Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks. I was in the midst of sizing the mobile handset markets in 3 regions: US, Europe and Asia.

Investment Bankers 415

Investment Bankers Mobile Software Review Japan 415

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

Singapore 162

Singapore Private Equity Asia Venture Capital 162

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2018

by Keiichiro Nozaki, Regional Marketing Architect/Evangelist of Asia Pacific, China, and Japan for F5 Networks. Mobile is now a significant driver to the volume of software solutions and apps created, and the coming wave of the Internet of Things (IoT) will only accelerate this trend. A century ago, we had the industrial revolution.

SMS 164

SMS Japan Asia China 164

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

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. A bank wire is not always a convenient mode of payment, especially for customers in China who do not use internet banking. Atradius, Payment Practices in Asia-Pacific, 2013.

Singapore 191

Singapore Asia Management China 191

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

As an aside, if you want a sense of the GOAP Asia trip check out this wonderful 3 minutes video of Christine Lu. We have amazing large companies that are an important part of the future of the Internet such as Disney, Warner, Fox, Universal, etc. I promise you'll enjoy it. Another 3 minute version with Dave McClure on the same topic.

China 374

China Asia Email Technical Review 374

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

by David Nagrosst, head of sales for Cyxtera Technologies in Asia Pacific, Australia and Japan. Every personal and business computer is connected to the internet these days, which puts people and companies in harm’s way for cyber attacks. Without a doubt, the firewall era has come to an end. The onset of death. Think again.

Security 140

Security Software Review Technical Review API 140

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

But its aggressive expansion in Asia Pacific – over 40 properties in recent years, with another 20 in the pipeline – meant that a return to Singapore, and one of the world’s busiest financial hubs, was inevitable. In the News hospitality hotel Singapore Starwood Hotels The Westin Singapore Westin'

Singapore 140

Singapore Asia Technical Review Acquisition 140

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Back in the early days of personal computers and workstations, the average developer only had to worry about applications that ran standalone on the client machine, or during the early days of the internet, client/server apps. Nuno Pereira leads OutSystems expansion as Sales Director for APAC.

Mobile 262

Mobile Singapore Australia Application Development 262

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2016

by Roger Chen, Vice President, Asia for GoDaddy. When it comes to finding success as a small business on the internet, having a website set up is merely the first step. Domain name, check. Web hosting, check. Website designed, check. Products and solutions to sell, check. Shopping cart, check.

Asia 100

Asia Mobile China Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line? I ran a team of 14 people (12 Japanese, 1 German and 1 Turk … both of whom were fluent in Japanese) who produced an Internet strategy for the board of Sony. If not now, then when?

France 295

France Spain Technical Review Hungary 295

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 8, 2016

What was born as a year long backpacking trip in Asia evolved into something a lot more meaningful, and 5 years and two startups later we can look back at the mistakes we made and the lessons we learned along the way. Most large Asian cities have reasonable internet connection. Always have multiple sources of internet connectivity.

Philippines 100

Philippines Finder Software Review Asia 100

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

MBA Unicorns Weigh Heavily Toward Software, Consumer Internet, and E-Commerce. Unsurprisingly, software, consumer internet, and e-commerce companies make up the significant majority of MBA unicorns. Consumer Internet: Dianping (Wharton), Delivery Hero (Vienna), Houzz (Tel Aviv), and GrabTaxi (HBS). UCLA Anderson).

Programming 120

Programming St. Louis Cofounder India 120

The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

Yu Yongfu is the chairman and CEO of UCWeb , whose mission is to provide a better mobile Internet experience to billions of users around the world. Asia Entrepreneur Insider Analysis and Opinion Investigations' Earlier in his career, he was a VP at Legend Capital. Cultural immersion.

China 128

China Marketing Asia Mobile 128

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2017

The Internet of Things (IoT) brings businesses many benefits, primary access to more data and better insights. Gartner estimates that there will be 25 billion “things” connected to the Internet by 2020. by Jason Bissell and Calvin Hoon, Talend. 1] “The Data of Things: How Edge Analytics and IoT go Hand in Hand,” September 2015. [2]

Analytics 100

Analytics Software Review Asia Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

But the capital of the world is going to be in Asia in the coming years. It is also to promote the book for sure, but the idea is that while there is quite a lot of material around this topic, it is scattered all over the Internet. Also, many Asian businesses are looking to expand overseas into the U.S, into Europe. are idiots.

Leadership 164

Leadership Singapore Finland China 164

YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

VISA, through research firm Milward Brown, recently conducted a study on this generation in Asia that found some interesting statistics which may surprise you. Perhaps closely related to entrepreneurship, 72-percent of Millennials in Asia said they were ambitious and have big dreams. This generation is full of ambition.

United Arab Emirates 237

United Arab Emirates Asia South Africa Indonesia 237

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

With more than 40 percent of Internet users coming from Asia Pacific (with 9.4 percent of total users from Southeast Asia), organizers believe that Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur are natural choices to host the roadshows. Events & Happenings ad:tech Asia digital marketing event exhibition marketing Southeast Asia'

Asia 183

Asia Malaysia Thailand Singapore 183

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2013

How big are small businesses in Asia? Did you know, for example, that in Asia small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute between 25% to 60% percent to a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), constitute 16% to 69% of its exports, and employ between 52% to 97% of its workforce? Apparently, very very big. A key takeaway?

