How I use Paypal for my online transactions of iPoor T-shirts

Creating a wonderful product based on a novel idea and which now sells like hotcakes has to have some sort of management system with which the products are sold. Following the success of his iPoor t-shirts, DT here addresses a small but important issue for ecommerce – how he makes the best of PayPal, and what you can learn from it. Read more

Hear from RainMakers, the voice of S’poreans in Silicon Valley

If you want to hear from fellow (young) Singaporeans in the heart of the high-tech capital of the world: Silicon Valley – look no further than to navigate to… Read more

Events: Launch of 1st Business Angels@HOTSpots

Are you in need of seed funding to do your startup? Do you want to look for a network of investors who might be able to help you? To solve this problems, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, together with EDB and various other organizations will launch the 1st Business Angels@HOTSpots on 1st Sep 2006 (Friday), 2.30 pm, Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS Business School. For more information, Read more

A Reprise of “Singapore’s Resilient Strategy”

Through Singapore Surf, I came across this article Singapore’s Resilient Strategy by the Enterprise Resilience Management Blog by Stephen F. DeAngelis and Bradd C. Hayes. The central theme of the article is that Singapore adopts an resilient strategy to maintain its economic miracle, by importing foreign talent and positioning themselves such that they are relevant with the global scene. In this short commentary, I shall illustrate a few simple arguments that this resilient strategy is a double edged sword to the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Read more

Making a Difference: Speech at the NES Recruitment Event 2006

Last Saturday, the NUS Entrepreneurship Society held their recruitment drive for the new workyear. This year, they have started many new initiatives, other than their flagship project, the 8th Start-Up@Singapore (S@S), from alumni relations to their local and global outreach. I was asked to give a speech about entrepreneurial aspirations, and the title of the talk I gave was entitled: Making a Difference. Basically, I summarized my whole experience into ten lessons in my journey as an entrepreneur. Read more

“Smooching Tips”

Sorry, you didn’t get what you wanted. Read more

How To Get Anything You Want

“One of the greatest lessons I’ve learnt about succeeding in anything was from a lady who had no business experience whatsoever. Today, I wonder if she learnt more from me, or vice versa.” Here, Garry Huang shares this unique story about a unique lady. Read more

Singapore’s Service Levels

We all know that Singapore is trying very hard to revamp the service culture. Our resident contributor, Wannapreneur gives us a glimpse on how Singapore’s service levels have evolved, and of course, offer his opinion on the subject. Read more

Leadership Series: Results or Journey?

So you congratulate yourself when you manage to get your team to reach your target goal – a task that had seemed almost impossible at the beginning, but you’ve finally done it. You get admiring and congratulatory emails from business partners asking you how you did it. You smile smugly and feel on cloud nine. But did you lose your team members emotionally along while doing so? As an entrepreneurial leader, is the end result your only goal or does the journey matter more? Read more

What do entrepreneurs aspire for?

What are the aspirations of an entrepreneur? Drawing from the experiences from his recent stint in a local conference, our resident contributor, Der Shing discusses about his aspirations and what he looks for as a challenge as an entrepreneur. Read more

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