8th Start-Up@Singapore: Executive Summary Workshop

Following the Grand Launch and the CEO-Unplugged Event, the first executive summary workshop for the 8th Start-Up@Singapore is going to be held on 4 November 2006 (Saturday), 9.30am in the NUS Faculty of Engineering LT 1. Mr Nal Hissley, former Chairman of International Angel Investor Institute (Silicon Valley, United States), will be speaking for this workshop. More details can be found in the coming entry. Update: Please note that the venue is now changed to NUS Faculty of Engineering Lecture Theatre 1. Read more

10 Ways to Find Suppliers

In retail businesses, most people are always asking the fundamental question, “Where do I find my suppliers/distributors?”. Our resident contributor, Wannapreneur will present ten simple ways for you to locate and pin down the suppliers you need for your retail business.
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An Inconvenient Truth – Al Gore

Since Al Gore conceded the election to his opponent, he has embarked onto something different in his life. In the past few years, he contributed to a social enterprise project where he started from schools within the United States to the rest of the world, to talk about the issues of global warming and warn about the consequences if we do not have the political will to solve the problem. The movie “An Inconvenient Truth” (a book copy is available) presents the problem of global warming and he gives his perspective on how to resolve the issues. We present a review of the movie in this blog entry and provide some information about CO2 emissions in Singapore. Read more

Kickstarting the Grand Launch 8th Start-Up@Singapore

Yesterday, the Grand Launch of the 8th Start-Up@Singapre kicked off the competition in its 8th year. Of course, the student organizers took the challenge to manage two events on the same day, the Grand Launch in the National University of Singapore and the CEO-Unplugged event in the Singapore Management University. Of course, we will share with you some highlights (photos) and interesting comments from the panelists during the Grand Launch. Read more

In Conversation with Mr Tan Kin Lian, CEO of NTUC Income

Among all Singapore CEOs, Mr Tan Kin Lian is definitely one of the most bold and interesting personalities for being the only CEO who holds a corporate blog to his name. In the recent Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2006, we met up with Mr Tan and invited him to come and contribute to our blog. Immediately without hesitation, he accepted our invitation. So, we are honoured to have him sharing with us his experiences as CEO of NTUC income, his thoughts about the insurance and financial planning market and advice to young entrepreneurs and also his future plans after NTUC Income. Read more

Official Press Release for Spirit of Enterprise 2006

From the Spirit of Enterprise, we release the official press release from them and also the biographies of the 41 entrepreneurs who won the award yesterday. Read more

Spirit of Enterprise Awards Ceremony 2006

Today, under the invitation of one of the 41 honourees, Saumil Nanavati, I attended the Spirit of Enterprise Awards Ceremony 2006. For the first time, I also met up face to face with Lim Der Shing, our resident contributor and also one of the 41 honourees who received the Spirit of Enterprise Award. (imagine that we have conversed over email over the past year). We report about this event held in Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel and also talk about some of the lessons drawn by the speech given by Ron Sim, CEO of OSIM. Read more

Can Singapore produce our own YouTube?

We hear the success stories of YouTube and HardwareZone recently in the mainstream media. It also raises the debate on whether Singaporeans are capable of creating our own YouTube. Our resident contributor, Der Shing will examine three key pertinent features that are required for building a successful, innovative and sustainable company like YouTube. Read more

8th Start-Up@Singapore Grand Launch

It is happening and the Grand Launch of 8th Start-Up@Singapore will begin on 26th October 2006, 10.30 am to 1 pm in Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS Business School. The Guest of Honour is Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Chairman of ACE. In this post, we will tell you more about the programme in the coming event. Read more

Singapore should consider Intrapreneurship rather than Entrepreneurship

Unlike other governments, the Singapore Government has been a strong advocate of entrepreneurship. From fundraising to assistance to small-medium enterprises, they have done a significant amount in promoting and encouraging entrepreneurship. However, both the risk-adverse culture and the critical mass are barriers for such a culture to occur. These crucial factors made Singapore a better candidate for intrapreneurship rather than entrepreneurship. This article argues why Singapore is better for intrapreneurship rather than entrepreneurship and makes a bold suggestion to the civil service and government-linked companies since they are the major employers for most Singaporeans. Read more

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