YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2014

At one time, expanding into Asia was considered a luxury — a feat attainable only by the largest and most well-heeled companies in the country. But, in today’s global market, the booming economy, massive population, mobile adoption and growing middle make Asia an attractive—and fully attainable—prospect for virtually any young upstart.

Asia 191

Asia Japan Marketing Cofounder 191

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

In a sweeping expose on the dynamic forces shaping the “New East”, Ben Simpfendorfer’s “ The Rise of the New East: Business Strategies for Success in a World of Increasing Complexity ” provides an in-depth view of how the economic resurgence of Asia and the Middle East are changing global markets.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia China 171

ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2023

Europe’s Metaverse Market: Niche Operators and Start-ups While the US and Asia dominate the Metaverse market , Europe has yet to establish a major presence in the industry. Historically, European startups have lagged behind the US and Asia regarding nurturing unicorns.

Finland 187

Finland Europe Estonia Silicon Valley 187

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Rapid changes in technology, shifting customer expectations, disruptive business models, and quickly evolving regulations force organizations to innovate quickly and invest in new lines of business that will fuel future growth. Do we develop new capabilities internally or partner? In short, they operate confidently in uncertainty.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Malaysia Agile Employee 147

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

There are elements of vertical integration and franchising , classic business strategies for achieving operational efficiency and scale. What’s new is how technology allows companies to execute these strategies at unprecedented scale while also streamlining what were previously complex processes. What is platform thinking?

Japan 100

Japan Global Asia API 100

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2015

Twitter last week announced that it has opened its office in Singapore, officially designating it as its headquarters for the Asia Pacific region. The new regional headquarters will be home to a wide range of business functions, including sales, partnerships, marketing, HR, finance, user services, legal, policy, and trust & safety.

Singapore 100

Singapore Asia Design Japan 100

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

We just held our third session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

Technology 143

Technology Afghanistan Iraq Vietnam 143

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2012

“Vinnie was amongst the most popular and valued mentors on the bootcamp we operated earlier this year,” says Hugh Mason, co-founder and CEO at JFDI.Asia. “*Limpeh gar lu gong…” (* Let me tell you…). “Jeff and Paul also both have great reputations for sharing their know-how.

Asia 162

Asia Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder 162

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2011

In a developer conference today in Singapore, online social networking giant Facebook made its strongest indication yet of its intention to better engage developers in Asia and Southeast Asia.

Singapore 150

Singapore Asia Developer Social Network 150

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation.

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

principles incorporating technologies that are innate to the millennial generation. Businesses and technology are already starting to interact in ways that break conventional boundaries – well-known brands like Grab and AirBnB prove this. In this role she heads up Asia Pacific from its headquarters in Hong Kong.

Cambodia 124

Cambodia Asia Global Social Media 124

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

We’ve also seen extensive use of technology and increased remote working. 2021 is going to be the year of the citizen developer – someone without formal software development training who uses IT tools and technology to create a business application. 1- Use of cheaper online divorce tools. Photo Credit: Harel Tayeb.

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur United States Software Review Technical Review 149

Transformify

AUGUST 16, 2020

Transformify , a UK-based Freelancer Management System (FMS), has partnered up with Xoxoday , an HR Software company based in India that has offices in Singapore, Australia, the US, Ireland and the Philippines, to boost its expansion across Asia. About Xoxoday. of India’, FT top 100 tech companies 2020.

Asia 98

Asia Partner Management India 98

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 4, 2017

In fact, Gartner forecasts that the Asia Pacific public cloud services market will grow 17.7 By 2019, the total public cloud services spending in Asia Pacific will rise to $13 billion, highlighting how well-received subscription-based services are in the Asian business landscape. percent in 2017 to total $10 billion.

Business Model 138

Business Model Asia SQL Cloud 138

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Over the last four years, the coal industry has witnessed an ongoing transformation on a global scale – from decreased demand in the US to growing fuel needs in Asia and rising concerns about climate change. The growing demand in Asia has actually offset the decline in the US demand as we increase our ability to grow our exports.

North Dakota 135

North Dakota Asia Global Philippines 135

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. But for B2B, for example, decision makers for older businesses can’t be found easily online.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. But for B2B, for example, decision makers for older businesses can’t be found easily online.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2017

by Steve Tan, Deputy Head and key partner in Rajah & Tann Singapore ’s TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) practice group. Singapore’s data protection law has one of the highest fines in Asia with each breach subject to a potential fine of S$1 million. Conduct regular audits and penetration testing.

Management 113

Management Singapore Offshore Intellectual Property 113

YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2013

They form the backbone of the economy as they contribute significantly to productivity, export and revenues,” says Vincent Wong, Director of Small, Medium Business & Partner Group, Microsoft Singapore. “SMEs make up over 99% of organizations and employ seven out of every 10 workers in Singapore.

