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[Event] Over 540 Young Entrepreneurs To Converge On Global Startup Youth

YoungUpstarts

Malaysia will see over 500 youth descend on its capital Kuala Lumpur this October for Global Startup Youth (GSY) , a three-day idea accelerator program aimed at helping young entrepreneurs shape and launch new projects that will hopefully evolve into sustainable global businesses.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

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Next Vin Lim presented Qyzzy.com , which can be succinctly summarized as the Yelp of Malaysia. I am not sure if Google AdSense, for instance, has a network of advertisers in Malaysia that includes restaurants. Should those entrepreneurs who have built their business elsewhere move to Silicon Valley to raise money?

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

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When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. But there are other regions in the world that might not be as fancy as Silicon Valley but have a remarkable potential for growth.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

As you know, we have already announced two partnerships with MAD Incubator in Malaysia and the IAN Incubator in India , and have several other such relationships in the pilot stage.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

ReadWriteStart

It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. Malaysia is trying hard to build a hub and finding it difficult. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. So, there is no real reason why places like Dublin or Kolkata cannot create significant entrepreneurial energy locally.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 1M/1M Announces Partnership With MAD Incubator, Malaysia

ReadWriteStart

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. But managing someone online is entirely different than working with someone in person.

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