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[Review] Startup Asia

YoungUpstarts

Asia – especially in countries such as India, China, Vietnam – is fast becoming the place where many entrepreneurs, whether locally born or lured back from Silicon Valley, are setting up shop. The second part covers the various sectors that have seen the biggest growth in Asia.

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[Indonesia][Event] Startup Asia Jakarta 2012

YoungUpstarts

Earlier this year in February, the Startups in Asia conference in Singapore saw Singapore-based social collaborative learning platform Teamie emerging victorious from a pool of nineteen regional startups pitching in a ‘Startup Arena’ to win a US$10,000 prize. Of course, winning the Arena meant a huge deal to me and my team.”

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[Singapore] Local Telco StarHub To Launch Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtivate

YoungUpstarts

It also allows potential supporters to easily discover and back new, cutting-edge products and services offered by these entrepreneurs or artists, and to support the project they most believe in. In the News Asia crowdfunding crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing Week Crowdtivate Singapore StarHub'

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Ready to expand your startup into Asia? Read this

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. . This is the first of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. countries or cities) across Asia that you would like to target. Laser focus.

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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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5 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Don’t Do

YoungUpstarts

Most of the time, we’re told about the qualities that great entrepreneurs possess and the things they do that make them successful. However, incomplete knowledge can be dangerous, which is why it is equally important to know what great entrepreneurs do not do. Here are six things successful entrepreneurs certainly don’t do: 1.

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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

As an entrepreneur, simply enter your location online, and it will list the angel and VC organizations near you. This is a series of templated websites for matching angel investors seeking investment opportunities with entrepreneurs seeking capital.