Asia 150

Asia Internet Small Business Indonesia 150

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Internet connectivity is still sparse but mobile phones are everywhere, with major players and familiar brands aggressively pursuing new markets. Perhaps most importantly, IT and Internet business are simply a breed of their own. The risk-reward tradeoff in finance should hold true in developing and unstable regions as well.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

But after a few years Netflix, and YouTube, really solved the challenge of streaming content, and it was just amazing to see that development where on some evenings Netflix is one third of all the data delivered over the Internet in the US. Streaming obviously has the future and will be relevant as long as the Internet stays relevant.

Swaziland 137

Swaziland Entrepreneur IPO Netherlands 137

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2019

With increased flexibility offered by smart mobile devices and wireless Internet connection, traders can achieve today more than they were able to in the past. Traders can now monitor currency prices and changes in pip regardless of their location, as long as they have a decent Internet connection. Improvements brought by social media.

Matching 101

Matching Social Media Technical Review Asia 101

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

Benjamin Joffe (the author), a Frenchman who runs a consultancy in China that tries to help non-Asian investors understand the innovation occurring in Asia as a way to bring ideas to their local markets. He also consults companies in Asia. Internet users in US – 225 million, mobile 260MM. slide 29).

Asia 188

Asia Southern California China Japan 188

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Kik Chat had been a bit of a complicated service, offering both free SMS when a user’s phone was offline, and free Internet-based messages when they were online. The company is differentiating itself from the competition — both domestically in North America and in Asia — with its HTML5 focus. It was a hit.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

Asia Singapore Singapore has, in recent years, boasted as one of the best places in terms of standard of living and quality of lifestyle in Pacific Asia. More of the continent’s population has become connected to the internet, and ongoing government support to upgrade digital infrastructure has been widespread.

South Africa 136

South Africa New York City San Francisco Silicon Valley 136

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 50 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 60,000 members worldwide. Or does it? I’ll come back to that later.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 120

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

Southeast Asia is one of them. It is home to over 680 million people and over 400 million internet users- nearly 70% of the population. The report predicts that the region’s internet economy can cross $300 billion by 2025. Southeast Asia was walloped by Covid-19. The region consists of 11 countries.

Asia 171

Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Additionally, the major factors contributing to its high growth are better Internet access, e-commerce platforms, the scope of international trade, smartphone usage, and a rise in disposable income. Various business models in an on-demand courier delivery app.

Technical Review 163

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Demand Social Media 163

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2015

They set about registering an internet domain name and preparing for the release of a Beta version of their app later that year. In Asia, China provides a case in point. A new multinational, albeit a small one that nobody had ever heard of, was born. billion [1]. I believe this is no exaggeration.

Dominican Republic 100

Dominican Republic Global San Francisco Arizona 100

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2014

As commercial growth in Asia continues unabated, there’s never been a better time to start a small business on the world’s most populous continent. It may sound obvious, but before investing valuable time and money opening in Asia, it’s vital to ensure the product you sell or the service you offer has a place on the Asian market.

Asia 162

Asia Small Business Thailand Government 162

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

According to a recent Research And Markets report , corresponding with explosive growth in the demand for mobile broadband is a similar increase for Over-the-Top (OTT) content, where the delivery of video, audio and other media over the Internet other than via a service provider’s own dedicated, managed IPTV network.

Asia 208

Asia Singapore Audio Demand 208

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2014

The highly diversified conglomerate includes businesses in travel, banking, music, mobile services, Internet, film, video games, and most recently space tourism. More recently, he dolled himself up to be an Air Asia stewardess after losing a bet to his business partner and friend Tony Fernandes!

Virgin Islands 157

Virgin Islands Asia Leadership Hiring 157

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Product Launch After some financing-related delays, the products went on sale in Europe and Asia in the summer of 2008. With hardware connected to the internet (in our case through the iPhone) it should be possible to use continuous deployment: small and very frequent updates of the firmware instead of less frequent large updates.

Continuous Deployment 164

Continuous Deployment Technical Cofounder Cofounder San Francisco 164

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

When I moved to VC, I found out that there were no good consumer internet startups. Bridgette: What are you investing in South East Asia at Golden Gate Ventures? . Jeff – we look at mobile, consumer Internet, games and SaaS. A startup that made Internet based insoles, for shoes. They were sporadic.

Pakistan 113

Pakistan Israel Community Bulgaria 113

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2014

The advent of the Internet has changed the way humankind does many things, and last year – 2013 – marked the first time that there became more Internet-capable mobile devices than humans. But how do we consume the Internet? Others broadband infographic Internet web'

Internet 160

Internet Asia Mobile Web 160

The Next Web

AUGUST 23, 2014

The service solves a universal problem for companies but it happens that it was built in Ghana, where the internet penetration rate is just 40 percent. The post Startup founders in Southeast Asia, it’s time to step up appeared first on The Next Web. Asia Entrepreneur News' The Dropifi story got me thinking about.

Asia 165

Asia Ghana Founder Africa 165

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2018

Mobile phone and internet connectivity are becoming popular all over the world. Singapore has a great position both in Asia and the whole globe for providing the best telecommunications connectivity. Make sure that you have a skilled team of experts and the right tools to perform any task that is brought to you. Telecommunications.

Singapore 100

Singapore Asia Technical Review Government 100

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

E-commerce in Asia is big , and rapidly growing. And judging by the newly announced winner of Tech in Asia ‘s Startup Arena winner Lots of Buttons , it can also grow in pretty quirky ways. Hong Kong-based Lots of Buttons beat out 19 other impressive (mostly Asia-based) startups with a business model that revolves around buttons.

Asia 150

Asia Startup Singapore Japan 150