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SDG IMPACT AWARD

AlterYouth receives ‘2018 Asia Pacific SDG Enterprise Award’ by UNDP YouthCoLab

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AlterYouth, a tech-startup working to prevent dropouts in Government Primary Schools throughout Bangladesh, has won the ‘2018 Asia Pacific SDG Enterprise Award’ in the ‘Asia-Pacific Forum on Youth Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ organized by UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub and UNDP China, in partnership with the All-China Youth Federation. The forum took place in The Twenty-First Century Hotel in Beijing, China
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Investment Opportunities in Bangladesh: Discovering a Hidden Gem

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Bangladesh is gradually establishing itself as “Asian Tiger” for extraordinary economic growth. In the last couple of years, it had over 7% GDP rate which is expected to rise up until 2050. To continue this robust economic progress, Bangladesh needs to focus on developing infrastructure, increasing collaborations and creating an investment climate. Recently, Startup Dhaka and BongoBD hosted a networking event
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The Art and Science of Business Development

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While the reasons behind failure still remain mysterious, we always strive to learn about the successful people and business around us. However, one of the most common trait for success found in thousands of books, hundreds of studies and countless examples is grit. But how does a gritty person’s mind work?   Grit is a combination of perseverance and passion. It’s a
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Digital Analytics: Insight is power

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To survive in today’s dynamic and rapidly changing marketplace, businesses need to understand consumer behavior and connect them on an emotional level. Having a good knowledge of the customers is not enough anymore. Amidst superabundance of information, it’s only the customer insight that makes a digital marketer invincible. Digital Analytics gives us a deeper understanding of the trend and behavioral pattern
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Banglalink Launches Incubator 2.0:

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Banglalink has officially launched the second batch of startups for its IT Incubator initiative. The IT Incubator initiative is coordinated in collaboration with Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority, of ICT division. The official ceremony took place on Thursday at Dhaka’s Le Meridien Hotel. Banglalink started the IT Incubator initiative with a vision of fostering digital innovation in Bangladesh. After the success of
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Growth Hacker reveals his secret recipe

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In a red bloody ocean of competitiveness, it’s quite challenging for any startups to acquire new customers. Traditional marketing being expensive and having a tight marketing budget, startups in their early stages are forced to look for alternative ways to grow. Growth Hacking allows startups to skyrocket their sales in an innovative way. Recently Reza Chowdhury, a renowned Growth Hacking
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Soaib Grewal Talks about Design Thinking

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In an era of highly technological and unforgiving competitiveness, it takes iterative adaptability to sustain in the business. Today, almost all of the leading global companies practice Design Thinking in their way to develop user-centric products. At its core, Design Thinking is a process for creative problem-solving. It enables organization not only to learn faster through iteration but also encourages
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Honorable Secretary Mr. Shubhashish Bose, Ministry of Commerce officially launching the event.

Women in Business: Dhaka Roundtable on Strengthening Market Access and Integration into Corporate Value Chains

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On April 10th, a high-level roundtable was hosted at the Amari Hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh with  senior executives and managers from national and international corporations, women business owners of micro, small and medium enterprises, business associations, NGOs, donor agencies and high-level government officials from the Ministry of Commerce, including the Honorable Secretary, Shubhashish Bose. “The roundtable brought together private industry leaders
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GPAccelerator Opens Application Round for 5th Batch

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Grameenphone Accelerator has opened the call for applications for the 5th batch of the program. The program, delivered in partnership with Startup Dhaka, invites tech-based startups with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to apply through www.grameenphoneaccelerator.com until mid-night 7 April 2018. GP Accelerator is an innovation platform that offers a 4-month curriculum-based mentorship program through several international
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Startup Dhaka Partners with Daffodil University to Jointly Develop Online Education Courses

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Startup Dhaka and Daffodil International University (DIU) signed an MOU to on board DIU as one of the knowledge partners of Startup Dhaka online school. Startup Dhaka online school is an initiative to teach the aspiring entrepreneurs and students of the country the A-Z of entrepreneurship. Different local and international mentors will share the knowledge and experience in this
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Sindabad.com To Sign Up With MY Outsourcing Limited

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MY Outsourcing Limited – a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company with over 350 employees has partnered with sindabad.com as their single source of office supplies. Sindabad.com is the country’s first B2B online shop where offices, factories or any business organizations can purchase their regular supplies in a transparent and seamless manner. Orders are placed fully online and delivered effortlessly on
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