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30 Compelling Reasons to Start a Business

Up and Running

For Will von Bernuth, co-founder of Block Island Organics, a family-run sun care startup, the flexible schedule allows him to help his parents. There are some monetary incentives to starting a business as well, says Fernando Campos, co-founder of Topwick, a members-only journal site that offers insider pricing on certain brands.

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[Interview] Pekka Viljakainen, Author of “No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age” (Part II)

YoungUpstarts

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. If a Singapore company wants to operate in Asia, you simply have to live in Malaysia, China, Taiwan and see how the Singapore company can add value to those consumers.

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[Asia][Event] Echelon 2013 Agenda, Speaker Lineup And Pitching Startups Revealed

YoungUpstarts

Held on 4 – 5 June 2013 at Singapore Expo MAX Atria, the event will see the likes of top investor Dave McClure, the founding partner at 500 Startups, as well as Sahil Lavingia, founder at Gumroad , speaking at the event.”We’ve POP (Taiwan). TopAdmit (Taiwan). WayGo (Taiwan). You can find the full agenda here.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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Carousell gets cozy with Rakuten to bring its mobile marketplace to Southeast Asia

The Next Web

Carousell is now setting its sights on capturing the audience in Southeast Asia, especially for those who are increasingly accessing the Internet via their mobiles. According to an Accenture report from last year, there will be 194 million new Internet users between 2010 and 2020 in the region.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Stef Lewandowski , co-founder of Makeshift.io, which has launched apps attending.io , hiremyfriend.io io domains belong to the Internet artisans… at least that’s the vibe it has. We’ve managed to turn this little island in the Indian Ocean into a brand for the people who are making the Internet.”. Cofounder of Greenhouse.io

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. And in fact, overall trends are a second-order effect for founders.” “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant.