SGEntrepreneurs » Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com Get to know Asia. The Singapore entrepreneurship scene. Tue, 22 May 2012 12:46:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Get to know Asia. The Singapore entrepreneurship scene. SGEntrepreneurs no Get to know Asia. The Singapore entrepreneurship scene. SGEntrepreneurs » Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://sgentrepreneurs.com Feet massages, pizzas, drinks, gorgeous views at Walkabout Pre-Party http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/05/10/feet-massages-pizzas-drinks-gorgeous-views-at-walkabout-pre-party/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feet-massages-pizzas-drinks-gorgeous-views-at-walkabout-pre-party http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/05/10/feet-massages-pizzas-drinks-gorgeous-views-at-walkabout-pre-party/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 07:33:32 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=37498 It’s finally happening tomorrow! Walkabout Singapore is a full-day open house of technology companies in Singapore. We at SGE will also be joining in to open our doors as part of Walkabout and hosting the PRE-PARTY at our rooftop!

After one whole day of walking around Singapore, come by 42 South Bridge Road and head straight up to the roof where we will have blind foot masseuses from the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) present. They will be available to give 20-min feet massages for S$12 each session.

I used to volunteer for SAVH so having the opportunity to work with them again is something I appreciate. Thanks to my friend Kelly Choo of Brandtology for giving me the idea in the first place!

Also big thanks to the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) for kindly sponsoring our pizzas and drinks.

See you tomorrow, Friday May 11th from 5-7pm at Rooftop, 42 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058676.

Then we will all head to the Walkabout Afterparty at Helipad (see map), which is a 5-min walk away. Looking forward to have you join the SGE team tomorrow as we celebrate Singapore’s tech companies.


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]]> http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/05/10/feet-massages-pizzas-drinks-gorgeous-views-at-walkabout-pre-party/feed/ 0 Chillin’ With TechTalks.ph in Cebu http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/04/12/chillin-with-techtalks-ph-in-cebu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chillin-with-techtalks-ph-in-cebu http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/04/12/chillin-with-techtalks-ph-in-cebu/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:24:24 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=36306 Terence and I are in Cebu for the ON3 pitching competition and we are gonna chill with some founders and developers here as part of a TechTalks.ph meetup. Join us at Giligan’s, 3rd Floor, The Terraces, Ayala Center Cebu.

To get more information about the event tonight, check out the event page here.

The Chillin’ With session is tonight 12th April 2012 in Cebu.  Do join us!

 

]]> http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/04/12/chillin-with-techtalks-ph-in-cebu/feed/ 0 [VIDEO] Marc Co-founder of Tudou advises foreign entrepreneurs entering Asia http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/27/video-marc-co-founder-of-tudou-advises-foreign-entrepreneurs-entering-asia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-marc-co-founder-of-tudou-advises-foreign-entrepreneurs-entering-asia http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/27/video-marc-co-founder-of-tudou-advises-foreign-entrepreneurs-entering-asia/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:33:07 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=35678 So, a few videos interviews I did at DEMO Asia 2012 two weeks ago mysteriously disappeared and now have reappeared on my (i)phone. This short interview with Marc van der Chijs, Dutch founder of Chinese video-sharing site, Tudou, is thus a bit delayed but nevertheless still relevant.

In here, he talks about the diversity of ideas but yet how some of the companies he saw at DEMO Asia — a launchpad for emerging technology – had small visions, but “it’s okay, you can start with a small vision but still build it up to a bigger company eventually”.

Watch out also for his advice to foreign entrepreneurs trying to enter Asia.

Check out the rest of the “quick and dirty” video interviews Kristine and I did with companies and investors at DEMO Asia: here, here, here (with investors), there and there (with investors Vinnie Lauria and Jeff Clavier).

