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5 Ideal Locations For Young Startups

YoungUpstarts

A startup may spark from a simple idea and quickly grow in momentum due to the ease of launching a product or service. The startup also gains the benefit of not subscribing to traditional business structures. The following are five different locations that are ideal for young startups: 1. Toronto boasts quite a few startups.

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[Review] Startup Guide For The Technopreneur

YoungUpstarts

Have you ever wondered why some startups are able to land funding while so many others struggle to do so? What is it about those startups that were able to attract not only the attention of venture capitalists, but also make them rip out their checkbooks and fall over themselves signing them? Is it a great business plan?

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Careers Start by Peeling Potatoes

Steve Blank

When I got to my first airbase my job was lugging electronics boxes on and off fighter planes under the broiling hot Thailand sun, to bring them into the technicians inside the air-conditioned shop, to troubleshoot and fix. Solutions From Hands On. Up From the Bottom.

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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

The first platform we launched was our Singaporean site and we realised that most large companies there provide their staff with basic health insurance coverage and the same goes for Malaysia and Thailand. Especially in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines where people are a lot more responsive over the phone.

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Innovation: The Key To Entrepreneurial Success

YoungUpstarts

It is a frame of mind and is not the sole prerogative of large multinationals or startups. Unleashing creative thinking helps drive businesses forward, improve customer value propositions and identify new opportunities that deliver on the needs of our ever changing customers. How to create an innovative culture?

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to remember that in 2012 it was still hard for LA VCs to persuade investors into funds that LA was a viable market for great venture capital funds or convince many VCs that LA was a market worth investing dollars into startups. They always ask whether I see this as threatening as Upfront Ventures.

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Twitter Link Roundup #196 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The video above, “Giving”, is a 3 minute commercial for Thailand mobile phone service provider True Move. Postmortem of a Venture-backed Startup – crowdspring.co/1en8HwW.