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Trying to raise Series A funding? Here are 5 effective tips for entrepreneurs

As an entrepreneur, raising your first round of venture capital is crucial to funding business operations and expanding your team. What can you do to increase the chances of…

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How to open an offshore company and set up operations in Vietnam

So you’ve done your market research and exploration trips to Vietnam and you have decided that you want your fledgling startup to enter the market. But where to start? How to open…

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So Singapore is in recession. Here’s why startups shouldn’t despair

Singapore’s virus-hit economic slump is even worse than many feared, with new figures this morning confirming an historically massive 12.6% drop in gross domestic product (GDP).…

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Founders explain how they succeeded with their MVPs

A new, brilliant business idea doesn’t come from clueless imagination and perceptions. That’s why you need to test the market and validate your assumptions with a Minimum Viable…

How to scale your startup during this crisis

Amid the Covid–19 outbreak, startups are especially vulnerable as they don’t have the disposable funds to compensate for severe losses. While many early-stage ventures…

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’This is an extinction-level event’

Thomas Tsao, a tech investor with decades of experience, has weathered the dot-com bubble, 9/11, the SARS virus, and a major recession—and yet he’s still astonished at the severe…