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[Singapore] Remote, Freelance, Online Work Taking Off Here

YoungUpstarts

On the sidelines of Crowdsourcing Week , freelance staffing site Elance.com ‘s Kjetil Olsen, its vice president for Europe, shared the results of its most recent Global Online Employment report. Clients in Singapore hired most freelancers from India, United States, Pakistan, United Kingdom and Philippines.

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12 Top Picks: Austin Startup Week on Oct 12

Austin Startup

Building Your Business on Open Source Data 10:00 am at Galvanize Featuring Data.world co-founder and CTO Bryon Jacob, this panel will explore the increasingly important role of open source data science in the startup economy. Why do these communities matter? How can you leverage open source data science tools to build your business?

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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

mashable.com

Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site’s founders. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. It got 10% conversion,” Carrella says.

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

The Next Web

We had a chat with Viber founder and CEO Talmon Marco to go beyond the facts in the press release and see how the company is faring. How, when and why did you co-found Viber Media? Viber is quite global. Obviously, we index better in some countries (and worse in others), but it’s pretty much a global phenomenon.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

To me personally, being the founder of an online business, distribution will never be a problem. As the co-founder of the Virtual Global Consultant (VGC) Group, I love the fact that we have created employment in underserved communities globally. Photo Credit: Wendy Ekua Da’Cruz.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

8- Stop counterfeiting and IP infringement globally. I honestly believe that through a combination of technology and expert people we can help put a stop to counterfeiting and IP infringement globally. Thanks to Edgar Radjabli, Loan Doctor ! #8- Photo Credit: Robert Stolk. We can protect businesses and consumers from harm.