Live Blogging from the X|Media|Lab Singapore Media R&D event

The conference “Media aRt&D” is held today (28 Sep 2007) in the Art, Design and Media (ADM) Building at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The event is organized by X|Media|Lab. The conference highlights these intersections between the creative and the technological – the interplay between the freedom of art and the precision of engineering, and focus around four areas of discussion: Media Arts; R&D, New Media, New Geographies; and Creative Ideas, Business Plans. We are live-blogging from the conference here till noon. Read more

42 Local Entrepreneurs Honoured at Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2007

For Media Release from The Pacific West Communications – Gala Dinner Awards Ceremony Sees Celebrity Entrepreneurs Receive Awards. SINGAPORE – September 26, 2007 — The Spirit of Enterprise tonight awarded its 2007 awards to 42 entrepreneurs picked from a pool of 156 nominees. Held at the Pan Pacific Hotel Ballroom, the event was graced by Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports as the guest of Honour. In attendance was a who’s who’s of luminary entrepreneurs from Singapore. Read more

Event: The Official Launch – Start-Up@Singapore 2008

After a couple of months of transition, team building and planning, Start-Up@Singapore (S@S) kicks off this year with our Official Launch on 15 October 2007 at the SingTel hello! Comcentre near Somerset MRT. Scheduled to run from 4.00pm to 6.00pm, our Guest-of-Honour is Mr Michael Yap who is the Deputy CEO of the Media Development Authority (MDA) and Executive Director of the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) R&D Programme Office. Read more

Event: The Digital Movement PopOut! 2007

After a few months of hibernation, planning and team building, the members of the Digital Movement are happy to announce their next project: PopOut: Emerging Web Startups!. PopOut! is finally here! Calling all technopreneurs, venture capitalist, geeks, students, startups and basically anyone interested in the web 2.0 and beyond to join them as they hear from these locally grown startups share their innovation and experience! A successor to Geekout, Popout will be a series of startup showcases where they want you to meet the entrepreneurs spearheading the emergence of the Singapore Web 2.0 landscape. Their next series will focus on mobile startups. Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 21 Sep 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

Do you know what is going on in the TechCrunch 4.0 2007? Here is a review of the event from James Seng, our local guru currently in California. You might also want to check out the company Mint, the company that took the 50K prize from the conference.

For those who are in the aggregator business, Jeremiah’s list will provide some perspective for you. As you know that Business 2.0 is finally ending with the last issue, TechCrunch has written an “eulogy” for them.

Interesting Lessons from Stanford Entrepreneurship Podcast Series I

Lately I have spent some time to continue my learning by listening to podcast from the ITunes Stanford University. The series “Stanford Technology Ventures Program” and “Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs” will be of interest to those who want to know more about the trials and tribulations of both investors and entrepreneurs. I found some interesting lessons on customer service and what it means to be an entrepreneur from Tina Seelig (Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program) and Greg Ballard (Glu Mobile). Read more

Event: Investment CEOs Forum II on 11 Oct 2007 – Market Opportunities & Outlooks

The Investment CEOs Forum II – Market Opportunities & Outlooks will be held on 11 Oct 2007, 3.30 – 6pm in Singapore Business Federation Seminar Room 2, 21st Floor, Keppel Towers. For those who want to go for the event, you have to pay for the event, and you can register here. For more details, please continue to read the post. Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 14 Sep 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

Web Strategy (Advanced): Applying a Social Computing Strategy to the entire Product Lifecycle by Jeremiah Owyang offers the “online strategies for your company or organization, specifically using social media and computing tools to reach, connect, and build communities around your brand”.

Guess what, the iPhone is now unlocked in 32 countries and 69 carriers. Guess which one of the three telcos you can use in Singapore. Have you started thinking whether to buy a iPod Touch? Here is some advice from Engadget.

The Entrepreneur’s Bookshelf: Harvesting the Fruits of Prosperity

Lately, there is a lot of talk about CPF changes and compulsory annuities. No matter how much everyone may be happy or unhappy about the changes proposed to our social security, it is important to ensure that you can manage your finances. Sometime back, I recommended Christopher Ng Wai Chung’s Growing Your Tree of Prosperity and some of you have read excerpts from his second book. Of course, the focus of this post is to present a review for his sequel “Harvesting the Fruits of Propserity”. Read more

In Conversation with Paddy Tan, co-founder from BAK2u

Sometime back, a Singaporean based company by the name of BAK2u have made it as a service help consumers keep track of their gadgets in CNN news. So after a couple of gatherings (from Ping.SG party to a couple of twitters and chat), BL sat down with Paddy Tan, the co-founder from BAK2u for an email interview to tell us more about what the company does in the realm of security, his personal trials and tribulations and how he sees the future of his company. Read more

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