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Articles posted in October 2010:

Techcrunch: Sarah Lacy on her trip to Singapore

30 October 10

Extracts of Sarah Lacy's posts: Singapore is such an incredibility easy place to come into. Everyone speaks English. It is a futuristic city. It's a no brainer place if you are a western company. Singapore is a competitive place to start a pan-Asian company. After years of investing hundreds of millions directly in entrepreneurs, Singapore is now taking a lead from how Israel created its venture capital ecosystem. It partners with venture firms, allowing them to make the be...

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Latest Startup Positions Available

20 October 10

Latest positions available: Altruik - XSLT Developers AllProperty Media - 1) Web Mobile Developer, 2) Technical Lead Appbackr Inc - Architect/Lead Developer Intalio - Senior Software Engineer Olive Media - 1) VP, Engineering, 2) Engineering Lead, Hardware, 3) VP, Business Development Social Gaming Network - Game development engineering lead ViVOtech - Software Engineer Check out details at www.iipl.com.sg/jobboard ....

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“China, India and the Next Frontier of Tech Innovation” – 29 Oct 2010

20 October 10

Tech entrepreneurship is spreading throughout Asia’s innovation hotspots. The region’s advanced mobile communications and Internet markets, wealth of talented and motivated entrepreneurs and solid government support for advanced technologies all make Asia a world leader in disruptive breakthroughs. The trend has spanned now to biotech and cleantech as well. Venture capital investment has arrived in a big way too, and is helping Asian startups get to the next level a...

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French Singapore Innovation Day – Creating Opportunities Investors and Start-ups 15 Nov 2010

13 October 10

The French Singapore Innovation Day is a business event for technological start-ups with an interest to establish a base in Singapore and for investors looking for highly innovative projects. Organized by the Embassy of France, Infocomm Investments and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, in collaboration with SVCA, the French Singapore Innovation Day brings together the main actors of the Singaporean innovation and investment ecosystem for a 2-days event compris...

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Venture Beat: VCs say Singapore’s the best hub for Asia investments

12 October 10

Singapore has increasingly become the launchpad of choice for investors. The country has an easy business registration processes, an advantageous tax regime and is located at the center of a burgeoning Southeast Asia startup boom. Investors in Asia have found Singapore to be a foreigner-friendly environment. Angel investor Joi Ito chose Singapore for his fund, Neoteny Labs, precisely for that reason. One of the most visible signs of the region’s bubbling startup acti...

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Virtual learning on internet phones take off in Singapore

8 October 10

Virtual learning on internet phones are taking off in Singapore. An example inlcudes logging into an online mathematics programme problemsums.com where a customised tutor would provide encouragement and a step-by-step guide. More than 20 primary schools in Singapore are currently using this programme. The website also provides solutions which avatars can read to the students. Tuition classes are also going online where Tutors employed by iKnow teach students via an Interne...

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