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One Statistic That Should Convince Every Small Business To Get On Instagram

Original post by Max Nisen via BusinessInsider Even with a relatively small number of followers, Instagram can create a big impact for businesses. That’s what SumAll, a New York-based data analytics startup, found when they added the ability to track data from Instagram to their existing suite of social media and sales data tools for small businesses. Though they’ve only […]

Singapore’s ACE starts USD12.3M entrepreneurship education program for schools

Original post by Terence LEE via Sge  ACE, a private-public organization promoting entrepreneurship in Singapore, has unveiled recommendations for a structured entrepreneurial education program in schools. It will be implemented in secondary schools, junior colleges, polytechnics, and Institute of Technical Education (ITEs) colleges. Broadly speaking, the new program, which will cost the government SGD15M (USD12.3M), combines theory […]

London Celebrates The British Gaming Industry

Original post by Luke Karmali via IGN Walking into London’s City Hall on a cold and blustery winter’s morning, there’s a sense of excitement in the air. Even the normally zombified security guards seem perkier than usual, as though they’re aware that something pretty momentous is going on. As I descend down the spiralling ramp into […]

Samwers’ Online Shopping Mall Lazada Gets $40M From Shareholder Kinnevik To Push The Amazon Model In Asia

Original post by INGRID LUNDEN via TC Amazon’s global march has yet to take it into emerging markets like Vietnam and Malaysia, so the Samwer brothers have smelled an opportunity to build out their own version in the absence of Amazon itself. Lazada, an Asia-focused “online shopping mall” that has come out of the bothers’ German incubator Rocket Internet, is […]

Connecting, educating and inspiring Miami’s Innovators

Original post by Benoit Wirz via Knight Blog Tomorrow night at the Lightbox in Wynwood, 60+ Miami entrepreneurs will be pitching their startups to a panel of Silicon Valley investors capable of helping kickstart their ideas. These companies have been part of the NewMe Pop-Up accelerator, which has provided local Miami startups with advice and coaching over the […]