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TWIA Episode 20: Don’t leave your baby behind TWIA Episode 20: Don’t leave your baby behind

The TWIA crew is back without Mike Foong tonight. We talked about a few events that... 

The Joo Joo Delay And A Summary Of The Legal Wrangle With TechCrunch The Joo Joo Delay And A Summary Of The Legal Wrangle With TechCrunch

The latest news is that Fusion Garage’s Joo Joo has revamped its interface,... 

Attracting Angels And Cross-Border Investment Across Asia Attracting Angels And Cross-Border Investment Across Asia

The recent Singapore Budget 2010 announcement of a new tax incentive for angel investors... 

Local Wikipedia for Social Change and Entrepreneurship Local Wikipedia for Social Change and Entrepreneurship

Concern.sg is a community-edited encyclopedia dedicated at the social change organisations... 

Founder Institute Singapore Adds More Mentors Founder Institute Singapore Adds More Mentors

Founder Institute Singapore has already accepted over 30 applicants but will still... 

Latest Events

Events For The Week – 21-27 Mar Events For The Week – 21-27 Mar

For a one-stop to all events related to or concerning entrepreneurship, certain industry-meets-business... 

SPRING Young Entrepreneurs Event and Idea Generation Workshop SPRING Young Entrepreneurs Event and Idea Generation Workshop

If you are between 17-26 years old, interested in entrepreneurship, this upcoming... 

Events For The Week – 13-20 Mar Events For The Week – 13-20 Mar

For a one-stop to all events related to or concerning entrepreneurship, certain industry-meets-business... 

The Zenith Story – Behind The Ireland-Based Multinational The Zenith Story – Behind The Ireland-Based Multinational

The NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (NEC) brings to you Brendan O’Regan, the entrepreneur... 

Azione-Microsoft BizSpark Pitching Night – 24 Mar Azione-Microsoft BizSpark Pitching Night – 24 Mar

Azione-Microsoft BizSpark Nights is a series of events held once every two months.... 

Interviews

Interview with Leroy Zhong of Bon Soir – Dark Dining Interview with Leroy Zhong of Bon Soir – Dark Dining

With the competition to gain The Ultimate Start-Up Space by Martell VSOP still underway, we catch up with the top 10 finalists of the challenge to find out more about their ideas and the drive behind them. First, we got Leroy Zhong of “Bon Soir – Dark Dining” to share his thoughts. (For a quick overview of the prizes the ultimate winner... [Read More]

In Conversation With Ori Cohen, Founder of Fotegrafik In Conversation With Ori Cohen, Founder of Fotegrafik

You might have read our feature on visual search solution provider, Fotegrafik Labs. This time, we managed to interview Ori Cohen, the founder of the company, to find out more about the origins of the company, and what prompted them to change direction to then set up Fotegrafik Labs. [Read More]  Read More →

In Conversation with Frank Levinson, Small World Group In Conversation with Frank Levinson, Small World Group

The Small World Group, managed by Frank Levinson and his partner, Dean Haritos, is one of the seven designated technology venture incubators from the National Research Foundation (NRF) TIS Scheme. The technology focus of this company is on clean tech, optics and materials and it has begun operations in Singapore to start working with entrepreneurs... [Read More]

Interview With Irene Ang, Founder and CEO of Fly Entertainment Interview With Irene Ang, Founder and CEO of Fly Entertainment

Tucked away in a nondescript industrial building along Henderson Road is the headquarters of Singapore’s first artiste management agency Fly Entertainment. Initially surprised that an agency for stars like Allan Wu and Beatrice Chia-Richmond was housed in such an unassuming location, this interviewer’s feeling of disbelief eroded when... [Read More]

Interview with Richard Kivel of MIT Enterprise Forum and Rhapsody Biologics Interview with Richard Kivel of MIT Enterprise Forum and Rhapsody Biologics

Having served as the CEO of a few biotechnology and life science companies, Richard Kivel is a seasoned business executive who also serves as a Board member in several life science companies in the US, Europe and Asia. Not only is he involved in business, but Richard also spends his time with entrepreneurial organisations like the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship... [Read More]

Dummy's Guide

Startups usually have a bunch of tech and business people who are usually clueless... 

So the new year has come and gone but here we are, still busy lying to rest the ghosts... 

We present the slides for the talk in Start-Up@Singapore on the topic “How... 

Barcamp Singapore 4 was just over. During the event, I made a presentation on “Building... 

Recently, we introduced a set of 6 social media tools which start-ups should be... 

Marketing & Branding

Recently, we introduced a set of 6 social media tools which start-ups should be... 

An old 1997 Apple ad from the Think Different campaign.  Read More →

Recently, together with Wall Street Journal Asia and GoTo Webinar, Ogilvy 360 Digital... 

Fresh from receiving updates on Nokia’s Ovi app store in Kuala Lumpur last... 

If you are starting up a new company that primarily goes from business to consumer,... 

Networks & Networking

If you’re interested in going on the Geeks On A Plane East Asia Tour, you’ll... 

If you’ve been thinking of exploring the startup scene in Japan and China,... 

Often said to be one of the world’s largest foundations devoted to entrepreneurship,... 

The era of online content distribution and generation for example, YouTube and Flickr... 

A common question that comes up in every networking session I conduct in theNUS... 

Venture Capital & Private Equity

The recent Singapore Budget 2010 announcement of a new tax incentive for angel investors... 

3 year old PatSnap just secured is in the process of negotiating Series A funding.... 

The Founder Institute is an entrepreneurship training programme “run for founders,... 

Seems like tenCube has not just made waves in 2009 when we last picked the mobile... 

Two Singapore venture funds joined US-based (Sunnyvale, California) Innovalight as...