Exit Strategy 101

Whenever you start an enterprise, you must have a clear vision, goals and gameplan on where the enterprise is heading. To ensure that you get the maximum value out of the business, you need to plan your exit strategy. This article is a primer to introduce you a few different exit strategies which you can plan for your enterprise for the future. Read more

Top 100 World Brands and why I think they are there.

Business Week, together with InterBrand, has recently announced their top 100 brands. Here is what our resident contributor, Wannapreneur thinks about the top 100 brands and give his analysis why they are there. Read more

News Stop: tenCube into Red-Herring 100 Finalists!

Ten Singaporean companies are selected for the Red Herring Asia 2006. One of the companies selected is tenCube (winner of the 7th Start-Up@Singapore competition) set up by one of our resident contributors, Darius Cheung. We also list the other 9 Singaporean finalists for this prestigous competition. Read more

SG Entrepreneurs Podcast – Interview with Bjorn Lee

SG Entrepreneurs is proud to present our first inaugural (and amateur) podcast. In this podcast, we interview one of our resident contributor, Bjorn Lee. He will tell us about his experiences as an intern under the NUS Overseas College (Silicon Valley) program and also explain the philosophy and the future of his current project, Entrepreneur27 (or E27). Read more

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Why SAAS is the Future of Collaboration

From Wikipedia, “a Software as a Service (SAAS) model is a model of software delivery where the software company provides maintenance, daily technical operation, and support for the software provided to their client. SaaS is a model of software delivery rather than a market segment; software can be delivered using this method to any market segment including home consumers, small business, medium and large business“. In this essay, our guest contributor, Ming Yeow, will explain why this model is the future for collaboration. Read more

Quick Tips for Networking II

Most people in Singapore, whether students or entrepreneurs find it hard to interact in a networking. They are either suffering from a lack of confidence or have no idea how to network properly. Continuing our quick tips for networking series, we focus on two important tactics in doing successful networking. The first is the power of self-belief and the second will discuss the tools that you need when you are schmoozing in a networking event. Read more

The Dark Side of Teams

A wise entrepreneur once told me, “The whole art of starting and maintaining a business lies in the management of people. You can have a good idea, but a bad team can screw it up. If you have not so good an idea, but have a good team, you can make wonders.” It’s often said that collective decisions of teams are generally more successful than one person making the decision without consulting the rest. Yet, sometimes, a team can make a bad collective decision. From entrepreneurship to venture capital, we now explore the dark side of teams. Read more

Limited Resources

How do you cope as an entrepreneur if you have only limited resources? Can you be creative and innovative to bend around the system? Our resident contributor, Cobalt Paladin, a real-life entrepreneur relates his tale about dealing with the scarcity of resources and how to overcome that. In the end, he will tell you the most important lesson that an entrepreneur should learn. Read more

Changing Expectations

What are your expectations when you first start a company and a few years later? Our resident contributor, Der Shing talks about the lessons he learned from his entrepreneurial journey in the management of his expectations. Read more

The Long Tail – Our Dilbert of the Digital Age

“How do you make a million bucks?” That was the question posed to our resident contributor, Bjorn Lee by a good friend of his. In this witty article, he introduces the concept of the long tail and explains how this concept is important for business in our digital age. Read more

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