YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

Benitez has been involved in social media since 2004, and interestingly enough has met the famous Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, who are most famous for alleging that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg stole their social networking idea from them. They are also looking to enter the hotel and hospitality industries.

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Social Media Media Management Application Development 187

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. By taking the time to learn about each social platform, the company was far better-positioned to appeal to followers on each. Different social networks attract different audiences,” says Allison Butala, Herschel Supply’s social media manager. By Dr. Karen M.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2013

But newly-launched Asia-based online wine marketplace WineFamily instead aims to invite licensed wine retailers across the region to create virtual stores in an Etsy-style platform and sell directly online to consumers in Asia. But easy online access to a large portfolio of wines will likely be the key draw for consumers in Asia.

Asia 222

Asia Singapore Social Network Community 222

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Asia Pacific alone has been seeing unparalleled m-commerce growth – in 2015, 46 percent of consumers reported making a mobile purchase in the past 3 months(7). Social Commerce. More than 2 billion people use social networks(8), such as Facebook and LinkedIn. 8 “Digital in 2016”, We Are Social, January 2016.

Small Business 100

Small Business Asia Channel Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Global social media analytics and optimization company Socialbakers has announced the opening of its new Asia-Pacific headquarters based in Singapore. ”By 2017, Asia-Pacific will have the largest social network population worldwide.

Asia 178

Asia Czech Republic Singapore Social Media 178

YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2012

Beepmo ‘s mobile application can be thought of as a Foursquare for LinkedIn – during the period of the conference, Next Bank Asia attendees can use Beepmo to view event details, speaker lists, events schedules as well as utilize its social discovery features to check out the professional profiles of other nearby attendees nearby.

Asia 199

Asia Singapore Networking Mobile 199

YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2013

In Southeast Asia, having a pulse on those changes is getting increasingly important. According to LinkedIn’s recently released 2013 Global Recruiting Trends Report , the war for talent wages unabated across Southeast Asia. Professional social networks are the fastest growing source of quality hires.

Asia 190

Asia Acquisition Social Network Global 190

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

In the past 6 months we’ve heard from Dmitry Shapiro on the future of online video, Ian Rogers on the future music model, David Sacks on the future of social networking and Michael Crandell on where Cloud Computing is headed. He also consults companies in Asia. couponing, vertical social networks, Internet TV, etc.

Asia 188

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2017

evolved around trends that focused on the idea of user collaboration , sharing of user-generated content, and social networking, so too does the concept of collaborative governance. Jason Bissell is General Manager of Asia Pacific and Japan, Talend and Calvin Hoon is Regional VP for Sales, Asia Pacific for Talend.

Government 113

Government Technical Review Asia Japan 113

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2012

Seeing all the pitches at the recent DEMO Asia , it’s not difficult to see there were only a handful of female founders around. Aprilia participated in DEMO Asia ‘s Alpha Pitch segment. by Elisha Tan, founder of Learnemy. No, all three founders echoed. Being Female Helps.

Asia 190

Asia Indonesia Philippines Singapore 190

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

is acquiring digital-video networking company BigBand Networks Inc. BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. for about $158.1

Israel 96

Israel Peru Technical Review North America 96

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? Prior to WePay , he was Global Vice President of Sales at SAP, previously serving the company as Vice President of Analytics for Asia, Pacific & Japan and Global Vice President of Business Analytics and Technology solutions, Ecosystem and Channel Partners.

Japan 100

Japan Global Asia API 100

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

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

(My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2015

In 2013, there were 909 million mobile gamers worldwide, nearly half of which resided in the Asia Pacific region, and 146 million of which came from North America. Suddenly, mobile gaming isn’t just for the anti-social, it’s for everyone. Social Integrations.

Mobile 100

Mobile North America Marketing Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2013

Then the online professional networking site had around half a million members – earlier this week the company announced that its membership base has approximately doubled to over a million members, addressing about 70% of the country’s professional labor force and student population. million) and the Philippines (1.5+

Singapore 254

Singapore Asia Malaysia Indonesia 254

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2012

DEMO Asia , the biggest startup event in the region, had no lack of outstanding and memorable pitches. Kleist, whose startup helps merchants find trusted suppliers based on the merchants’ social networks, put the audience in the shoes of a merchant buying kitchen sinks and walks them through the purchase process with and without TradeSparq.

Asia 167

Asia Audience Green Social Network 167

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2015

You can also easily access an app from links sent via email, or shared through social networks. Google Play versus Apple App Store. More often than not, users find apps via their device app store. Branding is obviously necessary for customer-facing apps, but not usually a firm requirement for employee or partner apps.

