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January 31, 2012 by Terence LEE
As a student, I used to remember visiting places like the Singapore Science Centre where I would be given worksheets to do as part of a learning trail.
Many of us would scarcely bother with the worksheets — since filling in the blanks wasn’t exactly our idea of fun. Read more
January 31, 2012 by Terence LEE
A part of entrepreneurship is about contributing to society in a meaningful way — but these 30 entrepreneurs took time off from their busy schedules to do things a little differently — by organizing and performing in a charity concert.
The Meet the Entrepreneurs Charity Concert 2012, billed as the first of its kind in Singapore, took place on 16th January at the Serangoon Gardens Country Club. Read more
January 30, 2012 by Guest Contributor
A client approached us recently to help sell his business. He designs, manufactures and sells designer greeting cards.
He has run the company for a few years and found it difficult to run multiple companies, so he has decided to sell one and focus on running the other.
He approached us for advice on how to sell his company and value his business. To begin, we collected a few facts so we could get a sense of what kind of business we are selling. Read more
January 30, 2012 by Terence LEE
The Philippine government’s Trade department has launched on 27th January a “one-stop” registration center for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Called the Philippine Business Registry, the center was opened at the department’s Metro Manila office with more branches on the way in March. Read more
January 28, 2012 by SGE
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
January 28, 2012 by Terence LEE
Globally, PayPal is the dominant online payment solution. Often, you aren’t an online merchant if you don’t have an option for users to pay for your goods via PayPal.
But in Asia, PayPal’s not the only kid in the online payment neighborhood. In fact, over the years, numerous alternatives have sprung up in the region, sometimes even beating the payment giant in market share in their respective countries. Some countries don’t even offer PayPal.
In emerging markets, ubiquitous Internet services are not always readily available, which means over-the-counter payment remains popular in those places.
So, if you’re an entrepreneur keen on regional or global expansion, understanding the market and the key players is an important first step. To help you, we’ve compiled this constantly-updated list to keep you abreast of the latest developments in Asia. Read more
January 27, 2012 by Egi SEPTIADI
Starting tomorrow, there will be series of Toad Talks from the mentors of JFDI Asia. Ari Klinger of Right Click Capital, Melisa Clarke-Reynolds of Minimonos, and Scott Rafer of Lumatic are the speakers for the talks. Their background details can be viewed here.
Event Details
When: Saturday, 28th January 2012
Time: 5pm-7pm
Where: Hackerspace.sg, 70A Bussorah Street, Singapore 199483 (Map)
RSVP to erin@jfdi.asia
Event Details
When: Tuesday, 31st January 2012
Time: 7pm-9pm
Where: Plug-in@Block71, 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent #02-22, Singapore 139951 (Map)
RSVP to erin@jfdi.asia
Event Details
When: Wednesday, 1st February 2012
Time: 7pm-9pm
Where: Plug-in@Block71, 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent #02-22, Singapore 139951 (Map)
RSVP to erin@jfdi.asia
January 27, 2012 by Bernard Leong
Facebook is the ultimate acqhire company.
Acqhire is the new buzzword referring to an exit strategy when big tech companies purchase small companies, primarily as a talent recruitment strategy, sometimes with a significant signing bonus.
So far, to the best of my knowledge, it only happens in the US.
Facebook is probably the most well-known company involved in such takeover types. It started with several companies: Friendfeed, Beluga and most recently, Gowalla. Several investors (or tech pundits) for example, Mike Arrington & Jason Calacanis have provided their perspectives on the acqhire issue specifically on the Gowalla case. Hence I thought it might be interesting topic to examine in Asia.
In my own humble opinion, I don’t think that it will ever happen for tech companies in Asia and here are several reasons why:
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January 26, 2012 by Egi SEPTIADI
For their 54th ACE BlueSky Exchange, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) will have a talk entitled “How IT can improve your bottom line”. The operator of Genki Sushi will share on how to use technology to differentiate itself in a highly competitive market while improving productivity. On top of it, there will be another topic on Leveraging Infocomm for Business Productivity & Growth, which talks about how businesses can make their first-step towards innovative IT usage.
Event Details
When: Thursday, 9th February 2012
Time: 7pm-9pm
Where: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, 392 Havelock Road, Singapore 169663 (Map)
Fee: S$20
Register here.
January 26, 2012 by Egi SEPTIADI
Prior to the executive summary submission deadline of ideas.inc on 14th February, there will be two workshops that will be held this weekend. Anand Govindaluri of Exploit Technologies will give an Executive Summary workshop, while Jack Sim of World Toilet Organization will give a Developing Businesses for the Base of Pyramid workshop.
Event Details
When: Saturday, 28th January 2012
Time: 10am-6pm
Where: Microsoft Singapore, 1 Marina Blvd, Singapore 018989 (Map)
Register here.
Event Details
When: Sunday, 29th January 2012
Time: 930am-530pm
Where: Singapore Management University, Administration Building Function Room 6.1, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065 (Map)
Register here.
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