Startup

Microsoft Startup Partner of the Year Awards 2014 By Nicholas Tan

Clearly the coolest table at the awards ceremony The annual Microsoft Partner Awards were held on the evening of 29 October, at the grand ballroom of One Farrer Hotel & Spa – a hotel so [...]

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5 Nov 2014

Startup

How to activate free Azure credits for BizSpark By Nicholas Tan

So you’ve signed up for and gotten approved for BizSpark; the next step is to activate your Azure credits so you can start running backend stuff for your app. Here are 7 steps to activate your [...]

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4 Sep 2014

Startup

Scaling On The Cloud for Singapore Startups By Nicholas Tan

We recently sent out a survey asking BizSpark startups what they wanted to learn about Azure. The results were interesting, with most responding that they wanted to learn how to scale on the cloud. [...]

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26 Aug 2014

Startup

Developer Feature: Packnada Co-Founder, Jonathan By Rong Kang Chew

In the next installment of our Developer Feature series, Spiffy talks to the co-founder of Packnada, Jonathan. Packnada is a fresh new Singapore-based startup with a unique online business revolving[...]

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13 Aug 2014

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Developer Feature: Steve Sng By Ming H Koh

In this Developer Feature series, Spiffy talks to up-and-coming developers to learn what makes them tick. This time around, we have Steve Sng, the CEO and founder of startup LoveByte, a young growing[...]

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14 Jul 2014

Startup

5 things Singapore startups and musicians have in common By Nicholas Tan

As someone who’s been fortunate enough to have a foot in two rather different worlds – the local startup ecosystem and the local music scene – I’ve found some curious [...]

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2 Jul 2014

Startup

*SCAPE’s “Meet The VCs” By Nicholas Tan

I recently got an opportunity to share what Microsoft is doing in the Singapore startup scene at *SCAPE, where HubQuarters is one of many established local co-working spaces. In general, the [...]

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16 Jun 2014

Startup

Developer Feature: Vincent Lau By Ming H Koh

We were lucky to have met Vincent Lau during one of our social gatherings and we had the privilege to feature him in this month’s Developer Feature series. In this post, we ask the 29 year[...]

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11 Jun 2014

Startup

Exploring Asian Innovations at InnovFest 2014 By Steven Neo

On April 15th, I was fortunate to be able to attend InnovFest 2014 organized by National University of Singapore (NUS). The theme for InnovFest 2014 is “Asian Innovations Going Global” and the [...]

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4 Jun 2014

Startup

Developer Feature: Natalie Ip By Nicholas Tan

In this Developer Feature series, Spiffy talks to up-and-coming developers to learn what makes them tick. This time around, we have 26-and-a-half-year-old Natalie Ip, the CEO and founder of delivery [...]

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11 May 2014