Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups.

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David Teten

MARCH 31, 2012

(An aerial view of Parliament House in Singapore. I’m exceptionally excited to announce that I’m now Chairman and lead investor with some other angels in a new company, Spright Governance Inc. The company has held high-level discussions with many other federal, state, and municipal governments. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I spent two weeks of December in Chile as a guest of Professor Cristóbal García, Director of EmprendeUC at the Catholic University of Chile , which just signed up a 3-year collaboration partnership with Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program. Yet the copper companies import nearly 100% of the advanced technology they use.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Information and communications technology industry players in Singapore claim that manpower costs due to recent changes to the country’s foreign manpower policy are likely to be the biggest challenge this year, according to the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2021

This environment is more apparent in nations such as Singapore where there is extensive internet connectivity and the citizens are digitally knowledgeable. Recently, for instance, one of the three thrusts included in Singapore’s Cyberspace Masterplan 2020 is geared towards empowering the cyber-savvy population. million per breach.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2018

Most investors from different parts of the world look at Singapore as a great location to open a business startup or open a foreign branch. If you are planning to start a business in Singapore, all you need to know is that it has a conducive business environment. Singapore is not left behind when it comes to embracing e-commerce.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2011

It’s not surprising then that the region has also been on the lips on venture capitalists and angel investors who are intent on riding the technology innovation boom in this part of the world. You’ll find out, for example, of how to tap on resources from local government.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

After all, Silicon Valley been held up as a shining example as a hotbed for startups and many clamor to copy its success in positioning themselves as a similar scene for innovation and technological entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs are hard wired to take action; government leaders focus on creating policy.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

Europe Tallinn For decades Estonia has been at the forefront of technological and business innovation in the Baltic region. Asia Singapore Singapore has, in recent years, boasted as one of the best places in terms of standard of living and quality of lifestyle in Pacific Asia.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2017

Closer to home in Singapore, the government, through the National Research Foundation (NRF) will be investing up to S$150 million into a new national programme aimed at boosting the nation’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities over the next five years.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2013

We managed to speak to Hubert Yoshida of Hitachi Data Systems when he was in Singapore recently to share his top ten predictions on storage virtualization in the IT industry in 2013. We took the opportunity ask him to how storage virtualization and its trends would affect technology startups.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2014

Singapore, as we know, is a startup-friendly city. As a technology and startup system it is supported by its government to some extent or another, and has attracted many entrepreneurs from around the region – and indeed from around the world – to start a company here. But is there any data supporting this?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

Policies governing employee behaviour, account management, content, security, and legal issues should also be implemented. Anime Society of Singapore). Handling Mistakes : To minimize botch ups or recover quickly from them, we should avoid mixing technologies used for organizational and individual accounts.

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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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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In Singapore, the government has been extremely supportive, and there is entrepreneurial activity, although we have not yet seen very significant companies emerge. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discuss.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2016

For instance, in Singapore, sentiments amongst SMBs with regards to the business climate have been on the down over the past few quarters, and the government has been relentlessly pushing businesses to innovate in order to stay ahead. With initiatives like the SkillsFuture program in Singapore, opportunities are aplenty.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

The age of machines have arrived, and the future of the workplace will continue to change as various factors – increased automation, changing social demographics, heightened connectivity amongst others – all combine and see technology steadily displace labor. And that’s the reason why crowdsourcing has been a growing trend.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2013

The company today revealed that the top three most in demand employers in its network for Singapore are IT giants IBM and Microsoft, followed by consulting firm Accenture. In the News employers hiring human resources LinkedIn Singapore talent management' If anything, this percentage is set to grow,” she adds.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2011

China online game developer and operator The9 Limited announced today that there are establishing a Red 5 office in Singapore as its Asian operation and development center, which will manage the operations of its upcoming online multi-player first-person shooter (FPS) game Firefall in all countries outside of the North American and European markets.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Our patented signal optimization that’s designed specifically for power and beamforming technology and makes us 100 times more efficient than the rest of the world. TransferFi is currently based in Singapore. This has created a natural ecosystem of technology startups, investors, and services. What is your competitive advantage?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

I’m sure we can all agree that Singapore is facing various urban challenges, ranging from a burgeoning population that’s straining the country’s infrastructure to out-of-date public services that could do with an overhaul.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Many laud CommunicAsia , one of Asia’s largest communications and information technology conferences, as the best event in Singapore to check out the latest emerging technologies in the information and communications technology (ICT) arena. Other reasons to attend?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2013

The Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) earlier this month celebrated over 40 innovative technology solutions – across various categories including the best start-up, cloud solution, digital media, e-government, and infocomm productivity – at an awards ceremony that attracted over 290 submissions in total.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

”With a growing pipeline of exciting new tech start-ups in Singapore, founders will require funding, experienced mentorship and strong networks to build companies that can compete in worldwide markets. ” In the News investment National Research Foundation Singapore startup'

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 11, 2014

Today, iFusion works with both growth stage startups and companies whose products or business models could change the world in the technology, ecommerce and technology-related sectors. Bonus: You’re both a female and originally from Singapore. What impact does that have (positive or negative) on being a CEO in Atlanta?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

What will the future of InfoComm Technology (ICT) be like? Painting the scenario of how things will evolve, Cort Isernhagen of IDC Insights forecasted at the recent Infocomm Technology Roadmap Symposium 2012 that the ICT landscape over the next 10 years needs to consider four macro trends supported by four key pillars of technology.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2013

The startup last week announced that it landed a S$696K (US$560K) seed funding round led by TNF Ventures through the Technology Incubation Scheme under the Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and supported by Singapore angel investors Ben Ball and Ben Chew, validating TribeHired ‘s concept.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

by Jun Byongnam, Regional Director of the Korea IT Cooperation Center in Singapore. This worked hand-in-hand with the smart city infrastructure that was in place, enabling the relevant government agencies to communicate with the public through different channels swiftly, and decisively. Before COVID-19 – Setting the stage.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The annual week-long global crowdsourcing conference will take place in Singapore on April 7-11, 2014, and will see an expanded lineup of events that will convene many of the luminaries from around the world who are shaping the future of the growing crowdsourcing movement.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Will the autonomous vehicle (AV) shape the future of transportation in Singapore? The advances in technology make the AV a possibility for Singapore in the very near future. Will it alter or negatively influence government policies particularly on taxation and licenses?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2014

” Seven of these 20 startups hail from Asia, including Singapore’s regional winner NovaTap (dockphp), which developed a browser-based tool to code websites visually. Accelerators including the Singapore-based Business Strategy consultancy Galixo will coach and mentor the finalists.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Global Entrepreneurship Week took place last month around the world, and it was a rather opportune time for me to examine the factors that have helped Singapore startups succeed. There are also efforts by the government to share data collected by public agencies through online portals as part of the Smart Nation initiative.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

In turn, this leads to the development of a thriving startup ecosystem which paves the way for technology and innovation. Drives development in technology. Set up in 2014, the startup offers applications for facial recognition, smart learning, and deep learning technologies. Increases government support and legislation.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2013

Organized by Paris-based events organizer Comexposium , both exhibition-cum-conferences will see key players in the mobile payments, electronic card technologies, and mobile marketing converge together to discuss these spaces as well as how markets in Asia have adopted them for use. ID Management & e-Government.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2019

Many countries, among them Singapore, speak it. If you’re in Singapore, you can learn Mandarin in many ways through private schools, local community clubs or government-accredited agencies. You could also navigate easily through the places in Singapore because it is one of the most spoken languages in the country.

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