VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Israel’s strong talent pool and focus on enhancing existing infrastructure make it well-suited to address the growing demand for cloud-based AI Ops platforms and efficient data management solutions. These hubs often benefit from strong government support, robust academic research, and well-established tech ecosystems.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When we say on-demand, the glorious image of Silicon Valley and its technological environs pops up in the layman’s mind, and even that may be too imaginative. For several different versions of the on-demand economy in other parts of the world, the term itself may be alien, its implications unknown. Grab In Focus.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. The pandemic has significantly increased the demand for access to digital services.

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Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2013

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore facing critical challenges in doing business in-country – with its manpower crunch, high rental costs and small domestic market – may want to consider exploring participating in the global e-commerce market, says PayPal.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2015

Singapore offers a bunch of legal entity forms available for registration: sole proprietorship, partnership, Limited Liability Company, a subsidiary, a branch office, a representative office, and so on. The best option for a new company in Singapore would be a private limited company that limits owner’s liability to the company’s assets.

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Singapore Limited Liability Company PR Silicon Valley 100

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Singapore is by far the most developed behind those big three markets with government schemes attracting over a dozen early stage firms to set up shop here (e.g. the large government-linked corporations setting up their own venture arms (e.g. the large government-linked corporations setting up their own venture arms (e.g.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Emerging market governments often implement measures that support industrialization and prompt economic expansion. Last but not least, incorporating your company in Singapore is a smart way to expand into Asia because the country offers a stable, advanced legal framework. The Bottom Line.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Encouraging and supporting a career in tech continues to be a key focus in Singapore, with the government announcing a $120m fund to prepare and develop Singapore talent for 30,000 new ICT jobs by 2020. Salaries in tech are also soaring, with high demand for individuals who can bring specific skillsets to the table.

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Singapore Acquisition Agile Open Source 138

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

In May, the Indonesian on-demand motorbike startup Go-Jek managed to raise $1.2 Similarly, Alibaba’s $1 billion investment in Singapore-based e-commerce firm Lazada equips it with the necessary armour to counter Amazon’s entry into Asia. Increases government support and legislation.

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Venture Capital Asia Later Stage Artificial Inteligence 196

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Because Singapore had blazed the trail before them. And so, starting with its Changi Airport and expanding to businesses throughout the nation, Singapore set out to become the uplifting service capital of the world. For Singapore and Mauritius, the literal survival of their citizens depended on their making a change.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2012

No, this oasis of pleasure is what things are really like at Changi Airport in Singapore — and it’s the perfect illustration of what service can (and should) look like in our global economy. They remain blind to the fact that true service comes not from demands and dashboards, but from a basic human desire to take care of other people.

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Singapore Architecture Metrics Hiring 170

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Also, certain governments are more likely to support businesses that they believe will benefit the local economy. Similarly, setting up a business in Singapore or the European Union could give you access to the Southeast Asian or European market. There’s a lot of opportunity in other parts of the world.

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Singapore eCommerce Global Government 113

The Equity Kicker

MAY 13, 2015

It’s easier for smaller countries to substantially re-orient themselves, as Singapore in particular has done, so the real point of comparison here are the other large developed countries: the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). CalPERS, CalSTRS) or sovereign wealth funds (e.g.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). CalPERS, CalSTRS) or sovereign wealth funds (e.g.

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Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

Interestingly, Satis, a blockchain advisory firm, published a report this past week (link below) that predicts offshore markets for cryptocurrency will be main drivers of crypto market growth, citing a loss of confidence in government monetary policy around the world.

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Silicon Valley Offshore Singapore India 40

David Teten

OCTOBER 28, 2011

The mismatch in supply & demand is rising up to DC’s view. When your funders (government/employers/taxpayers) complain they’re not getting back the people they need, you have a broken system. We’re not doing workforce planning in this country, like Germany/Singapore do. There are approximately 2.5m unfilled jobs out there.

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Ohio Germany Singapore Government 133

David Cohen

APRIL 3, 2013

Inspired by Mark Solon , and organized through Globe Aware , we worked in a school for the children of migrant workers who have no government services. Tv with on demand movies will help on this flight as will power for the itouch. so it will be singapore and japan. Mission accomplished. Upper deck of the plane. so we can walk.

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China America Singapore Fiji 128

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

The 5 years that I spent working in the US were majorly governed by 2 things: Work and Cooking. Riku is now ready to launch in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia, and Europe! In 2016, we founded Melt On Demand together, an on-demand massage company. I found myself making the same curries on repeat throughout the week.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review South Korea United States 147

VC Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2011

This is the wrong time to bring down debt and government expenditure. Read: mortgages will not get cheaper, interest-wise, but the government is doing their best to ward off a real estate bubble. Her thesis focuses on public efforts aimed at creating VC industries in Israel, Finland and Singapore. More Israelis need to work.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I get my healthcare insurance through Vox Media, so I actually don’t know the cost of my healthcare, or the government-. You couldn’t increase wages, and that was mandated by the government. I want to put a pin in Singapore and come back to it. Bill Gurley : Let’s talk about that for a minute.

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Singapore Government Silicon Valley Software Review 43

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

And they got really into the idea of wearing masks and within three days, the whole country had masks, within three days with no government support. And for them, a lot of it was this kind of weird anti-government thing. A lot of them seemed to hate their government and they were annoyed that the government wasn't doing anything.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

So we went through some of the reasons and he said, “But look, if you’ve heard me and what my reasons are – which are government regulatory issues and the kind of weirdness about people renting out their own space to other strangers, you’d kind of go through those set of issues and it will never really get any traction and never really get to scale.”

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