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6 Things You Should Do Before Getting a Job in a New Industry

The Startup Magazine

In the Philippines, a 2018 survey whose findings were reported in SunStar Cebu revealed that 89 percent of professionals with over 15 years of experience expressed a desire to switch career paths. A further 29 percent of respondents had already gone through a career change since their first job out of college.

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Survival Tips From A Seasoned Digital Nomad Who Made It Out The Other Side

YoungUpstarts

The exception to that rule is finding an island which is heavily dominated by tourists – such as Boracay in the Philippines – which has the budget to cater for Western needs. Get two internet landlines and research to make sure the two providers do not run on the same physical network. Learn to savor precious downtime.

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Millennials In Asia Are Ambitious And Entrepreneurial: VISA Study

YoungUpstarts

Well, unsurprisingly, online social networking is huge with this lot. Weekly Facebook use is incredibly high especially in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia rated 93-percent) as compared to other social networks. For more on the research, you can download the full report , or see this interactive version here.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 8 – Cyber

Steve Blank

Gregory Winger, “ China’s Disinformation Campaign in the Philippines ” The Diplomat , Oct. Political Interference. Andy Greenberg, “ Everything We Know About Russia’s Election-Hacking Playbook ” WIRED , June 09, 2017. Reading Assignment Questions. Please note that this assignment will be graded and count towards course participation. .

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[Singapore] LinkedIn Hits 1 Million Users In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

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?

YoungUpstarts

We this question to three female founders from Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore – it is difficult to start up being a woman? This was similar to what female founders from the Philippines and Singapore experienced. No, all three founders echoed. Aprilia participated in DEMO Asia ‘s Alpha Pitch segment.

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[Event] Japanese Startup Moso Wins Startup Asia Jakarta

YoungUpstarts

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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