Pollenizer has partnered with Kickstart Ventures to bridge geographical and market barriers for startup communities, building synergy across countries. At Echelon 2013 in Singapore, Australian online venture builder Pollenizer and Philippines-based startup incubator Kickstart Ventures have announced a strategic partnership that will bring Pollenizer’s lean startup methodologies into new companies being built and seeded jointly with Read the full article…

Big Data has made Big Promises – everything from changing how you innovate to how you engage with customers. It is a big term and can be hard to grasp. Therefore, the panelists of this session began by defining what big data meant to them. The panelists included Simon Dale, Senior Software Executive, Asia Pacific Read the full article…

In the third session of Echelon Day 2, President and CEO of Bubble Motion shares with audiences several statistics and insights about the future of social media and mobile communications in Asia. With 52 different primary languages, more than 1000 regional dialects, 27 different currencies, and varying political and legal systems, the very diverse Asia Read the full article…

New media, social media, smart phones, and new digital experiences. These phenomena have grown exponentially in Asia that consumers now have short attention spans, and limited time. Consumers are also increasingly powerful in influencing and shaping trends, taking away autonomy from corporations. “Now it is all about consumers experience driving expectations and the enterprise space. Read the full article…

Regulations, cultures and laws vary. But your digital business has only one platform. So how can you scale it globally? In this panel, Bernard Leong, the Technology Manager of Vistaprint talks to other panelists on how they’ve managed to successfully scale their businesses globally. The panelists, who are also entrepreneurs running successful digital platforms were Read the full article…

After an intense hour of pitching, our esteemed set of judges has selected Waygo as the Most Promising Startup for Echelon 2013. Echelon 2013 is all about validating the promise of the startup ecosystem in the Asia Pacific region. This year, 10 of the region’s top startups have pitched their tech startups to a set Read the full article…

Ending the morning session of Echelon Day 1 was a panel discussing trends in the global investment markets and the challenges that startups face in establishing their business as a compelling investment case. With so many seed funding schemes available now, is it almost as if getting funded in early stages is becoming a fad. Read the full article…

Waygo Visual Translator translates Chinese into English in real-time without an Internet connection. More languages are planned for the future. Even in a globalized world, language barriers can make it difficult to communicate and exchange information. Even for simple things like reading a restaurant menu, finding streets or looking for the restroom, you will need Read the full article…

Echelon 2013 is but a few days away! Read on to find out how you can hitch a ride with Uber to the venue for free. Update: There will be a promo code given to every attendee. Please check the special “Final Checklist for Echelon 2013 Delegates” email newsletter for more details. Not only will Read the full article…

Big data analytics firm BellaDati treats data in a beautiful and agile way, offering customers the opportunity to make sense of data without complexities. Big data is the big thing with enterprises today. With massive amounts of data being collected and generated from among consumers, businesses and transactions, enterprise customers are trying to make sense Read the full article…