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Thailand should give wings to technology companies

Original post by Ville Kulmala via The Nation  At Echelon Singapore 2012, Asia’s biggest competition for start-up businesses, it was an unlikely winner – a small Thai company called Builk – who  took first prize, beating out 250 competitors from around the region, including from such tech-savvy countries as Japan,Taiwan and Singapore. The only start-up from […]

Is Google the most innovative tech company on the planet?

Original post by CHRISTOPHER JACKSON via TNW Innovation is often thought to be the life of the startup. The madcap entrepreneurs and fearless youngsters throwing themselves into changing the world, with faith and hope and a little craziness. The talk is of disrupting the industry and shaking things up. These are the people with nothing to […]

The rise of SMS marketing – expert offers start-up guidelines

Original post by Michelle Hammond via startupsmart Start-ups have been urged to consider text messages as a key marketing channel, after a report revealed 97% of text messages are opened – a far higher rate than email. Chetan Sharma, a US-based technology and strategy consultancy, conducted some research on the rise of the humble text message as […]

Finding the right accelerator programme for your start-up

By Mischa Dohler, CTO, Worldsensing While there are many accelerator programmes and boot camps available to small businesses like ours, the practical benefits for entrepreneurs can vary dramatically – as does the opportunity to attract funding from business angels and investors. Businesses need to consider some important areas when assessing a mentoring or accelerator event: […]

In The World Of Tech, Women Can Have It All

In The World Of Tech, Women Can Have It All

Original post by MICHAL TSUR AND LEAH BELSKY via TC The blossoming tech startup generation, and the new wave of professional women seeking success in the workplace and at home don’t always cross paths. Tech industries suffer from a noticeable lack of strong female leadership at the top, while powerful women have mostly flocked to traditional […]