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Building an Internet business is like making pancakes, says Meng Weng Wong from JFDI

Meng at JFDI, ready to make coffee (and some pancakes too)!

While an undergraduate at UPenn, Meng Weng Wong spent his early career in the United States starting pobox.com, the first commercial email service. He helped pioneer an antispam standard called SPF – a standard which Hotmail and Gmail still use today. Read more…

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Scaling a mobile payment business is possible in Singapore, says Zi Yong CHUA from Stream Media

Zi Yong and I at Starbucks at Fusionopolis in front of Block 71, SingaporeSingapore-born Zi Yong CHUA is an inspiration for those who want to start up a scalable company in Asia. He has overcome many challenges founding Stream Media, a company building the Movend payment platform for mobile gaming Read more…

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Visas for Entrepreneurs are needed for Silicon Valley to keep the lead

Visas for entrepreneurs in select countries, Source: www.economist.com

According to the Economist, it is easier for entrepreneurs to immigrate to Australia, Canada, the New Zealand and Chile than in the United States. The article also hints that obtaining an immigration visa is more flexible in the UK, Singapore and Ireland.  Read more…

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Block 71: Singapore’s innovation secret

Famous Block 71 in SingaporeThis post is for all of those who haven’t embraced Singapore‘s entrepreneurial ambition. Block 71, across the street from INSEAD, has a charm that is difficult to parallel in Singapore. Read more…

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Some key facts about Singapore’s entrepreneurship and innovation quest

Singapore is the business hub of South-East Asia and is becoming a global magnet for talent.  I attended several events and met interesting people. For example, yesterday’s founders drink event at Amazon Web Services was great. Read more…

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First impressions of Singapore’s entrepreneurship environment

I have been to Singapore for the last 2 weeks and I have to say that the city is impressive. Public transportation is at its best, the city is vibrant and the expat community is here to stay. Read more…

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