Losing data is seriously a horrifying experience. I had a close encounter when my laptop slipped through my butterfingers. At that point all I had in mind was, “Oh God, the last time I did a data backup was eons ago!” Well, accidents do happen. It’s always better to be safe than sorry, especially when your business relies very much on your website. That's where DropMySite.com comes in -- it allows you to back up your websites, databases, and emails in the cloud. DropMySite.com was started last August by a Singapore-based South African, John ...
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Feb 8 2012
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Perx’s ‘Chop Mob’ Helps Coffee Bean Increase 50% in Transaction
Perx, the stamp card mobile app, has a new feature/campaign called the 'Chop Mob.' I first heard about it when it was still a paper plan when I met Andrew Roth, the co-founder of Perx, over coffee. It sounds pretty interesting and works like the group-buying concept. The first campaign trial was rolled out and completed with The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf recently. Within a week, Perx was able to generate over 1,000 ‘chops’ across five Coffee Bean outlets in Singapore. Once the target of 1,000 chops is met, every ...
Feb 8 2012
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Singapore’s Buffet Mania Ranked 2nd in App Store After 10 Days
I love food. I especially love Japanese buffets. So when I came across the Ravesquare team exhibiting at our StartUp Asia Singapore event last week, I had to find out more about their first product, Buffet Mania. Buffet Mania, as the name suggests, aggregates all the buffets you can find in Singapore and lists them according to the type of cuisine — international, seafood, Japanese, etc. When you select a particular restaurant, it will then list all the relevant information such as the description, opening hours, pricing, and the current promotions ...
Feb 7 2012
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James Tong: How IDA and Gobi Ventures Help Startups Expand Into China
Last week I caught up with James Tong, a seasoned entrepreneur and venture fund partner, just before he went onstage for a discussion at our Startups in Asia event in Singapore. Knowing that he’d be talking about his background and entrepreneurial story during his ‘coffee chat’ on the stage, I thought I’d use our time instead to pick his brains on what startups need to do to succeed in China - and how the kind of agencies that he also works for can help them out. James - a Singaporean who ...
Feb 6 2012
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Jumpsurf Provides You With Cross-Border Mobile Wifi
For frequent travelers, getting internet access can be a pain in the arse. It just takes way too much time and effort. Some hotels charge ridiculous sums for internet access and the process of getting a local unlimited 3G SIM card can be pretty daunting (Yes, even in Singapore!). Siva Sai, founder of Jumpsurf has a possible solution for the problem. If you have US$148 to spare, you can grab a Jumpsurf mobile modem, which contains a SIM card that automatically detects user’s location and provides them with the relevant Internet ...
Feb 5 2012
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Bernard Leong on Internet Trends and Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. Our full coverage of the event can be found here, for our RSS feed, click here. Presentation by co-founder and CTO of Chalkboard, and also of SGentrepreneurs, and TWIA. You can follow Bernard on Twitter @bleongcw. Powerpoint deck embedded below. #15:13: There are a few things missing in the SEA ecosystem, namely the talent to scale companies, and a lack of business operators of VCs (he points to East Venture's Batara Eto as an example). #15:10: Indonesia is ...
Feb 6 2012
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A Final Roundup of Startups in Asia Singapore
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. Our full coverage of the event can be found here, for our RSS feed, click here. Well, it has been a pretty busy two days for our team here in Singapore over the last few days, covering all the action at Startups in Asia Singapore. For those of you who missed it, here is the entire wrap-up from our two day event, including all the coffee chats as well as the 19 startups who pitched. Once ...
Feb 3 2012
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And the Startup Arena 2012 Winner is… Teamie
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. A full 19 startups entered our Startup Arena competition, but only one comes out alive... Well, with a huge cheque for US$10,000. And the winner is... Teamie. The educational collaboration platform was deemed the startup most disruptive and with the most potential in terms of revenue and scope. Take a look at Teamie's startup pitch, which they presented yesterday, to see what you make of it. It's not just about cash and glory, ...
Feb 3 2012
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Acheevit: Helping Salespeople Sell
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. Our full coverage of the event can be found here, for our RSS feed, click here. The last startup to pitch at Startup Asia in Singapore was Acheevit (getacheevit.com), which aspires to provide real-time performance information and feedback to sales teams. There’s a clever gamification aspect at work here too, insofar as employees can earn trophies and medals at every step, working towards sales goals. Users sign up with their company email, and can see what ...
Feb 3 2012
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Start Now Aims to Make Volunteering a Snap
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. Our full coverage of the event can be found here, for our RSS feed, click here. Start Now is a Singapore-based startup that hopes to simplify the volunteer-NGO relationship by providing would-be volunteers with an easy way to find service opportunities, and NGOs and other organizations a simple platform for finding volunteers. Team member Ivan Chang took stage today during the Startup Arena competition to share his team's plan with the audience (and the judges). According to ...
Feb 3 2012
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Sakebii: A Closed Social Network for Drinking Buddies
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. Our full coverage of the event can be found here, for our RSS feed, click here. It’s likely a blessing that my peak drinking days in the past did not coincide with the Facebook era. Drinking parties frequently result in regrettable information or pictures being shared, and that can be a problem sometimes. Japan-based Sakebii wants to solve that problem by creating a limited, closed social network that includes only your ‘first degree’ drinking buddies. If ...
Feb 3 2012
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Innova Tech is Going to Stop You From Losing Things
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. Our full coverage of the event can be found here, for our RSS feed, click here. Innova Technology is a Singapore-based startup that's focused on a pretty common problem: losing stuff. CEO Rick took the stage at Startups in Asia (Singapore) today to explain how he plans to make losing things a thing of the past. Unlike many of the Startup Arena companies, these guys make hardware; a wire-thin black card that CEO Rick says is "the ...
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Japan’s Social Giants: Trends in User Numbers [CHART]
Feb 8, 2012
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Feb 8, 2012
Perx’s ‘Chop Mob’ Helps Coffee Bean Increase 50% in Transaction
Feb 8, 2012
CyberAgent Ventures Invests in Vietnamese Music Service
Feb 7, 2012
DropMySite.com Backups Your Website, Email, and Database in the Cloud
Feb 8, 2012