Paris and Singapore applications are due next Sunday, March 7th. Denver applications are now due on Sunday, April 4th. If you have not done so already, take a moment to apply to Paris, Singapore and Denver. More news on these locations and Mentors will be announced over the next couple of days.

Good luck!

The Founder Institute has appointed Singapore-based venture advisory and investment firm Battle Ventures, who is partnered with iAxil, the venture accelerator arm of Ascendas, to jointly bring their programme to Singapore and Southeast Asia-based entrepreneurs.

Run by founders for founders, this unique mentoring program nurtures aspiring and current high-tech entrepreneurs and employs a unique, team-work oriented ecosystem to foster the establishment of new start-up ventures. The programme also allows a small amount of equity to be shared amongst all participants in the
companies formed – including the experienced mentors who help grow the new businesses.

“We have discovered a formula to help passionate founders create meaningful and enduring companies in different markets around the world,” says Adeo Ressi, CEO of TheFunded.com and the Founder Institute. “We leverage leading social science methods to identify top talent, and then we offer an intense start-up curriculum focused on teamwork and guidance from leading local and global CEOs. Our unique approach has allowed the Institute to scale almost ten times larger than comparable incubators or accelerators.”
“iAxil is committed to fostering a nurturing and vibrant start-up environment that is vital to spawning innovative high-tech start-ups with the global potential and appeal,” says Mr Tan Yew Chin, Director of iAxil and CEO of Ascendas Land (Singapore). “The iAxil team of senior incubator managers will combine their
business skills; domain expertise and start-up experience with our wide network of partners to help graduates from the Founder Institute Mentoring Programme jumpstart their ventures.”

During the semesters, local aspiring and current entrepreneurs can gain access to founders and CEOs of world-renown companies, such as Philip Kaplan, Co-Founder of Blippy, Jeff Stewart, Founder and CEO of Urgent Career, Pete Deemer, Co-Founder of Scrum Training Institute, Dr. KF Lai, Co-Founder and CEO of Buzzcity and Jared Morgenstern, Product Ninja of Facebook as mentors amongst others.

“One of the greatest problems facing local entrepreneurs is the lack of credible and experienced mentors to help guide and advise them,” said Jeffrey Paine, Managing Partner at Battle Ventures. “With this programme, our entrepreneurs now have access to founders who have successfully created and run multiple start-ups
themselves and who are best placed to advise them.”

Applications for early acceptance into the Singapore semester are due on February 15th, 2010, with the final application deadline on February 28th. Anyone starting a technology company or with a dream to launch an innovative business in Singapore is invited to apply at http://www.founderinstitute.com/apply/11.
The Singapore Founder Institute mentoring programme is administered by iAxil, and is supported by SPRING Singapore under the Incubator Development Programme (IDP).

There’s 3 openings as of now :

1. Lead QA for Yahoo! Mobile in Asia
2. Mobile Engineer (Apps) for Yahoo! Social Products
3. Mobile Engineer for Yahoo! Social Products

Cheers,

Andy

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Job Number 1:

Lead QA for Yahoo! Mobile in Asia

Location: Singapore

Reports to: Head of International Engineering (Mobile)

Job Purpose

Yahoo! has been providing the leading edge in Mobile products and services, and enhancing the day-to-day lives of millions of people worldwide. We are looking for an experienced and web savvy, talented, highly motivated, quality, process and success-oriented QA engineer preferably with 5+ years experience. The individual must have a combination of solid in-depth knowledge of QA, QA’s goals, working with QA and non-QA groups, and extensive background in solid test coverage of complex commercial Global Mobile Web and Client-applications in a 24×7 global production environment. Automation experience is required in web services and Front end testing. He/She is responsible for providing Quality Assurance for client & server based technologies.

This includes leading the efforts of creation of manual test suites for devices, defining test plans and test specifications, execution of test cases, and reporting product failures. Following project milestones, design, implement, document, and/or execute tests; evaluate and communicate results; and investigate product features (including ad hoc testing). The candidate will be expected to communicate very clearly and effectively. Candidate must have experience with broad

Requirements include the following

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
• 2+ years experience in leading Mobile QA teams
• 5+ years of demonstrated Mobile QA Experience which includes working with automation tools like Selenium and Perl, experience testing broad range of devices, develop Test Plans, and processes
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
• Fast learner and strong sense of ownership of all the Quality and Processes
• Excellent communication – should be able to communicate to various teams in Asia and Emerging Markets
• Excellent problem solving and basic debugging skills

Interested? Know someone who may be? Please contact Trevor Williams, at: TrevWill@Yahoo-inc.com

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Job Number 2:

Mobile Engineer (Apps) for Yahoo! Social Products

Location: Singapore

Reports to: Lead Mobile Engineer

Job Purpose:

International Mobile Engineering Team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to develop application software for various devices and platforms such as Symbian, RIM, iPhone, Andriod, etc. You will be responsible for designing and implementing the user interface, and other application level software for various devices and platforms. Other responsibilities include prototyping features, designing and implementing new functionality, along with general coding, debugging and overall maintenance of embedded applications. You will interact with many different teams and individuals, including QA, Design, and other engineering groups.

