News Flash: Geek Terminal featured on CNN

A lot of us will know where Geek Terminal in Singapore is. Lately, most of the biggest events, from BlogOut 2007 to Ping.SG first year anniversary and also showcases of Microsoft Remix 2007, are all located in this place. The coffee is one of the best in town, according to BL, who usually goes there to meet up with other entrepreneurs, technologists and fellow geeks. The interesting news of the day is that Geek Terminal is featured in CNN today. Read more

SG Entrepreneurs in Facebook

Yes, SG Entrepreneurs has just set up a group in Facebook. If you are a local entrepreneur and wants to join our community, please feel free to pop by our facebook group and you will be notified of new events which we might be thinking of organizing. The group is open to everyone and we welcome those who are aspiring entrepreneurs to join us in the group. We have a screenshot and the URL of our facebook group. Read more

The Second State of Our Blog

Our blog, SG Entrepreneurs, have just turned 2 years old after 9 July 2005. First and above all, we thank our readers, our friends, our partners (NUS Overseas Colleges, Entrepreneur27, The Digital Movement and Start-Up@Singapore), our resident contributors and many others for their support and help over the years. Without them, we do not think that we have managed to go that far. In this second state of our blog, we want to talk about some of the highlights which have happened in the past year. Read more

Event: From Idea to Investment For the IDM industry by Expara Pte Ltd

Are you an IDM company, or an entrepreneur with an IDM idea? Would you like to raise funds to start or grow your IDM company? Expara Pte Ltd will feature the “From Idea to Investment For the IDM industry: Business skills master class” by Douglas Abrams, Managing Director, Parallax Capital Management & Co-Deputy Chairman, Business Angels Network Southeast Asia (BANSEA). The event will be held on 6th and 7th of August 2007, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm in NUSS Guild House – Suntec City Tower 4, Level 5. Read more

The Entrepreneur’s Bookshelf: Made to Stick

How do you know when an idea is a good one? Why do some ideas stick and some others come unstuck? Here’s a book which I highly recommend to you when you are trying to brainstorm for new business ideas. The book Made to Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die by Chip and Dan Heath, seems to be an ideal companion for those who are seeking simple and interesting business ideas. We take the opportunity to review this interesting book and expound the main principles behind. Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 28 July 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

Check out part 3 and part 4 of John Nesheim’s guide to Stock Option Planning.

It’s always about Google, Google, Google. How about our dear old Yahoo? There was much hoo-haa when Jerry Yang stepped up to be CEO as he was seen as a founder alright, but not as management. Knowledge@Wharton gathers together some thoughts for Yahoo’s future and Jerry’s part in it in Some Free Advice for Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang.

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 27 July 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

The popular virtual world SecondLife might have started making inroads to bridging the distances between people and thus saving us fuel costs, time, and not to mention, helping to negate a contribution to the Earth’s declining health. However, SecondLife essentially runs on computers and that requires lots of energy. Are we then substituting one form of pollution for another? Wagner James Au explores this in Virtual Worlds as Eco Incubators.

In Of Broadband & Long Tail Video, Om Malik explores the profitability of new “Long Tail” platforms which focus on basically nothing – but providing the end-user access to everything.

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 26 July 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

A regular reader of SGE would have noticed our emphasis on helping you get your startup going, especially if you need to write that dreaded business plan to send to prospective investors or enter business plan competitions. Guy Kawasaki interviews the creator of Business Plan Pro (software) on How to Write a Business Plan. Check out our resident contributor, Justin’s tips here. And navigate to BL’s guide to Writing the Winning Executive Summary I and II.

Most of us when hearing our own voice for the first, second or third time via voicemail, are alarmed to find out that your voice sounds the way it is. Find out How To Instantly Sound More Confident The Next Time You Make A Phone Call.

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 25 July 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

If you’ve been reading SGE for some time in hopes that you’ll chance upon a magic formula to make things work just right, dream on. André Nosalsky gives you reality as it is in There Is No Secret Formula. (But that doesn’t mean you should stop reading us.)

John Nesheim is a great mentor and the person to turn to regarding sticky startup issues such as equity. Here, he gives us a well-structured and easy-to-follow plan to manage your employees’ stock options in part 1 and part 2.

The Entrepreneur’s Bookshelf:The No Asshole Rule

Starting up with people is not an easy task. A lot about working in different places, be it a small and medium enterprise or a multi-national company are about relationship management. If you have not encountered an asshole in your workplace, you must be either really lucky or you are the asshole yourself. Recently, I chanced upon this interesting book The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Robert Sutton and thought I might do a short review on it. Read more

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