February 27, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
An exclusive 3-hour workshop with internationally renowned entrepreneur, fund raiser and Silicon Valley mentor capitalist, Margarita Quihuis. You will learn how Astia (formerly known as Women Technology Cluster) raised US$65 million for women-led startups and receive direct insight, advice and techniques to turn your idea into a successful and well-funded business enterprise. Read more
February 27, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
Three world-renowned, award-winning social entrepreneurs from different corners of the world will share their experience and provide insight and direct advice on how to generate social change through successful business initatives in Silicon Valley, Asia and Latin America. You will learn how to create successful strategies, pitch your ideas to investors and engaged th masses for crodsourcing, crowdfunding and real social impact while turning in a profit and generating wealth for local communities and reaching global markets. Read more
February 26, 2011 by Lisa-Ann LEE
Who doesn’t love a good deal, even when it involves a spa session we didn’t know we wanted? Thanks to the proliferation of group buying sites, bargain-hunters no longer have to wait for special holiday promotions or end-of-season sales to snap up a good deal. All they have to do is check their e-mail.
Sounds great, right? Well, not really, say critics who are concerned about whether merchants can turn a profit using the group buying business model. As recent reports in the US and Japan have shown, being the hot ticket of the moment isn’t always a good thing. The sudden surge in demand can sometimes be overwhelming for merchants, resulting in unhappy customers and employees.
In Singapore, DEAL.com.sg felt the heat from angry customers recently when a 4D/3N Bangkok travel deal ended up offering less than what was promised. Read more
February 26, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
Organised by IDA & IE in partnership with New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC), you are invited to join us at the World to NYC Outreach event. We will have speakers from NYC EDC speaking about the infocomm opportunities and business ecosystem in New York. Read more
February 26, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. This upcoming event is called TEDxKRP, where x = independently organized TED event. At TEDxKRP, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. Join in for 13 mind blowing sessions about the power of local innovation and global entrepreneurship for social change. TEDxKRP aims to bring you the unique experience of 11 live speakers from Silicon Valley, Pakistan, Singapore, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean sharing their inspiring stories and projects changing the world at a local level with a global vision and impact. Plus, you will enjoy formal TED videos, a delicious dinner and a Taiji Ball performance at no cost. Read more
February 26, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
For a one-stop to all events related to or concerning entrepreneurship, certain industry-meets-business forums and seminars in Singapore, check out our Calendar. If not, you can also follow our bite-size updated posts for upcoming events for the week.
Events range from simple get-togethers to full-blown conferences. Get to meet fellow developers, entrepreneurs, startup CEOs & founders, and meet & learn from CEOs of established companies who have seen it all.
Our aim here at SGE is to make it easy for you to pick & choose from the event buffet. Enjoy.
Here are the events for this week. Events are mostly in Singapore (generally 30 minutes drive from anywhere), but we also include key events from around Southeast Asia and beyond. Read more
February 26, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
Vietnam has one of the fastest growing online population in the region, probably globally too. Vietnam is also seeing growth in IT companies exploring the local market and setting up offshoring centers. Vietnam-based entrepreneurs and technology event organizers Dang Hong Phuc and Mario Behling are visiting Singapore and will be talking about the startup and tech scene in VN and what opportunities there might be for collaboration (tech events, open source, women in IT etc.). Read more
February 26, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
At the next Drupal meetup, meet guest speaker, Matthias Vandermaesen. Matthais represents Krimson, a company that works on large Drupal projects within media, culture, non-profit etc. Employees of Krimson have submitted thousands of commits to about 30 Drupal modules. Read more
February 23, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
The newly launched NUS-GCL Initiative for Social Business (National University of Singapore-Grameen Creative Lab) will be kicking it off with a public keynote lecture by Mr. Hans Reitz, Founder and CEO of GCL on the morning of 16 March morning. Mr Reitz and his team will also be sharing GCL experiences to interested participants at the boot camp (16 March afternoon to 17 March 2011). Read more
February 23, 2011 by Gwendolyn Regina T
The Grameen Creative Lab (GCL) is dedicated to solving social problems by using business methods. It is a joint venture between Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus (founder of Grameen Bank) and serial entrepreneur Hans Reitz and run by a young team of top management consultants and corporate communications specialists. Read more
