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Going Global: Five Tips For Singapore Startups Looking To Market Beyond Local Shores

YoungUpstarts

by Jason Humphries, co-founder of Good Pharma Dermatology. What are the secret ingredients needed to take your company beyond Singapore’s shores? Venturing overseas is challenging and there have been recent calls for the government to further support trade associations to help local SMEs in Singapore expand in this region.

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Memphis-based Start Co. To Present 16 Startups At Demo Day

YoungUpstarts

Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit venture development organization Start Co. teams were guided by Start Co. managing director Mara Lewis and founder & CEO Eric Mathews. ” Find out more about Start Co’s Demo Day here. . ” Find out more about Start Co’s Demo Day here.

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JFDI.Asia Accelerator: Bootcamp Practicalities

YoungUpstarts

by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. You’re supposed to demo the business, not just the product. But they’ll sit up and pay attention when you talk about the customers and revenues of the business. Some entrepreneurs come from a history of winning business plan competitions.

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Applying Lean Startup Beyond Silicon Valley

Startup Lessons Learned

Two years ago I moved to Beijing, where, as the founder of SoHelpful.me, I take calls from all over the world, talking entrepreneurship and innovation with people in 30-minute intervals. Impatient investors and team members give little support to a founder trying to do Customer Development to verify or modify that idea.

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Is North America Still a Startup Heaven?

The Startup Magazine

The form of companies dominating the startup scene changes , new types of startup founders appear, different partnerships are created, and new, powerful innovation hubs emerge. Instead of focusing on long-term business plans and viability, they form their startups around the idea of profitable exits and big profits.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

I have the opportunity to build bridges from NYC to Nairobi, from Dhaka to Denver, from Silicon Valley to Singapore. And then there are all the dating anecdotes from my six years in NYC (but that’s a very entertaining book and I’m digressing). Now, the present. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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28 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. Starting my own business has given me a freedom I never had before and a control of my destiny that no salaried job could never offer. My father has been a mover in Singapore for the past 35 years and I grew up helping him move his customers.