It should be a great season for bonuses, but these strong cash positions also create an opportunity for growth.

In fact, if you fail to leverage these good times to grow your business, you’ll be in a much weaker position when the next inevitable downturn hits the economy.

Create successful growth through diversificationWith the knowledge that a downturn will eventually hit, let’s look at diversification as an overall guiding principle when we consider growth strategies.

When you diversify, it’s not only growing your business, it’s taking out an insurance policy that protects you for when business slows.

Diversification is important for your personal investment portfolio and in the same way it’s important for your business. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574526606.8681152/5-Business-Expansion-Strategies-to-Consider-When-Times-Are-Good?ref=audio_experience

Investors and financial institutions do not have sufficient access to reliable and up-to-date company information of FinTech startups, Deloitte analysis has established.

The collaboration was announced at the second day of SFF x SWITCH, a one-of-a-kind collaboration between Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) and the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH).

The announcement was one of the many big-ticket announcements at the inaugural edition of SFF x SWITCH.

Running from November 11-15, SFF x SWITCH will feature more than 400 speakers, over 900 exhibitors, 41 international pavilions, and about 60,000 participants from 130 countries.

YourStory is the supporting media partner of SFF X SWITCH. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574525037.7534242/Deloitte,-S&P-Global-Market-Intelligence-and-Monetary-Authority-of-Singapore-complete-prototype-platform-to-support-FinTech-investments?ref=audio_experience

The CEO, Katherine Kostereva, and all 160 of her employees in the company launched the new name by skydiving.

Even though this type of rebranding may not be possible if you’re a small business owner, you can nevertheless create a buzz.

The Process of RebrandingThe process of rebranding begins by addressing why you need to rebrand.

Whether it is a simple change to your logo or a complete rebranding, the change will have consequences.

A good rebranding will mark a new and exciting phase in your company by re-engaging your customers and attracting new ones. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574523007.784439/This-Company-Went-Extreme-to-Promote-a-Rebranding?ref=audio_experience

Unlike ecommerce businesses, engineering businesses need large capital infusions and a broad market.

However, if you are looking for some great engineering business ideas then you have landed at the right place.

3D printers are yet to see engineering innovative ideas which can boost business in this segment.

Mining equipment include mining drills and tools, earth movers, crushing equipment and machines, feeding & conveying equipment, and others.

We hope this list of Engineering Business Ideas will help you to start your own business. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574521206.9581387/List-of-Engineering-Business-Ideas-For-High-Income?ref=audio_experience

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This is where Singapore-based consumer experience platform Capillary Technologies has built a niche for itself.

AWS’s global presence enabled Capillary Technologies’ expansion to 30 countries in a short span of 10 years.

More than half of Capillary Technologies’ applications are containerised, which offers immutability when launching in new regions.

Customer is kingAWS infrastructure has enabled Capillary Technologies’ clients to connect with the customers and run seamless omnichannel operations.

Also, the trustworthiness of security, scalability and reliability of the AWS platform gives our target audience confidence in our solutions,” Chaudhury says. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574517832.8205495/How-AWS-is-helping-cloud-based-customer-engagement-company-Capillary-Technologies-connect-retailers-with-customers-on-a-personal-level?ref=audio_experience

For Indian students, science is limited to learning by-rote through textbooks, but startups such as Botclub are looking to change that with hands-on experiences and learning-by-doing.

Visakhapatnam-based startup Botclub was founded by K Harsha Vardhan and Nithin S in 2016 to help students understand the concepts of science — physics, primarily — through proprietary demonstration kits called Scikits.

What struck him most was the common statement he heard everywhere—students don’t understand science.

Vardhan shared his idea for a practical science learning with him and instantly brought him on board.

Apart from its Scikits, Botclub also runs a community app called Botclub Community, which provides use cases for the Scikits products so that kids can experiment with these kits. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574515919.418995/Vizag-Edtech-Startup-Botclub-Is-Helping-Kids-Discover-The-Joy-Of-Science?ref=audio_experience

In India specifically, flexible workspaces are being sought after not only for their perceived employee-friendliness, but because they are by far the most cost-effective way of expanding across newer markets.

In fact, commercial real estate, of which flexible workspaces is a major part, is envisioned to have a market valuation of $45-50 Bn by 2022 in India alone.

Dynamics Boosting Flexible Workspace CultureGlobalization of providersFlexible workspace companies are modifying their operations and also scaling to new markets and territories hereby offering customers multi-global locations and international business reach.

Niche DevelopmentThe major players in the agile workspace market are focusing all their creative efforts on developing a niche in an effort to distinguish the services that they offer from the competing brands.

Flexible workspaces is a product of, and perfectly suited for this ‘New Work World Order.’ | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574514006.3918247/The-‘New-Cult’-in-Workspace-Culture:-Rise-Of-Flexible-Workspaces?ref=audio_experience

We’re in the home stretch to the TC Hackathon going down at Disrupt Berlin 2019 on 11-12 December.

If you have what it takes to compete against some of the best hackers, developers, engineers and code poets, apply to the TechCrunch Hackathon now.

And every participant receives a free Innovator pass to enjoy Disrupt Berlin.

TC Hackathon takes place during Disrupt Berlin 2019 on 11-12 December.

Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at Disrupt Berlin 2019? | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574512206.4223812/Code-and-compete-in-the-TC-Hackathon-at-Disrupt-Berlin-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

To guarantee that the learning is applicable and within a business context, it is often necessary to provide guidance and training.

Employees need to be taught how to learn and how to apply new concepts.

Tableau training in Washington, DC is one such example of a program that can help enterprise-level companies learn and adapt to updated techniques.

Those that cannot adapt or learn as quickly will be at a disadvantage that may be too great to overcome.

Therefore, training programs and the need to learn are no longer options for organizations. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574510512.6465895/3-Reasons-Why-Continual-Software-Training-is-Needed-in-Business?ref=audio_experience