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[Event] [Singapore] Mobile Flea Market App Snapsell Wins Startup Weekend Singapore 2012

YoungUpstarts

Startup Weekend Singapore 2012 participants. Throughout the weekend, about 15 mentors came by to coach the teams in refining their business models, sharing best practices in application development, as well as fine-tuning their pitches during the final prototype presentation on Sunday evening.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The newest equity model was passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability in the USA, waiting for the rules to be defined by the SEC: Startup equity crowd funding. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities. Software crowd sourcing.

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A full day of Lean Startup Workshops on December 4, 2012

Startup Lessons Learned

In this workshop, the authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development and The Lean Entrepreneur help you determine the optimal strategy and tactics for your kind of company, focusing on customer development and market segmentation. Build Successful (and Sane) Iterative Apps with Kelly Goto , Principal at gotomedia.

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The Case For Web-Based Mobile Apps – An Interview With UR Mobile

YoungUpstarts

As small businesses increasingly look towards mobile applications as a marketing strategy to reach their customers, the question some of them are asking is this: Is it better to go with a native application (i.e. Any predictions for the mobile space for 2012?

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

Gust

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. Granted most startups will never become another Apple or Google. misses an opportunity.

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Taming The Apps Explosion With Data Center Convergence

YoungUpstarts

Outlining the perils of mass application adoption. The concept of working on-the-go in Asia has resulted in application developers experiencing a sudden increase in companies commissioning the creation of enterprise applications for the mobile workplace over the past 18 months.

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