Gananan Forum Event: MTV’S Perspective on Digital Media Youth Trends In Asia

From the internet, mobile to the mass media, modern youths are connected to latest and modern technologies wherever they are. What are the trends that the youths in Asia have that will affect the way businesses have to run? Mr Robert Kim (Senior director for Digital Media, Viacom Brand Solutions, MTV Asia) will off MTV’s perspective on this issue. If you are really thinking of tapping into the youth market in the new industry, don’t miss the talk on 3 July 2007 (coming Tuesday). Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 29 June 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day (and this is the day for the IPhone):

The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype by David Pogue, NY Times. You have heard about all the hype of the IPhone (from Apple) and a lot of people including myself are waiting to buy it. So, does it match expectations. Here is one review which surprises me.

FORECASTING & PREDICTING: It is special for startups and PLANNING AND CHANGING A STARTUP: Different than large company MBAs expect shares three interesting lessons for people working in start-ups: (i) you need to keep changing your business plans and you will find after a year, the current way is very different from what you originally conceive and (ii) MBA students should have different expectations for both start-ups and MNCs and (iii) you have to be prepared for worse case scenarios.

The Year of Online Social Networks

The era of online content distribution and generation for example, YouTube and Flickr dominated, has moved into a new phase after they are being acquired by Google and Yahoo!. Of course, the virtual worlds are lurking in the shadows to take over the reins from Web 2.0. Yet, the coming year will be dominated by the battle of social networks. It started when Facebook released their API to the world. Within weeks, the growth of Facebook widgets grew quickly. With Linkedin joining in the game by making their platform public, is this the year of online social networks? Read more

In Conversation with Cheo Ming Shen, co-founder of Nuffnang.com

A couple of weeks ago, while bringing an Irish friend of mine around Singapore, we bumped into a young passionate internet entrepreneur in Geek Terminal, who ended up chatting with us about football, enjoying a glass of red wine and talk about the other interesting quips in life. After that conversation, I found out that he is Cheo Ming Shen, one of the co-founders of Nuffnang.com, an online advertising company for blogs in both Singapore and Malaysia. So, during a recent gathering, I managed to catch him for an interview, where he shares his experiences about online advertising and why he gave up a lucrative job of an investment banker to be an entrepreneur. Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 25 June 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

Five Things That Could Kill Facebook by Mark Evans offers some possibilities that might hamper the current trend that FaceBook is the start-up which we should watch for in the coming year.

Social networks geared for offline success? by Caroline McCarthy , CNET news offers some perspective on whether online social networks are able to generate offline success.

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 21 June 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup and part 2: When the VCs say “no” by Marc Andreessen offers very good lessons on the risks and strengths for an entrepreneur. I like how he brings out the “why not to do a startup” that I highly recommend as a reality check for the entrepreneur.

Five steps to a Yahoo turnaround by Elinor Mills in CNET explores the five things that Jerry Yang (the co-founder of Yahoo who has taken over the reins from Terry Semel) need to do to bring Yahoo back to shape.

Live from TDM Event: The Next Generation of Digital Convergence

We are now in SMU Conference Hall. Today is the IX Conference. The student organizers from the Digital Movement has brought this event “The Next Generation of Digital Convergence” to you. The speakers for the day are: Mike Downey (Adobe Systems), Jeremiah Owyang (PodTech.net), Lynda Brown (New Media BC) and Louis Broome (Microsoft). As the theme suggests, the event will examine how the next generation of digital media technology, web communication, and content converges to bring forth new possibilities in entrepreneurship, collaboration, marketing. Read more

Entrepreneurship is really all about a Mindset

Our resident contributor, Brian Ling offers his thoughts on entrepreneurship as a mindset. In his article, he discusses why even as an employee, you can still be resourceful and entrepreneurial. He breaks it down into three simple lessons here for you. Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 17 June 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

The Long Tail Is Getting Fatter by Duncan Riley of TechCrunch offers some interesting examples of new companies which might attain success with the fattening of the long tail.

LEADER OR LARGEST? Decide and go for one and ADDING A MISSING FOUNDER PARTNER: How much do they cost? by John Nesheim. The first article talks about whether you have to decide whether your company is the leader in the industry or play the alternative to the number 1. The second article talks about adding a member to the founding team, and offers some thought on equity distribution.

Entrepreneurship is a Positive Endeavour

An interesting comment from one of our readers Encik Wan prompted me to write this post. In particular, my personal view resonates with his point to the author of this post, where I quote this important point about people talking about entrepreneurship: (his advice to the author) after bashing Asian entrepreneurs for a few more months, may be the person should consider to create/gather materials for Asian entrepreneurs to succeed in Asia markets. So, I offer five perspectives on how one can map ideas free of charge (without joining any dumb MLM process) from the west to the east and hopefully convince you that entrepreneurship is a positive endeavour. Read more

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