Excerpt from a recent blog post by Dr. Serkan Toto, MAD TechVentures 2010 judge and Techcrunch contributor on the event.

Full article available at Techcrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/28/from-the-mad-techventures-conference-2010-in-kuala-lumpur-22-pitches-from-malaysian-startups/

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Techsailor Community Connect by Techsailor Group (winner: Community and Social Networks)
Social media consultancy and online marketing company Techsailor presented Techsailor Community Connect, its white-label social platform for enterprises. Community Connect enables companies to “turn any website into an online customer engagement tool” through different social networking modules such as user profile pages, friend linkages, a messaging system, forums, media sharing functions, etc. Here are two examples for sites built on top of Community Connect (more here).

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A press release on Techsailor's recent win at the MAD TechVentures 2010, Kuala Lumpur, where we emerged winners for the "Community and Social Networks" for both Panel and Audience's choice.

Original article: http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=16273

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 November 2010 – The inaugural MAD TechVentures conference ended on a high note today, with the top 9 startup companies from around the country receiving a total of RM1.5 million in advertising and marketing prizes.

With 22 startup companies vying for a spot in the six categories and a share of the RM1.5 million in prizes, the conference saw heated competition in the following categories: Mobile and Communication, Games and Creative Content, Business Applications and Productivity, Community and Social Networks, Subscription and Commerce Marketplace, and Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) and Web Applications.

“Startup companies are the bedrock of a healthy innovation economy and the TechVentures conference aims to strengthen the country’s foundation in this area to compete in the global ICT arena,” said Andrew Wong, Chief Executive Officer of MAD Incubator. “We will continue to work closely with the government and the private sector to boost our local startups.”

The competing startup companies were required to showcase their products and solutions to the conference attendees, as well as a panel of judges comprising industry luminaries, who will in turn evaluate each startup’s presentation and overall value proposition, then determine the winning startups.