Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 31 Oct 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the last day of the month:

Last Friday, Apple has finally released its latest version of Mac OS X Leopard. If you want a comparison between Mac OS X Leopard and Microsoft Vista, this guide by Engadget will help you in deciding your next computer to be a Mac or PC. Well, no worries, nowadays, a Mac can run windows with an Intel chip. It has made 2 million sales by today, as spoken by AppleInsider.

I often tell people who want to go into web 2.0 that one should be fast and nimble, given the last dot com boom ended in a bust. This article from New York Magazine entitled Web Bubble 2.0 may offer some perspective for those who are moving into this space.

Press Release: The Real Group unveils HomeSpace.sg

Real Estate Search company, The Real Group, beta launched their flagship site HomeSpace.sg today. The Real Group plans to tackle the increasing problem of finding real estate online with their proprietary technology and easy-to-use user interface. Read more

In Conversation with Aileen Sim, First Meta

Overhyped or not, virtual worlds are growing in numbers, as are their users. Whether it turns out to be a fad or not remains to be seen, but here Gwen speaks to the lady behind First Meta, a startup offering you financial services in virtual worlds. First Meta has been featured on international sites and news like TechCrunch, WIRED, BBC, BusinessWeek, London Times Online etc. Also, it was was one of four Singapore companies to win a Red Herring 100 Asia award this year! Aileen gives us her story. Read more

E27 Event: Facebook Developer Garage Singapore 2007

The first Facebook Developer Garage meeting has finally happened in Asia, and Singapore is proud to be the first country in Asia to host this event. We know that Facebook will be making some big announcements soon. The E27 team has put together an interesting conference for those who are interested in developing applications for Facebook. Of course, the event was followed by a hackathon at the Garag3. In this post, we review the presentation by two young speakers, (i) Trey Phillips, the winner of Facebook F8 Hackathon in Silicon Valley, Palo Alto and coincidentally, he is here in NUS for a student exchange (so Singapore is attracting cool programmers too these days) and (ii) Leonard Lin, founder of Tyler Projects and he has the honour to develop Singapore’s first Facebook MMORPG application: BattleStations. The focus is on the lessons learnt in developing a Facebook application. Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 24 Oct 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for the day:

John Nesheim offers some advice on Raising VC Money: From one or more VCs? and also offer advice to entrepreneurs about HIDDEN TRICKS: Know the terms of your VC deal.

Other good reads include: With FriendCSV, Data Sneaks Out Facebook’s Back Door from TechCrunch about data in online social networks, and perhaps, some upcoming thoughts on the coming release of Mac OS X Leopard from Chris Pirillo. If you don’t have anything on tonight, drop by E27 Garage for the FaceBook Developer’s Garage later.

Entrepreneurs should focus on Core Competency, then Expand

Last Friday, I was invited to be a judge for the finals of the NTU Business Plan Competition: Creative Lab. The competition was very well-organized and professional, reminiscent of the Peking University and MIT business plan competitions that are held strictly for students, staff and alumni within the university. Of course, every time when I turned up as a judge for the local business plan competitions in NUS, NTU and Insead, I learned something new. Here are the three interesting lessions (plus some of my counter-intuitive thoughts about what could have been done): (i) You should focus on what the position of your company product is the strongest, (ii) There is a distinction between “must have” and “will be good to have” and (iii) Please don’t take the investors as fools by showing us you can break even within a year. In a three part series, I will focus on the first point about core competency using a hypothetical idea. Read more

In Conversation with Louis-Guillaume, Inkiti.com

Another competitor to the much hyped-about Mocca, Inkiti comes on board to the online classifieds space, helmed by a French serial entrepreneur who recently moved to Singapore to continue his entrepreneurship journey despite having a PhD in Law. We learn about Louis’ experiences here and why he chose Singapore as his next startup breeding ground. Read more

Start-Up@Singapore 2008 CEO Unplugged

“Whatever you are now does not matter, it is where you are in the future.” – Mr. Adam Khoo Co-organised by three independent pillars of the National University of Singapore (NUS), namely the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, the NUS Business School Alumni Association and the NUS Entrepreneurship Society (NES), CEO Unplugged promised yet another enterprising event for all budding entrepreneurs. This year, it took place at the NUS Business School’s Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, from 6.30p.m. to 8.30p.m. Read more

Start-Up@Singapore 2008 Official Launch

“Don’t stop where you are… grow over each other.” – Mr. Michael Yap. Start –Up@Singapore 2008, a highly-coveted business plan competition is heading into its 9th year with a blast. The Official Launch was held at Singtel hello! Comcentre near Somerset MRT. This officially marks the start of a new year with new goals and peaks to be met for both the organizing committee, as well as the many budding entrepreneurs who will be participating this year. Gracing the Official Launch was Mr. Michael Yap, Deputy CEO of the Media Development Authority (MDA) and Executive Director of the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) R&D Programme Office. Read more

In Conversation with Vinod Nair, HomeSpace.sg

Perhaps HomeSpace.sg has chosen a good time to launch their online real estate site with all the real estate fervour in Singapore. Here, we catch Vinod Nair, founder and CEO of HomeSpace for an interview. He brings us his story of this young startup. Read more

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