]]> http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/27/video-marc-co-founder-of-tudou-advises-foreign-entrepreneurs-entering-asia/feed/ 0 Quick and Dirty with investors Vinnie Lauria and Jeff Clavier http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/13/quick-and-dirty-with-investors-vinnie-lauria-and-jeff-clavier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quick-and-dirty-with-investors-vinnie-lauria-and-jeff-clavier http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/13/quick-and-dirty-with-investors-vinnie-lauria-and-jeff-clavier/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:29:10 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=35093 Okay, this is a bit overdue (my apologies) but this is the last bunch of quick and dirty videos done at DEMO Asia 2012 (part 1, 2, 3 (with investors), 4). Kristine and I interviewed two more investors, Vinnie Lauria of Golden Gate VC (read our piece on their launch) and Jeff Clavier of SoftTech VC.


Kristine with Vinnie Lauria of Golden Gate Ventures. (Disclaimer: Kristine and Vinnie are wife and husband!)


Gwen with Jeff Clavier of SofTech VC.

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Gwen with Amit Anand from Jungle Ventures (Singapore and India-based)


Gwen with Jackson Chan from DMGT International (Hong Kong-based)


Gwen with Antonny Liem from Merah Putih (Indonesia)


Gwen with Arnon Kohavi of Yarden VC (Israel, Silicon Valley)

]]> http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/06/quick-and-dirty-video-interviews-with-investors-at-demo-asia/feed/ 0 More on the ground VIDEO interviews at DEMO Asia http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/02/more-on-the-ground-video-interviews-at-demo-asia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-on-the-ground-video-interviews-at-demo-asia http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/02/more-on-the-ground-video-interviews-at-demo-asia/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:21:19 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=34592 Again, more video interviews with attendees and teams that launched at DEMO Asia!


Gwen with Roshni Mahtani of TheAsianParent


Gwen with Shivanu Shukla of Teamie


Gwen with Keeran Janin of MeSixty

]]> http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/02/more-on-the-ground-video-interviews-at-demo-asia/feed/ 0 Quick and Dirty – short video interviews at DEMO Asia http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/02/quick-and-dirty-short-video-interviews-at-demo-asia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quick-and-dirty-short-video-interviews-at-demo-asia http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/02/quick-and-dirty-short-video-interviews-at-demo-asia/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:45:12 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=34197 Most are short, some are long. But we always aim to have them do the job: entice and titillate.

Videos, of course.

Kristine and Gwen went around DEMO Asia to do some video interviews with participants (startups and investors) and speakers/panelists. Check them out:


Kristine with Squiryl


Kristine with Hoiio


Kristine with Pigeonhole


Kristine with Burpple


Gwen with Adeo Ressi

More in our quick and dirty series here, here, here and there.

]]> http://sgentrepreneurs.com/media/2012/03/02/quick-and-dirty-short-video-interviews-at-demo-asia/feed/ 0 Unofficial DEMO Asia Finale Party (2nd March): Chillin’ With media, investors, startups (Public) http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/03/01/unofficial-demo-asia-finale-party-2nd-march-chillin-with-media-investors-startups-public/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unofficial-demo-asia-finale-party-2nd-march-chillin-with-media-investors-startups-public http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/03/01/unofficial-demo-asia-finale-party-2nd-march-chillin-with-media-investors-startups-public/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:15:50 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=33923 The party will go on. Join us for an unofficial finale party to celebrate the Asia’s largest startup event, DEMO Asia 2012. Open to all: attendees and non-attendees alike, we’ll bring the party from Matrix @ Biopolis to 70th Floor, New Asia Bar, Swissotel Stamford @ City Hall (2 Stamford Road).

(The view’s awesome.)

Important Details:
Date: Friday 2nd March, 9pm.
Dress code: Smart casual. No slippers, no 3/4 pants.
To get entry, quote: “DEMO Asia Guest List”

Directions from DEMO Asia’s venue to Swissotel.

Please help us by registering here so we can cater for logistics.

I would like to give a big shout out and thank you to my friend Hazel of Hazel’s Guestlist for making this happen! Join the Facebook group for “weekly party perks in some of the flyest clubs in town”.

SGE is proud to be the Official Online Media Partner, DEMO Asia 2012.

