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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

This past Sunday was October 10th, 2010 – also know as 101010, the Global Work Day for climate action supported by 350.org I hope you’ll pause at each one and think about the way water is changing the lives of those in the pictures and community around the world: 350 Rising Sea Level Campaign at Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

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A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

Countries around the world examine Singapore’s ecosystem from a distance, hoping to learn from, and emulate, its story. As of 2019, Singapore had over $19 billion in PE and VC assets under management, more than twice that of neighboring Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand combined.

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Win 2 Tickets to the Global Fund for Women 20th Anniversary Gala

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Many of you contacted me to say that you enjoyed my interview with Kavita Ramdas , the President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Honorable President of Liberia, as well as women leaders from Colombia, South Africa, Malaysia, Liberia, Bosnia/Herzogovina and Egypt will be honored at the event.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. But managing someone online is entirely different than working with someone in person.

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Creator+ raises $12M to build a film studio and streaming service focused on digital storytellers

TechCrunch

“But there are constraints, whether that’s time-based or economic, on the types of stories that you can actually tell.” The team also has global ambitions, which is why they brought on international investors, including Malaysia-based Petra Group.

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Daily Crunch: Spotify Tickets rollout lets concertgoers buy passes for live gigs

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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Jagmeet wins “Big Tech headline of the day” for his story, Snapchat+ arrives in India and it costs just 62 cents. All eyes on Malaysia : The country is getting a boost from some big tech. PDT, subscribe here.

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JETOUR: China’s Jeep and Land Rover looks for a way forward

TechNode

Few Chinese automakers have succeeded yet at globalization, but JETOUR is thriving as a multinational by trying a delicate strategy that only a very flexible, forward-thinking enterprise with a strong sensitivity to consumer needs can accomplish, which distinguishes it from many of its peers.