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[Singapore] Local Telco StarHub To Launch Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtivate

YoungUpstarts

“Crowdfunding is an extremely popular way for the global community to connect with artists and entrepreneurs, and for them to participate in bringing great ideas to life. Many of the most successful companies today have roots in the crowdfunding community.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

YoungUpstarts

During the recent launch of Blackberry 7 OS in Singapore, Research In Motion (RIM) executives had shared that Southeast Asia was a potential hotbed of application developers with whom they were keen to work with. During the launch of Blackberry 7, RIM executives mentioned that Southeast Asia is a key market for developing applications.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while being challenged to solve some of the toughest problems.”. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence community or other government agencies. Project Agrippa – Logistics and Sustainment in IndoPacific.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

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Lack Of Budget And Talent Inhibit Growth Of Digital Marketing In APAC Region

YoungUpstarts

Marketers in the Asia Pacific region are upbeat and optimistic about the future of digital marketing, but many confess they still struggle or aren’t confident enough to push forward with digital marketing initiatives especially with budget and talent constraints. ” Lack of budget and skills.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while solving some of the toughest problems.”. Team Protocol One – Ensuring JTAC to Pilot Communication. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

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[Singapore] Location Based Marketing Association Launches Local Chapter

YoungUpstarts

According to a statement from LBMA , Singapore was chosen as its new Asia hub due to the country’s high smartphone penetration and rich cross-section of LBS players from retailers, agencies, advertisers and media buyers, to software and services providers and wireless companies.

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