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Leveraging resources that lower costs, extend your runway and simplify your operation is the key to success. From furniture, computers, and software to payroll services, advertising and the best employees possible, we’ve got you covered. Over 50 of our partners are offering Startup America Members resources in five key categories: Expertise, Services, Talent, Customers, Capital.
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Starting a company can be exhilarating, lonely, frustrating and awesome all at once. You may be having a tough time finding people who can relate to the day-to-day challenges you face while working on your startup. Well, thousands of founders and startup employees have joined our private LinkedIn group. Every day they are swapping war stories, giving each other advice and even beta testing each other’s products. Get in on the action now!
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In order to thrive, you need a local network of people who actually care about the success of your company. We’re helping foster vibrant startup communities all over the country through the creation of Startup Regions. The Regions are all led by entrepreneurs who care about making their city and state a great place to start and build a company. The more people you have around you who care about your success, the more likely you are to make it. And you don’t need to be in Silicon Valley to have that network around you!
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The people who can give you the best advice, feedback and mentorship are often the toughest folks to get in front of. That’s why we’re giving you direct access to experts through daily webinars as part of our learning series. Whether you’re trying to hone your pitch, figure out whether you should keep bootstrapping versus taking on an investor, or can’t decide who your next hire should be, our experts have got your back.

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10 Asian Startups That Caught Our Eye This Week | Tech in Asia

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In the last seven days, we have covered a couple of startups on Tech in Asia, specifically from Indonesia, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

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Take a Tip From Singapore: largely mom-and-pop operations that do one thing really well

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What can American businesses learn from Singapore’s open-air markets?

Singapore’s humble hawker centers—open-air markets filled with food stalls, each one specializing in a particular dish or cuisine—produce what is arguably the tastiest (and cheapest) food in the country. And according to The Layover host and frequent Singapore visitor Anthony Bourdain, American entrepreneurs would be wise to study their business model.

“Food courts in America are bad things—owned by no one, with food that comes from nowhere,” Bourdain said at a recent media lunch in New York City, sponsored by the Singapore Tourism Board. He contrasted chain-heavy U.S. food court denizens with the Singaporean version: largely mom-and-pop operations that do one thing really well, whether it’s laksa, nasi goreng, satay, or ice kachang. The stalls are tightly regulated, subsidized, and have relatively low overhead costs, which make it possible for small business owners to thrive.

“This is an example to emulate and a paradise to me,” says Bourdain. “Imagine knocking off for lunch and choosing from 20 or 30 specialists for cheap, healthy, real fast food, which even at its worst, is far better than the options we have here.”

http://www.inc.com/clarissa-cruz/what-american-restauranteurs-can-learn-from-singapore.html

 

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Take a Tip From Singapore: largely mom-and-pop operations that do one thing really well

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What can American businesses learn from Singapore’s open-air markets?

Singapore’s humble hawker centers—open-air markets filled with food stalls, each one specializing in a particular dish or cuisine—produce what is arguably the tastiest (and cheapest) food in the country. And according to The Layover host and frequent Singapore visitor Anthony Bourdain, American entrepreneurs would be wise to study their business model.

“Food courts in America are bad things—owned by no one, with food that comes from nowhere,” Bourdain said at a recent media lunch in New York City, sponsored by the Singapore Tourism Board. He contrasted chain-heavy U.S. food court denizens with the Singaporean version: largely mom-and-pop operations that do one thing really well, whether it’s laksa, nasi goreng, satay, or ice kachang. The stalls are tightly regulated, subsidized, and have relatively low overhead costs, which make it possible for small business owners to thrive.

“This is an example to emulate and a paradise to me,” says Bourdain. “Imagine knocking off for lunch and choosing from 20 or 30 specialists for cheap, healthy, real fast food, which even at its worst, is far better than the options we have here.”

http://www.inc.com/clarissa-cruz/what-american-restauranteurs-can-learn-from-singapore.html

 

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Amidst hard times for greentech, digital green startups emerge …

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Young, early-stage green-focused startups are a rare breed these days. The demo day on Wednesday in downtown San Francisco for the green digital-focused accelerator Greenstart (which I called the Y-Combinator for greentech a year ago when they launched) was one of the first times in a long time that I’ve seen a grouping of new young green-leaning startups looking for their first round of funding.

At the event at the Greenstart offices, five startups focused on using software to change energy and transportation, showed off their ideas to a packed house of hundreds of investors, potential partners and the media. The startups seemed as excited to present their ideas as the investors were to hear their pitches.

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Where Klout Meets Kickstarter, Wahooly Lands Angel Round – TechCrunch

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Where Klout Meets Kickstarter, Wahooly Lands Angel RoundTechCrunchWhere Klout Meets Kickstarter: Wahooly Lands Angel Round For Crowdfunding Via Social Proof With the passage of the JOBS Act, crowdfunding is going to get a whole lot more interesting…

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The Fourth Annual Gawad Kalinga Global Summit will be held in Toronto on June 8-9, 2012 at the Allstream Centre, Exhibition Place, Canada’s greenest conference centre. – LVHelpGro

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Gawad Kalinga

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Building caring communities to end poverty.
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Mission
Our VISION:
Gawad Kalinga is building a nation empowered by people with faith and patriotism; a nation made up of caring and sharing communities, dedicated to eradicate poverty and restore human dignity.
Our MISSION:
To end poverty for 5 million poor families.

http://www.onecanadagk.com/index.html

http://www.onecanadagk.com/gksummit.html

The Fourth Annual Gawad Kalinga Global Summit will be held in Toronto on June 8-9, 2012 at the Allstream Centre, Exhibition Place, Canada’s greenest conference centre. Delegates are expected to attend from across Canada, USA, Philippines and other countries.

The goals of the Gawad Kalinga Global Summit are:

To share with other communities the Gawad Kalinga template of caring and sharing to restore human dignity as a solution to end poverty
To inspire and engage young people (ages 18-34) to volunteer and make a difference in their communities
To showcase how Gawad Kalinga Center for Social Innovation and the Enchanted Farm have become the platform for social enterprises to create sustainability for our GK communities

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