Singapore 145

Singapore Small Business Asia Security 145

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

To close, Judith Estrin gave us a talk on having sustainable technology, not necessarily related to sustainability as in green, but how to make sure innovation continues to happen. My takeaways: battery-operated cars today only run for 100 miles, working on research for lithium air batteries to run cars for 500 miles.

Leadership 69

Leadership San Jose Green Harvest 69

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

Larger groups, such as LVMH (which launched 24 Sèvres in June 2017) may have the resources and scale to launch their own in-house online luxury retail websites, but boutique high-end brands will often decide to partner with a technology platform to outsource most of the digital legwork. Luxury brands embrace big data to drive growth.

Artificial Inteligence 147

Artificial Inteligence Cofounder .Net Merger 147

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

When you start making plans for opening your business in another country, knowing the local language will be a big help in understanding the important laws, culture, and practices which can significantly impact business operations. Keep in mind that the more languages you know, the more people you can build a relationship with.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Africa Asia India 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. It was embarrassing to witness yet it was one of the least forms of gender bias I experienced in my time working in continental Europe and Asia. Not operational. Not an operator. My starting salary was $27,000.

Marketing 385

Marketing Europe Engineer Networking 385

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

We had also just closed our Series B financing with a major overseas partner. In truth, it was only proof that our reality distortion field worked in Asia as well. When the Japanese partner deal was done, Bob said, “Steve, I deserve at least a $10,000 bonus. The financing felt like a real validation of our strategy.

Japan 236

Japan Asia Silicon Valley Salary 236

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

To close, Judith Estrin gave us a talk on having sustainable technology, not necessarily related to sustainability as in green, but how to make sure innovation continues to happen. My takeaways: battery-operated cars today only run for 100 miles, working on research for lithium air batteries to run cars for 500 miles.

Leadership 40

Leadership San Jose Green Harvest 40

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2016

Successful platforms provide operational efficiency and improvements over a current process. Those that are embracing the platform mindset and methodology are continually adding more value for their customers by building or partnering to add adjacent capabilities or processes. But there’s a little bit more to it than that.

San Jose 100

San Jose San Francisco Silicon Valley Analytics 100

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Joe Zhu is a quick study with a natural desire to offer assistance anytime, anywhere startups face marketing, operational, and financing challenges. This year, SmartHealth partnered with Rosalind Franklin University to set plans to build a $50 million, four-story, 100,000 square foot Biotech Innovation Park.

Illinois 76

Illinois Chicago Entrepreneur Cofounder 76

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2016

In sales there’s an expression, “coin operated salespeople.” Kurt Bilafer, Global Vice President Sales & Success at WePay , is a sales veteran with more than 20 years of experience in direct sales, channel and partner development and business strategy. The loudest actions. Those are all qualitative assessments.

Sales 100

Sales Social Media Sales Cycle Japan 100

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

It struck me that had the technology existed, travelers could have taken advantage of our empty aircraft to get back to London and then the aircraft could be dropped in Oxford, with minimal additional cost. The wedding industry is notoriously one of the least technologically advanced retail sectors. Image Credit: Brittany Haas.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Previously, he was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Arrowhawk Capital Partners, an investment company and the Vice President of Strategic Business Development and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Golden Pond Healthcare, Inc.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We just held our tenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

Technology 345

Technology China United States Government 345

Altgate

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

As an HR expert and organizational transformation consultant, Asif has partnered with organizations in the telecommunication, hospitality, retail, transportation and engineering industries, operating across the globe to help meet future challenges. The post Asif Zulfiqar appeared first on Altgate Partners.

Pakistan 28

Pakistan Arkansas New Jersey Canada 28

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 8, 2014

The developer of today, in comparison, now has to worry about building apps that work with multiple browsers, various devices of differing form factors both portable and desk-bound, as well as numerous operating systems that require equally different developer skillsets. The second prong comes in the form of the right tools and technologies.

Mobile 262

Mobile Singapore Australia Application Development 262

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It makes use of sentence and word gesture technology, as well as contextual prediction, touting to save users about 60 percent keystrokes. We are the original inventor of our technology and we are the first one who invented a lot of great features. They don’t have a good IP (intellectual property) to defend their technology.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

As I reflected on FPV’s first full year of operation, I thought back to my original thesis and reasons for starting the fund. After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

As I reflected on FPV’s first full year of operation, I thought back to my original thesis and reasons for starting the fund. After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

In fact, 2021 was the year that my sister and business partner quit her 9-5 corporate job and we both went full time with the business. With all of the challenges created by the global pandemic– supply chain shortages, hiring difficulties, new technology– Improovy remained transparent with its customers and employees.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Entrepreneur Curation Software Review 133