Start-Up@Singapore Event: JTC Workshop 6 Jan 2007

Do you know what more it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? The 8th Start-Up@Singapore will start the new year with a workshop on 6 January 2007 (Saturday) at iHub at JTC Corporation. This workshop will help you in finding out more about branding and technology innovation needed for an ecosystem of entrepreneurship. The chief speakers for this event will be Mr. Chan Dik Wan, Deputy Director (JTC) and Mr. Vincent Low, Regional Director of Sales (Netgear). Admission is free. For more details, Read more

Intrapreneurship in an Asian context. Possibility or Myth?

Intrapreneurship refers to the creation of an innovative enterprise within an organization. Is it really possible in Asia, given the cultural factors such as hierarchy and adhering to the viewpoint of the collective community? Our resident contributor, Brian Ling aka Design Translator examines what the Asian viewpoint of intrapreneurship and offers some tips on how to become one in our fast paced changing Asian economy. Read more

The Entrepreneur’s Bookshelf: “Growing Your Tree of Prosperity” by Christopher Ng Wai Chung

Recently, different bloggers, Aaron and Fearfully Opinionated have discussed the need and importance for financial education for Singaporeans in order for them to survive in our new economy. Actually, there is a simple solution to how we can help Singaporeans to get a sound financial education by reading. The solution is to read this book “Growing Your Tree of Prosperity” by Christopher Ng Wai Chung, which I strongly recommend as a beginner’s guide on financial education in Singapore. This book offers details on how you can grow your financial investments, take advantage of the global economic trends and survive in the changing economy in Singapore. Read more

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2006

For your support and encouragement, the founders and the resident contributors thank all of you for a wonderful year of 2006. It is often at such times, we sit down and contemplate what we have done over the year and plan what is ahead. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and hope that the coming year will bring good fortune and health to all.

Shanghai House of Entrepreneurs – In The News

Our partner, SHEN (Shanghai House of Entrepreneurs), had recently initiated a “Young Executives Night”, during which young Singaporean executives in Shanghai (China) had the chance to interact with their peers as well as with senior executives and other professionals. ChannelNewsAsia covered the event. Read more

Young Singaporean Entrepreneurs are not Pop Idols

Recently, an article in Tomorrow cited a Business Week article on the Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneurs. Using that benchmark, we found no young Singaporean entrepreneurs on that list. Holland Village Voice wrote a follow-up article and asked the million dollar question what is holding back us from venturing out there as entrepreneurs and offered a few reasons. In this article, we examine a couple of other factors and also the question whether being in these kind of honours help entrepreneurs. Read more

Thoughts on Singapore’s prospects

The Singapore economy is moving back to the boom phase again. How does a real life entrepreneur view Singapore’s prospects in the next few years? Der Shing, our resident contributor and a real-life entrepreneur, discusses his thoughts on Singapore’s prospects as the year 2006 draws to a close.
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The Marine Corps Way – Using Maneuver Warfare to Lead a Winning Organization

The Marine Corps Way explains how to unlock the ingenuity and energy of an organization’s most precious asset: its people. Wannapreneur gives us the key learning points of this book. Read more

Project Senso: Career Hunting – “It’s Your Business” event

Project:Senso in collaboration with Zest Resources, is holding a talk on “Career Hunting – ‘It’s your business”. The topic touches on the entrepreneur’s mindset in career hunting. The talk will be held on the 15 of Dec 2006 (Friday), 4 pm followed by a networking session. The session is open to the public free of charge. Here are more details on the event. Read more

Singapore Family Business Conference 2007

Can Asian Businesses go beyond the 3rd generation? If you are thinking about this question, do consider signing up for the Singapore Family Business Conference 2007: Building Synergies Beyond Generations. Here is a conference (admission is free) to be held on 9.30 am, 6 Jan 2007 in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry is the Guest of Honour for the event, and Mr Richard Eu (Group CEO of Eu Yan Sang) and Adrin Loi (Executive Chairman, Ya Kun Kaya Toast) are among the prominent speakers featured for this event. For more details… Read more

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