Architecture 100

Architecture Mobile Application Development Singapore 100

The Next Web

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Readers register topics they’re interested in and link up their social networking services to improve the quality of the recommendations, and they can teach the system, which uses natural language processing and data mining, over time. The service is currently tied in to Sina Weibo and Google Reader.

China 129

China Malaysia Cloud Startup 129

Diego Basch

JULY 12, 2019

Then social networks, and finally mobile computing. If you are interested in hardware innovation, you want to be in Asia. build an execution team wherever convenient (could be Asia, Europe, India, anywhere in the US, who knows). Obviously in hindsight it was a good call. Sure, machine learning is advancing every day.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley San Francisco Asia California 40

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Social media. Social networking. Social games. From $1.5B to half a trillion dollars: PayPal celebrates a 10th anniversary. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Infographics. Management. Electric cars.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The companies are largely based around social and e-commerce initiatives, with Eugene Kim, the principal at Sparklabs, saying that they “reflect major trends in Asia in terms of what you’ll see in the coming years, such as growth in the e-commerce space, new targeted social networks and completely new innovations.”.

South Korea 166

South Korea Asia Azure Silicon Valley 166

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Posco, today the world’s second largest steel producer and ranked 272nd in the Fortune 500, is both the first Korean firm as well as the first company from Asia to join the Israeli framework. Wireless communications chip developer Qualcomm Inc. is acquiring iSkoot Technologies Inc.,

Israel 79

Israel Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Although relatively new, AngelList already has featured over 42,000 businesses and provided over 28,000 introductions to potential investors in a format that''s, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and Angels. They claim to have already raised up to $200 million for startups, primarily in the US and Europe. Keiretsu Forum.

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North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2013

As part of the agreement, Exploit Technologies will work together with ANN , a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, on various initiatives covering joint technology development, exchange of technological information, as well as on marketing campaigns.

Singapore 140

Singapore Asia Networking Technology 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

The format is more social networking in nature, and they also will soon provide a recruiting portal for crowdfunding with unaccredited investors, now that the US JOBS Act has been passed. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Social network app developer and ad network. Current round allows RockYou (US) to obtain a majority position in RockYou Asia. RockYou (Asia) is primarily focused on the development of social networking apps and games; founded as a joint venture between RockYou, SoftBank and SK Telecom.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2012

essentially analyzes the tweets on your Twitter timeline and, using a “social emotion engine”, expresses them in an appropriate color and illustrations. You can tweet with a chosen illustration, upload them to picture sharing services and also share them across other social networks such as Facebook.

San Francisco 185

San Francisco Japan Singapore Asia 185

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Then I quit my job and started my English as a Second Language business last year by outsourcing workers from Asia. 30- Social network for ideas. However, as the business grew and stalled, it became clear to me that we didn’t need another social media platform for sharing ideas. Photo credit: Aaron Simmons.

Entrepreneur 145

Entrepreneur PR Affiliate Social Media 145

thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Social Media. Sources: The Social Network Screenshot. Join TNW Social Media on: Follow @tnwsocialmedia. He loves everything related to tech startups, beautiful design and social media gossip. Entrepreneur. Shareables. Latin America. Middle East. United States. Previous story. Next story. -->. About the Author.

Social Media 67

Social Media Stealth India Startup 67

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

“Our focus has been on delivering mobile social entertainment within a huge delivery network that generates fun for our users and revenue for our partners.&#.

Mobile 169

Mobile Community Programming Developer 169

The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Jon Yongfook is a serial entrepreneur based in Asia. Back when Facebook was still just for schools, some schools already had their own social networks. Instead of trying to market directly to students at those schools (“but we already have a social network!”) This tactic was made famous by Facebook. The Cross Post.

Thailand 167

Thailand Social Network PPC Singapore 167

YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2012

. “ Talent Pipeline was developed to help recruiters better manage passive talent and capture the right opportunities efficiently and expediently,” says Steve Barham, senior director for LinkedIn Hiring Solutions, Asia Pacific.

Asia 160

Asia Social Media Hiring Networking 160

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

However, step outside of that bubble into Europe, Africa and Asia and you’ll find that an almost-copycat service done in a local language is niche enough to make you a sweet business. Here’s an early example: Tuenti launched in Spain as the Spanish social network when Facebook was only just allowing 13-year-old school kids on in the USA.

Spain 168

Spain North America Social Network Africa 168

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. This is Facebook’s second acquisition in Israel, following the acquisition of Snaptu for $70m in March 2011.

Israel 109

Israel Latvia Lithuania Russia 109

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2015

In today’s world of social networking, your actions and words can reach millions of people within minutes. Leaders need cultural and personal sensitivity with a holistic approach to individuals to successfully engage with or lead people from various social and cultural origins. Leaders need to be honest and authentic.

Global 100

Global Asia Leadership Social Network 100