht builder Sunseeker.

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Six Companies That Were Targeted In 2017: Seven Lessons We Can Learn From Their Struggles

YoungUpstarts

Procter & Gamble, the biggest company ever targeted this way, made headlines in 2017 when Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners demanded, and ultimately won, a seat on its board. Some customers had to halt operations, and 37 percent switched freight to competitor Norfolk Southern. Lesson 6: Partner with others and go asset-light.

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

ReadWriteStart

Satya is evaluating various go-to-market models such as franchising, and I advised him to focus on direct selling to major builders and working with industry value-added resellers (VARs) that already operate in the smart home segment in India. 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

YoungUpstarts

The startup last week announced that it landed a S$696K (US$560K) seed funding round led by TNF Ventures through the Technology Incubation Scheme under the Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and supported by Singapore angel investors Ben Ball and Ben Chew, validating TribeHired ‘s concept.

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