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How The Covid-19 Pandemic Boosted Adoption Of Emerging Technologies In Southeast Asia

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by Shaun Djie, Co-Founder & COO of Digix. Southeast Asia is at an intersection of change where many traditional industries are forced to adapt to the new normal, beckoning a new digital industrial revolution. Known as the world’s mobile economy hotspot , Southeast Asia has been a hotbed for championing emerging technologies.

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Stop Thinking And Acting Local: Small Businesses Seeking Growth Should See Themselves As Global Enterprises

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Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some. Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil.

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

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As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. However, they tend to be extremely difficult to navigate especially if you do not have a cofounder from and/or experience in that country. Global from day one (GD1). In this case, I urge founders to start in the US first (i.e.

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[Singapore][Competition] SiTF Announces 2011 Award Winners

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YFind co-founder Melvin Yuan says the team found it an experience pitching the many seasoned technopreneurs and businessmen who formed the judging panels for this award. Y-Find Technologies co-founders Ting See Ho, Melvin Yuan and Han Yang. Interactive Game on Global Warming. Emerging Technology. Argentra Pte Ltd.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

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Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. 63 MBA founders are represented among the 157 unicorns. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton).

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

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Across Asia Pacific, the average number of days for an invoice to be paid rose from 48 to 56, compared to the same period in the previous year. China trades with the lowest number of open accounts in Asia, partly because its exports are in such high demand, and partly because China suppliers are short of working capital.

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[Interview] Pekka Viljakainen, Author of “No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age” (Part II)

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In this interview, Viljakainen also shares some thoughts about entrepreneurship and globalization. But the capital of the world is going to be in Asia in the coming years. Secondly, at every single step an entrepreneur should be thinking about how to take the company global. This is Part II of the interview. into Europe.