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Figures don’t lie: Here’s why e-commerce is key to retail innovation


Poor market conditions and increasing innovations in the digital space provide the conditions for e-commerce to thrive Consumers are tightening their purse strings amidst slow economic growth. A report by Deloitte in 2015 cited that in APAC, retail revenue growth slowed dramatically in 2014. 55.3 per cent of the APAC companies surveyed in that period...

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This Indonesian logistics startup has a strategy to stand out among the rest – find out how


Jakarta-based Anterin wants to give their partners more freedom in determining tariff for every service As Indonesian e-commerce industry thrives, more and more companies working in subsectors that help support the industry appear before the public’s eyes. For example, Kargo recently announced its seed round funding by East Ventures and angel investor Diono Nurjadin. Now...

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This Singaporean startup aims to connect global investors, M&A advisors, and Asian mid-market companies


Finquest combines the use of smart predictive algorithms, a proprietary database, and industry expertise Finquest, a global platform to foster cross-border mid-market direct investments in Asia, has launched its solution to combine a database of M&A and investment professionals with analytic technology and industry expertise to build bridges between global investors, M&A advisors, and Asian mid-market companies. The company supports...

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An open letter to Indian startups, entrepreneurs, VCs and startup employees: Let’s celebrate failure


Over 95 per cent of startups are expected to fail. In fact, we are doing considerably better in India at least as far as valuations go, for the time being Hi folks, Over the last few months, there has been consistent bad press around a few startups in India concerning lay-offs, (ref. TinyOwl, Zomato, Housing.com, Vizury), bad...

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Once every four years: the summer olympics and bitcoin halving


The claim from many in the community is that once the supply of Bitcoins decreases, Bitcoin’s exchange rate will rise   This past Saturday at around 8pm, the amount of new bitcoin generated every ten minutes was cut in half, marking a new stage for the community of users. Bitcoin is a digital decentralized currency....

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Why your male-dominated tech startup isn’t sustainable (and how to diversify)


If you want to break the mold of a traditional tech startup, start by giving women a reason to join your team When someone tells you they work for a tech startup, you probably picture boys’ club in Silicon Valley full of fast-talking Aaron Sorkin-esque programming wizards with beer kegs and pool tables. Although that...

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