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This Week in Asia Episode 65: Craig White from MIH Group
This Week In Asia invites Craig White, CEO of MIH Group, a division of Naspers, to join them in the TWIA virtual studio.
This Week in Asia Episode 66: The Worlds of Tencent & Sekai Camera
TWIA producer Mike Foong is finally back with the crew in the virtual studio after 3 months of hiatus, with also one of our highest recurring special guests, Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) from TechCrunch in Japan to talk about the top news that rocked the web and tech landscape in Asia this week.
This Week in Asia Episode 67: Top 50 Apps in Asia
While the Apple keynote with new iPod designs flood the web-tech space, the TWIA crew are inundated with news from the upcoming conference Accelerate where the names of the top 50 apps are announced.
This Week in Asia Episode 71: Startup Organizer Summit with Marc Nager and Chris...
This Week In Asia host Daniel CerVentus is over in Kansas City, Missouri in America for Startup Organizer Summit where he is joined by Marc...
This Week in Asia Episode 73 : Everything Bad is Good for You
This week, This Week In Asia got John Berns the man behind BarCampBangkok. They talked about the startup and tech scene in Bangkok, the openness of the Asian Internet during a slow news week.
This Week in Asia Episode 74: The Indonesia Internet Juggernaut
With currently the second-largest Facebook users in the world and a thriving Internet community, Indonesia is a force to be reckoned with.
This Week in Asia Episode 75: Sarah Lacy in Singapore
This Week In Asia caught Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch fame in Hackerspace Singapore for some drinks and talk about the growth and innovation of Asia.
6 Months and 1 Million Users, Koprol beats Multiply and Friendster by Pageviews
Last Friday, location-based service Koprol announced via their corporate blog that they have hit 1 million registered users on the location-based social networking service.
Reynolds Journalism Institute Lands US$100K To Advance Student Entrepreneurship
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) has landed a US$100,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and aims to use that grant to advance student entrepreneurship.
This Week in Asia Episode 77: Flutterscape
This Week in Asia interviews Japan’s hot e-commence site for overseas otakus like myself, Flutterscape, with Dr. Serkan Toto of Asiajin and Techcrunch.
Resolute Marine Energy Wins at Startup Open
It's not every day that you get invited to visit Richard Branson's private Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, but that's what Olivier Ceberio of Boston will be doing after winning Startup Open.
Small Business Saturday – Here To Stay?
Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to bring attention to small independently owned brick-and-mortar businesses during the shopping season, has come and gone. What was its impact on small businesses in America?
Tencent To Invest $760 Million In Tech Start-ups
Tencent Inc. has set up a $5 billion yuan (US $760 million) investment fund to invest in technology start-ups. The fund will focus on start-ups like gaming companies, social game, mobile game, e-commerce and new media firms.
2011 Asia Social Venture Academy Open For Applications
If you're Asia-based and have a strong passion for social entrepreneurship and the ambition to launch your own social enterprise, you may want to check out Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE)'s Asia Social Venture Academy program for 2011.
Accel Partners To Invest $400 Million In Indian Tech Start-ups
According to Business Standard, Accel Partners launched a $400 million fund for entrepreneurs in India.
Joyful Frog Digital Incubator Joins New Techstars Network, Gets More Joy
Singapore-based Joyful Frog Digital Incubator joins TechStars Network, an alliance of startup incubators as part of the U.S. Startup America initiative to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.S and the world.
Blackbox Launches The Startup Genome Project
So can innovation be identified, traced, and replicated? That's what new Silicon Valley technology startup accelerator Blackbox is trying to find out with the Startup Genome Project.
Steply Is A Mobile Photo App Network With 3.5 Million Downloads
Hong Kong based mobile start-up, Steply, is building a giant network of photo apps on Apple iTunes.
[US] Yonkers, NY Opens Y-Enterprise Business Center
The city of Yonkers in the state of New York this week announced the Y-Enterprise program to attract, cultivate and retain high growth business to Yonkers.
World’s Largest Online Cleantech Marketplace OnGreen.com Launches
The world's largest cleantech marketplace OnGreen (www.OnGreen.com) this week debuted its website, a comprehensive destination for cleantech professionals, connecting cleantech businesses and entrepreneurs with investors, expertise and resources.
[Singapore] MDA, SingTel Innov8 And NUS Enterprise Announce New Incubation Program
Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA), SingTel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise have jointly announced a new incubation program, known as Blk71, which is a one-stop access to resources for startups in Singapore to develop and market their solutions to customers.
[Asia] Technology Blog Penn Olson Lands Funding
Asian technology blog Penn Olson announced earlier this week that Singapore-based venture capital firm East Ventures has made an investment into the site at an undisclosed amount.
[Turkey] Turkcell and Ozyegin University Launches Enterprise Factory
Turkey's leading communications and technology company Turkcell has partnered with Ozyegin University to launch "Enterprise Factory", a 300-square meter facility that will support entrepreneurs at different stages of growth.
Crowdsourcing Smart Grid Tech – Backed With Cash
Getting funding for your innovative ideas can be even tough. That’s why competitions – like GE’s Ecomagination Challenge – are vital to eco entrepreneurs: they promote and fund some of the world’s best and brightest ideas for sustainability.
[Infographic] Net Worth: Tech’s Wealthiest Founders
How much are founders of successful tech companies they really worth? Our friends at RetailMeNot.com ranked the top ten hot technology startups, including Facebook and Twitter, in order of estimated value in an infographic.
14 Interesting Findings From The Startup Genome Project
Silicon Valley technology startup accelerator blackbox has released its first Startup Genome Report — a 67-page in depth analysis on what makes Silicon Valley startups successful based on profiling over 650 startups. Here are 14 of the report's findings.
Ocean Optics Launches New Blue Ocean Grants And Challenges Innovation Fund
Optical sensing solutions provider Ocean Optics has announced a new US$300,000 open innovation fund called Blue Ocean Grants and Challenges program, that seeks novel technologies especially in the areas of optical sensing with the potential for market commercialization.
[US] Rutgers Partners H360 Capital And NJIT To Attract Tech Companies To Newark
Rutgers' Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, has announced a partnership with a minority-run early stage venture capital firm, H360 Capital, and NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center, to attract technology companies to Newark, New Jersey.
[US] 48% Of Small Business Owners Turn To Bank Loans For Funding
A recent Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management study shows that approximately 48% of the 1,221 privately-held U.S. businesses that responded to the survey target bank loans as a source of funding.
[Infographic] The Truth Behind Small Business Lending
According to Chicago, Illinois-based credit card processing fee comparison engine FeeFighters, only 42-percent of small businesses see bank loans as a viable financing option.