Jim Clark, an American entrepreneur, co-founded three companies that achieved billion-dollar valuations, each of which revolutionized their respective industries. In this article, we will explore how Jim Clark built these companies and what valuable insights businessmen can gain from his success. Identifying Gaps in the Market Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) was the first company Jim […]
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Visa, a world leader in digital payments, is announcing an open call for startups across Asia Pacific to apply for the Visa Accelerator Program 2023 and applications will close next week on 10 January. Now in its third year, the Visa Accelerator Program selects a small group of startups to collaborate on some of the […]
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Glints, the most trusted and active end-to-end regional talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia for career development and recruitment, raised US$50 million in a Series D oversubscribed round co-led by DCM Ventures, Lavender Hill Capital, and returning investor PERSOL Holdings. “Our mission at Glints is to empower the 120 million young professionals in Southeast Asia to […]
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Melanie Perkins is the CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online design and collaboration tool valued at $40 billion in 2021. Canva is now one of the world’s most valuable tech startup, one of only a handful unicorns that is actually profitable. Only one in four startups is founded by a female, Melanie is […]
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Telecommunications and network solutions provider ViewQwest today announced its new 1Gbps business broadband plan – the first business broadband plan at this speed in Malaysia, introduced together with its new 800Mbps business broadband plan. Vignesa Moorthy, CEO of ViewQwest said, “At ViewQwest, we want to empower businesses to do more at a greater value, and […]
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They can take our IPs, but they will never take our freedom. Pavel Durov This is the cause championed by Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, when the Russian authorities attempted to block Telegram in 2018. Before starting Telegram, Pavel had cloned Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook in Russia while he was still in the university. […]
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The growth of Airbnb is remarkable, the online travel platform has become the largest provider of accommodations in the world in less than a decade. Airbnb has disrupted the $570 billion hotel industry, its $100 billion valuation is now more than Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt combined. It all started from a wacky idea of co-founders […]
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Evan Spiegel is the co-founder of Snap Inc., he is best known for reportedly rejecting a $3 billion offer from Facebook in 2013 to acquire Snapchat. Snapchat was only 2 years old, and Evan was only 23 back then, he went on and became the youngest self-made billionaire in the world 2 years later. […]
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Launched in 2012 by Anthony Tan, Grab has become the largest ride-hailing company in Southeast Asia in just a few years. Grab is now a household name in the fast-growing region of 670 million people, fueled by a young and mobile population. Backed by SoftBank as the key investor, Grab provides not only transport but […]
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