Requirements include the following

• The ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
• Fast learner and strong sense of ownership of all the platforms and products
• Excellent communication – should be able to communicate to various teams in Asia and Emerging Markets
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
• Prior experience in large scale mobile client projects
• Strong understanding of product quality and performance standards
• Ability to take initiative and be innovative

Required Skills

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
• 6+ years of demonstrated industry experience
• Experience developing embedded applications on Symbian/RIM/iPhone/Android
• Experience with at least one application framework
• Strong Objective-C coding ability a strong plus
• Good understanding of algorithms and data structures

Interested? Know someone who may be? Please contact Trevor Williams, at: TrevWill@Yahoo-inc.com

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Job Number 3:

Mobile Engineer for Yahoo! Social Products

Location: Singapore

Reports to: Lead Mobile Engineer

Job Purpose:

International Mobile Engineering Team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to develop Mobile Social Products for Yahoo! In Asia and Emerging Markets. You will be responsible for designing and development of mobile internet and SMS experiences for the Mobile Social products. Other responsibilities include prototyping features, designing and implementing new functionality, along with general coding, debugging and overall maintenance of developed software. You will interact with many different teams and individuals, including QA, Design, and other Engineering groups in various regions.

Requirements include the following

• The ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
• Fast learner and strong sense of ownership of all the platforms and products
• Excellent communication – should be able to communicate to various teams in Asia and Emerging Markets
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
• Prior experience in large scale mobile internet projects
• Strong understanding of product quality and performance standards
• Ability to take initiative and be innovative

Required Skills

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
• 6+ years of demonstrated industry experience
• Strong knowledge of C/C++
• PHP experience a strong plus
• Strong development background on UNIX
• Good understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Knowledge of web application and server software engineering

Interested? Know someone who may be? Please contact Trevor Williams, at: TrevWill@Yahoo-inc.com

Please use this rare opportunity and attend the first ever Mobile Marketing Association Briefing on Mobile Marketing Opportunity in Indonesia, brought to you through collaboration among Mobile Marketing Association, Frost & Sullivan, MobileMonday Indonesia, M-Stars, and Bubu.com. Meet with all the major mobile marketing players in Indonesia, the telcos, case studies from brands (Axe and Green Sands), learn the latest technology in mobile marketing (augmented reality?) and more..

The Briefing will take place at:

• Date: Thursday, 12 November 2009
• Time: 14.00 – 17.00
• Place: Hotel Mulia (Ballroom 1)
  (co-located with Frost & Sullivan Indonesian Telecoms International Summit 2009)

If you are in the mobile advertising business, coming from an agency or a brand looking to know more about mobile marketing, make sure you did not missed the opportunities.

Seats are very limited and we are almost at full house. See you there!

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Alan Quayle

“Hi, my name is Alan Quayle, on my weblog, www.alanquayle.com/blog, you can see I’ve been writing about the importance of application developers to operators for several years.  I recently presented on why operators need developers: (click here)

I’m helping the leading SDP supplier identify application developers that should be part of its solution to operators.  Local applications are important to mobile and broadband operators, because:

a) its just easier for operators to work with a local developer

b) local developers better understand the subtleties of their culture to create better applications

Please let me know and if you’re deployed with an operator.  I’ll put it into a list and recommend to the supplier they need to partner with you to win deals in your country.  I hope it generates some business for you.”

Christopher Billich when presenting at MobileMonday Indonesia launch, Dec 2007

Infinita have just released three new reports on the top mobile social networking services in Japan. Without a doubt, all three – mobagetown, GREE and mixi - are doing some incredibly cool things in terms of service design, strategy and business model that are highly relevant to social networking plays, advertisers/brands, agencies, carriers and mobile games studios/publishers trying to figure out the SNS equation on mobile anywhere.

mobagetown Research Report (V2.0) – 206 pages

“Social Networking, Games and Avatars: The Incredible Success Story of
Japan’s No. 1 Mobile Portal”
Info: http://infinita.co.jp/en/research/mobagetown_research_report_v20.html
Samples: http://www.slideshare.net/cbillich/mobagetown-research-report-v20

