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How components of a support system nurture nascent companies

Over the course of grooming startups, the industry has perhaps grown familiar with the terms “incubator” and more recently, “accelerator”. These organisations, part of the modern support system for new entrepreneurs, have helped startups take shape in their early stages. In almost all cases, participation in an incubator or accelerator programme has enabled entrepreneurs gain […]

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Week in Review: Leveraging public funds to raise private money

1337 Ventures

IT is always good to take two steps back from whatever we are usually caught up in and take a holistic view of everything that is going on. Hopefully, we will see some patterns that we could not when absorbed in the nitty-gritty of daily deadlines. But for those of you who are interested in

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Early market validation is a must for startups

1337 Ventures, Alpha Startups

IF you’re building a product or have an idea for one, finding out if people would be willing to pay you money for it in the first place seems to be the logical first step. Makes sense, doesn’t it? And you’d think it would be obvious to any budding entrepreneur, for why waste time and

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Getting funding doesn’t mean an idea is workable

1337 Ventures, Alpha Startups

If YOU are building a product or have an idea for one, finding out if people will pay you money for it in the first place seems to be the logical first step. Makes sense doesn’t it? Why waste time and money creating something that no one actually wants? But as it turns out, the

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Digerati50: Out to shape the ecosystem

1337 Ventures, Post Event

ASK Bikesh Lakhmichand how he became an entrepreneur, and he’ll point to a stint selling friendship bracelets his sister made in school as a start of sorts; while thanks to his father, he had been coding since the tender age of six. But it was really only during college that this now 36-year-old had his entrepreneurial

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M-banking solution Tootpay wows ‘em at Echelon Malaysia

1337 Ventures, Post Event

MOBILE banking solutions provider Tootpay Sdn Bhd emerged the winner at the Echelon Malaysia Satellite pitching competition held earlier this week, and will represent the country at the main Echelon 2014 event in Singapore on June 10-11. The company’s solution involves an ‘overlay chip’ being placed into customers’ mobile phones, allowing them to make mobile

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Bagaimana 1337 Accelerator Mengembangkan Startupnya ? Interview Dengan Mike Bikesh Dari @iTrainIndonesia

1337 Ventures, In The Media

Tim Startupbisnis berkesempatan untuk mewawancarai CEO dari iTrainasia, yaitu Mike Bikesh. Mike akan bercerita mengenai Program iTrain, apa yang mereka lakukan, apa yang diharapkan ke depannya dan bagaimana mereka melakukannya. iTrainIndonesia dalam waktu dekat juga akan mengadakan pelatihan android pada tanggal 14-15 April 2014, informasinya bisa anda lihat pada eflyer di bawah ini. Berikut hasil

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Startups: Taking it to the beach

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IMAGINE if your office was located on an island, with bright balmy sunny days and a clear view of the vast blue ocean from your desk. You are free from the rat race of the corporate jungle and unshackled from the menial concerns of daily household chores, and have only one focus: Building your startup,

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Local Android developers excited about monetising prospects, predict shift from iOS to Android platform “

In The Media

Local Android developers can finally start charging for their apps on the Google Play store. Even apps that they have already been published as free can now be monetised by adding in-app purchases or subscriptions. Google Play, formerly known as Android Market, was made accessible to developers here since May 2011, but local developers could

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