Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: End of 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for today:

If you want to know which web 2.0 companies have failed this year, TechCrunch has their list of companies for the year 2007 in Deadpool. You will also find their list of favourite articles and deals for the year as well. If this is not interesting, try this post from Valleywag who made predictions on what Google would be doing next year.

As we have heard a lot about the famous China internet entrepreneur, Jack Ma from various venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, here is a rare interview done in Inc.Com entittled, “How I Did It: Jack Ma, Alibaba.com“.

For the entrepreneurs, all of us should start planning for our next stage in 2008. John Nesheim offers some advice: SETTING YOUR PERSONAL GOALS 2008: Tips for entrepreneurs.

Start-Up@Singapore 2008 An Insider’s View of Silicon Valley

As the new year dawns, Start-Up@Singapore 2008 Invites you to… An Insider’s View of Silicon Valley. If you are interested to know more about the inner workings of Silicon Valley and why the place is booming with innovation and excitement, then this is the talk for you.
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2007

For your support and encouragement, the founders and the resident contributors thank all of you for a wonderful year of 2007. It is often at such times, we sit down and contemplate what we have done over the year and plan what is ahead. Our team wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and hope that the coming year will bring good fortune and health to all. We have also consolidated some greetings and thoughts from our team, fellow entrepreneurs, partners and those who have been contributing to our blog. Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 15 Dec 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for today:

In the world of online social networks, LinkedIn has opened up their platform to app developers (source: ZDNet). Of course, if you want a sense of the statistics dominating the online social networking market, check out The Promise of Social Network Advertising in e-Marketer. If you belong to the skeptic’s camp, you can read Molly Wood’s article on “Five reasons social networking doesn’t work”. Of course, elsewhere, Google has asked the other online social networks such as -LinkedIn, Friendster, and Bebo – Not to give up Open Social.

Locally, the 2nd Singapore PHP user group meeting happened last Wednesday. We highly recommend SimplyJean’s account of the event. If you want to hear some good and interesting tech news, do pop by the podcast of Tech65.

News Flash: JuJups.com mentioned on Wall Street Journal

JuJups.com: A week ago, JuJups.com, the world’s First 3D printing portal was launched. We have just heard from Sivam that the company has been mentioned in Wall Street Journal which discusses about the world of 3-D printing landscape. The mention of JuJups came in the following paragraph: “Meanwhile, in Singapore, a National University of Singapore spinoff called Genometri Pte. Ltd. this week is opening an online service for people to find and swap designs that can be 3-D printed.” We congratulate the team of JuJups for getting themselves on world news.

Live Blogging from PHP User Group Dec 2007 Meetup

We are now at the Singapore PHP User Group Dec 2007 meetup in NUS Extension. We are live-blogging and following the 2nd session of the PHP 101 track. The title of the talk is entitled “PHP and Zend Technologies in the Enterprise”. The speaker is Rama Yurindra from Zend Team Indonesia, who is here to share with us how Zend can adopt PHP for enterprise issues. Read more

Event: Singapore PHP Group – Dec 2007 Meet Up

After the first meetup in November 2007 in SMU and a business brunch event matching investors and programmers, the Singapore PHP group’s 2nd Meet Up in December will happen on 12 Dec 2007, 8pm in NUS Extension [9 Penang Road, #12-01, Park Mall - opposite Dhoby Ghaut MRT]. You can RSVP here if you have a facebook account. Read more

News Flash: JuJups.com, World’s First 3D printing portal launched

JuJups.com: The world’s first 3D design & print portal is a new generation 3-D design creation gateway that allows consumers to create their own 3D content has just been launched. Through JuJups, a worldwide community of users will come together to co-create, share, and co-produce designs – designs that can be realized as real-world products. Read more

Entrepreneur Reads for the Day: 5 Dec 2007

Here are some recommended entrepreneur reads for today:

How conservative should a CEO be? by John Nesheim tackles how one should juggle between idealism and realism for financial forecasts and other aspects of a company. We also recommend his earlier article about DO IT RIGHT: Execution with expertise is golden, as a lesson to those who have the vision but in any business today, execution is key for the management.

In the world of tech, Michael Arrington from TechCrunch wrote a preview on Google’s pre-launch of a new iPhone interface. AppleInsider talks about the coming Microsoft Office 2008 and looks at the comparison between Powerpoint and Keynote.

In Conversation with the co-founders of iHipo

Are you interested in the international jobs, internships and expatriate networking in a high quality level? iHipo is currently a Singaporean-based web 2.0 company specializing in the niche market of high quality global talent recruitment. As I am currently working with the founders of iHipo, I have decided to catch them to give an interview about how they started and what the road ahead is for them. Read more

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