Mobile GREE Research Report (V1.0) – 180 pages
“Rags to Riches: GREE’s Transformation into a Top Player”
Info: http://infinita.co.jp/en/research/mobile_gree_research_report_v10.html
Samples: http://www.slideshare.net/cbillich/mobile-gree-research-report-v10

mixi Mobile Research Report (V2.0) – 111 pages
“Going Mobile: Japan’s Most Successful Social Networking Service on the Big Small Screen”
Info: http://infinita.co.jp/en/research/mixi_mobile_research_report_v20.html
Samples: http://www.slideshare.net/cbillich/mixi-mobile-research-report-v20

All three are priced at US$ 3,000 each for a company license; they also distribute them as a bundle for US$ 6,750:
Info: http://infinita.co.jp/en/research/mega_bundle.html

Business Development Manager Indonesia

Job Post 301

A Business Development Manager is crucial to generating new business and bringing in new clients. The role of Business Development Manager involves seeking out leads for new business, building up relationships with potential clients and responding to tender documents. A Business Development Manager is also closely involved in the pitch process.

Key attributes of a Business Development Manager:

1. Good negotiation, communication and social skills
2. Excellent people management technique
3. Understanding of the tendering and pitching process
4. The experience of networking and entertaining clients
5. An innovative thinker
6. Good understanding of the commercial world
7. Understanding of mobile operators structure and practices
8. Knowledge of on-line publishing world
9. Excellent business English

Responsibilities of a Business Development Manager:

1. To source new leads
2. Research new business opportunities
3. Analyze market trends
4. Attend events and evening functions to meet potential clients
5. Organize and lead the pitching process
6. Monitor tendering opportunities and liaise with tendering publishers

We are looking for manager with experience in working for PT Telkomsel, PT Indosat or PT Excelcomindo; or experience working for a CP in Indonesia.

Position is based in Jakarta, Reports to Head of Business Development.

Click here to send CV

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Advertising Sales Manager Indonesia

Job Post 302

An Advertising Sales Manager is crucial to generating revenue and bringing in new clients. The role of Advertising Sales Manager involves seeking out leads for new advertisers, building up relationships with brands and agencies and preparing campaign proposals. An Advertising Sales Manager is closely involved in the pitch process.

Key attributes of an Advertising Sales Manager:

1. Good negotiation, communication and social skills
2. Excellent people management technique
3. Understanding of the tendering and pitching process
4. The experience of networking and entertaining clients
5. An innovative thinker
6. Good understanding of the brand world
7. Understanding of digital media
8. Experience selling display advertising campaigns
9. Excellent business English
10. Excellent sales skills

Responsibilities of an Advertising Sales Manager:

1. Build relationships with brands and agencies
2. Source new leads
3. Research new business opportunities
4. Organize and lead the pitching process
5. Book advertising campaigns

We are looking for manager with experience in working for a major advertising agency, or experience working for a large on-line publisher, with the ability to think strategically and offer unique advertising solutions to some of the largest advertisers in Indonesia.

Position is based in Jakarta, and Reports to Head of Advertising.

Click here to send CV

BioLocate at Peer Awards 2009

The Mobile Peer Awards is a wonderful event, attended by estimated 1000 audience and was opened by keynote from Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Markets at Nokia and Member of the Nokia Group Executive Board. We have audience from all over the world, including developers, startups, venture capitals, media, and government officials. I met a big team from Malaysian MDEC, but unable to find anyone else from Indonesia (or Indonesia government … well, maybe next year we’ll send official invitation).

For those of you who would like to know how the finalists “wow” the jury during Peer Awards, I would like to share a video of Unkasoft, one of the audience favorite doing all the tricks (including “Tiger Jump”) to visualize their solution within the strict 3 minutes pitch. Enjoy!

The competition for top 20 are quite tough, however I’m quite confident bioLocate can steal jury’s attention as the idea is quite unique as compare to the others. Who need more IM client? We want something new, innovative and relevant to our mobile life. And I put my vote behind bioLocate! BTW the top 20 list will be announced on January 26, 2009 (Chinese New Year!)

To Pak Dien, Pak Hindra & bioLocate team. Congratulations from MobileMonday Indonesia Team!
I am sure to see you in Barcelona!

Head here to see the annoncement : http://www.mobilepeerawards.com/

IFS ERP Consultant is required with the following requirements :

• Opportunity for working in Full Time and/or Project Basis.
• Project location will be in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Minimum 3 years of experience, added value if have prior engagement in pharmaceutical/manufacturing sector
• Excellent skill in any of Java/PLSql/Centura/C/C++
• Extensive use of RDBMS : Oracle/Sql Server/MySql in programming
• Familiar with modelling/case tools
• Familiar with 3 tier programming methodology
• Familiar with Unix/Linus OS

Interested candidate can send email to vacancy[at]aegisone.asia.