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E-books Are Overtaking Printed Books E-books Are Overtaking Printed Books

Australia Radio National recently did a radio program on e-books at the Brisbane... 

tenCube To Be Acquired By McAfee tenCube To Be Acquired By McAfee

McAfee, the security juggernaut, has signed a “definitive agreement”... 

Consilium Software Raises Series A Funding from JAFCO Asia Consilium Software Raises Series A Funding from JAFCO Asia

Unified Communications (UC) solutions company, Consilium Software has just raised... 

65bits #175: NOTHINK, nothink is left 65bits #175: NOTHINK, nothink is left

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following... 

TWIA #61: This is Social Media! TWIA #61: This is Social Media!

Starting off with congrats to Mike Foong with his 4th kid, Myra Ines Foong, the... 

Latest Events

Events For The Week – 31 Jul-7 Aug Events For The Week – 31 Jul-7 Aug

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

Events For The Week – 24-31 Jul Events For The Week – 24-31 Jul

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

I2I 2-Day Workshop For The IDM Industry – 4-5 Aug I2I 2-Day Workshop For The IDM Industry – 4-5 Aug

Are you an IDM company, or an entrepreneur with an IDM idea? Would you like to raise... 

Technologies For Next Generation Media Search – 12 Aug Technologies For Next Generation Media Search – 12 Aug

The rapid growth of the Internet has contributed to the explosive growth of online... 

Entrepreneurship Toolbox For Your Future – 30 Jul Entrepreneurship Toolbox For Your Future – 30 Jul

Learning from the experience of others, as well as from your own, will allow you... 

Interviews

Prof Wong Poh Kam On Cross Border Angel Investing In ASEAN Prof Wong Poh Kam On Cross Border Angel Investing In ASEAN

Professor, consultant and longtime angel investor, Prof Wong Poh Kam is an industry veteran. As an angel investor, he has invested in many high-tech firms and sits on the boards of many. He is also the Director of the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre and holds positions at the various institutions and consults widely for international agencies such as the... [Read More]

Hanging Out With Danny Tan Of Foound Hanging Out With Danny Tan Of Foound

Not for the faint hearted: Before starting Foound, Danny Tan applied for credits cards from almost all the major banks in Singapore so that he could be ensured of an operating credit of a few tens of thousands if the need ever arose. Luckily for them, there has been no need to draw on this credit line just yet. Heard much about Foound after their... [Read More]

Behind The Scenes @ InMobi With Emmanuel Allix Behind The Scenes @ InMobi With Emmanuel Allix

Within this short span of three years, InMobi has managed to grow so rapidly that they experienced an an 8 times increase in the number of ad impressions from 250million to 2BILLION within a 6 month period. (update: these figures are for their US market only) They are now considered to be one of the largest global independent mobile networks. The... [Read More]

In Conversation With Casey Chan, WizPatent and WizFolio In Conversation With Casey Chan, WizPatent and WizFolio

More than 3 years ago, we spoke with Casey Chan, Co-Founder and CEO of WizPatent. Since our last interview with him, the company has released a few other products, one of which we profiled last month. Here we had a chat with Casey again to find out more about the backstory behind WizFolio, his latest product. [Read More]  Read More →

In Conversation With Patrick Turner, INSEAD Professor In Conversation With Patrick Turner, INSEAD Professor

After spending ten years with Levi Strauss Europe, Patrick Turner left Levi’s in order to launch his own jeans marketing company, after which he subsequently acquired and managed another small company, both in Spain. Now, he is Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD and has been at the institution since 1999, specifically... [Read More]

Dummy's Guide

Thinking of quitting your job to become a full time entrepreneur so that you can... 

It was as if Danny and Aen foound themselves caught in an explosion of hype and activity... 

As part of its goal to develop a vibrant and competitive infocomm industry, the Infocomm... 

Now that the tax filing deadline is nearing, many companies will be frantically cleaning... 

Many of us probably did not have the opportunity to fly to Austin, Texas in the USA... 

Marketing & Branding

By my own count, there were at least 9 new entrants to the local fro yo (frozen... 

Just 3 weeks prior, on the 25th of June, many around the world gathered to mark the... 

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... 

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

McAfee, the security juggernaut, has signed a “definitive agreement”... 

Professor, consultant and longtime angel investor, Prof Wong Poh Kam is an industry... 

Unified Communications (UC) solutions company, Consilium Software has just raised... 

Just yesterday, independent mobile ad network, InMobi, announced that it had secured... 

About two weeks ago, we wrote about DEAL’s financing round, pending additional...