]]> http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/03/01/unofficial-demo-asia-finale-party-2nd-march-chillin-with-media-investors-startups-public/feed/ 0 Live blog: Panel on investing in Asia http://sgentrepreneurs.com/commentary/2012/03/01/panel-on-investing-in-asia-live-blog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=panel-on-investing-in-asia-live-blog http://sgentrepreneurs.com/commentary/2012/03/01/panel-on-investing-in-asia-live-blog/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:20:30 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=33529

Kicking off DEMO Asia is a panel discussion featuring Dr Ni Zhengdong, founder of China’s leading venture capitalist web portal Zero2IPO, Marc van der Chijs, founder of Tudou.com, China’s version of YouTube, and Antonny Liem, CEO of Merah Putih Inc, Indonesia’s first tech startup incubator. The discussion will be moderated by Prof Wong Poh Kam of the National University of Singapore Entrepreneurship Centre.

Live blog:

10.18

The panel has ended!

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10.18

Marc says: people thought I was crazy. So his advice is to just do it.

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10.17

Prof Wong asks the panelists if they have advice for startups.

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10.17

Antonny: Mobile and social commerce.

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Indonesia economy, more and more people buying online. Number 2 or 3 on Facebook and Twitter. Indonesia is very social.

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10.16

Antonny: ecommerce is growing very fast. but as a startup, you can’t really start it. you need a whole bunch of investment.

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10.13

Marc is starting a few other stuff after Tudou. Marc invests in mobile technologies. Chipsets are much cheaper.

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Thai van linh: Vietnam, key opportunities: manufacturing. One of the biggest growth areas. Lost of MNCs have demand for that.

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10.09

Dr Ni: Social commerce. he talks about Thirsty Marks

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10.07

Prof Wong asks panel members about trends in markets. What are the biggest opportunities in startups in China. Dr Ni starts.

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10.06

Antonny: He talks about one of his portfolio company, Kaskus. And his incubator, Merah Putih.

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10.06

Antonny: He is talking about his team’s background in advertising. And how there wasn’t much there in Indonesia back then, a few years ago.

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10.05

Prof Wong is asking Antonny why he launched the first startup incubator for mobile and internet companies.

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10.04

(1) Talent is present. And relatively inexpensive. (2) Proximity. You can easily integrate your Vietnam team into your homebase.

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10.03

Thai van linh: consider lowering your development costs. Vietnam has the solution that you’re looking for. 3 Reasons why Vietnam is a good place to outsource your development.

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10.02

Thai van Linh of DFJ VinaCapital speaking. She is talking about the variables of the demise of a startup. Cash management is one of the most difficult things a company faces.

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09.59

Dr Ni: Entrepreneurship is growing in China.

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09.59

Dr Ni: We have 6000 VCs in China.

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09.57

Prof Wong is introducing Dr Ni.

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09.56

Marc: Do it really because you like what you do.

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09.56

Marc: Competition gets harsh. China is a very difficult market.

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09.55

Prof Wong the moderator starts the session. Marc says one needs a local network, regarding investing in Asia.

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09.53

The panel is starting. The panelists are coming up on stage now.

]]> http://sgentrepreneurs.com/commentary/2012/03/01/panel-on-investing-in-asia-live-blog/feed/ 0 Unofficial DEMO Asia Day 1 Drinks (1st March): Chillin’ With media, investors, startups (Badge-only) http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/02/29/unofficial-demo-asia-day-1-drinks-chillin-with-media-investors-startups-badge-only/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unofficial-demo-asia-day-1-drinks-chillin-with-media-investors-startups-badge-only http://sgentrepreneurs.com/events/2012/02/29/unofficial-demo-asia-day-1-drinks-chillin-with-media-investors-startups-badge-only/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:55:04 +0000 Gwendolyn Regina T http://sgentrepreneurs.com/?p=33634 The unofficial informal drinks session after day one (tomorrow THURSDAY 1st March) of DEMO Asia 2012. Only open to attendees of DEMO Asia. We will be meeting at Krish: 9 Rochester Park. It’s a 10-minute walk from Matrix@Biopolis. Directions here. We are happy to have Krish extend their Happy Hour till 10pm for us. Beers only! Please help us by registering here so we can cater for logistics! (I would like to thank Chengxi of RGS Connect and TranscribeMe for helping make this happen!)

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