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Will NFC Technology Take Off In Singapore?

YoungUpstarts

The Finnish telecommunications giant, for example, partnered the country’s largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro to offer an NFC-enabled option to consumers to book a cab. By simply tapping their NFC-enabled phone at over 400 locations across Singapore, consumers can initiate a booking via SMS.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

To tap this burgeoning market, companies should consider working with local partners who possess a more intimate knowledge of each market. This led American entertainment giants like Disney and Viacom to partner Indian companies like UTV and TV18. In fact, the region has more than 325 cities of populations larger than 750,000.

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The Seven Rules of Fearless Growth: What Fearless Companies Are Doing To Grow Faster And Smarter 

YoungUpstarts

Do we develop new capabilities internally or partner? Rule #3: Partner, borrow, and share. Today, businesses that grow fearlessly crowdsource, outsource, and make use of freelancers, bloggers, microbusinesses, individual innovators, and myriad partners to achieve far more than they could on their own. and Malaysia.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

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Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. 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.

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

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Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team. 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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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

— Sajan Pillai is the CEO and Managing Partner of Season Two Ventures, an early-stage venture fund based in Southern California. He led the company’s global business operations through its centers in the US, the UK, Spain, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, Poland, and Israel.

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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

Also, in Southeast Asia the Islam is the dominant religion in most countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia which means that a lot of your Southeast Asian team members may not consume alcohol. Especially in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines where people are a lot more responsive over the phone.

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