Interview With Irene Ang, Founder and CEO of Fly Entertainment

Tucked away in a nondescript industrial building along Henderson Road is the headquarters of Singapore’s first artiste management agency Fly Entertainment. Initially surprised that an agency for stars like Allan Wu and Beatrice Chia-Richmond was housed in such an unassuming location, this interviewer’s feeling of disbelief eroded when talking to Fly Entertainment’s Founder and CEO Irene Ang. The office’s understatement is an extension of Irene Ang’s down-to-earth nature, one that belies the business savviness of the entrepreneur Irene Ang in, what is arguably, the, if not one of the, most cutthroat industries in Singapore.

Irene is probably most recognizable as Rosie Phua, the wife of Singapore’s most beloved ah-beng Phua Chu Kang. As she would tell it, the role was one that she stumbled into – while still an insurance agent, Irene had been working as the ‘warm-up’ for the show ‘Under One Roof’ when she was spotted and asked to audition for the titular role.

It might seem strange that an insurance agent who entered into the entertainment industry just to meet more people (and hopefully sell more policies) was able to attain considerable achievements as an actress, but those beginnings reveal the secret recipe to Irene’s success in life – set a goal, have faith that it can be reached, pursue the goal with gusto, execute with a focus on being excellent, slam into walls, learn and do it all again. Read more

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Fly Entertainment’s ‘THE FLY10 BOOK’ Launch

Growing up with weekly episodes of Phua Chu Kang was definitely one of the highlights of the last century. Irene Ang, who starred as the irrepressible Rosie, is more than an accomplished actress as evidenced by the success she achieved with the show; she is also an entrepreneur that created an artiste management company that is the ‘Best in Singapore, JB, and some say Batam,’ and also possibly even Thailand. Read more

Interview with Yong Ming Guang – CEO of Socialwok

Socialwok, which is developed by a team led by CEO Yong Ming Guang, aims to provides enterprises the same communication tools that Internet users have become comfortable with when connecting with friends and family. A video overview of SocialWok can be found here. Ming shares with us how SocialWok can benefit businesses, employees and developers below. Read more

eJAMMING AUDiiO – Collaborative Network For Musicians

eJAMMING AUDiiO is a platform that connects musicians and their friends so they can create, play and record together LIVE, in real time, over the Internet with minimal latency — no matter where in the world they are. Read more

Interview With Benjamin Scherrey – Chief Systems Architect of Proteus Technologies

Benjamin Scherrey and his team were responsible for the kick-ass presentation of eJAMMING AUDiiO, a collaborative platform for creating music. We interview Benjamin about eJAMMING, his company Proteus Technologies and software development. Read more

sgBEAT – Singapore’s Twitter Clone

You know your site has made it when someone wants to clone it (actually, your site really has made it when Oprah talks about it). sgBEAT is Singapore’s bona fide Twitter clone. Read more

ShopParadiso – A Site To Help You Shop Better

ShopParadiso is a price comparison shopping search engine and local retail store deals and vouchers aggregator.

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Find It, Find Out – Reviews For Food and Art Performances

FIFO (an acronym for Find it, Find out) was “started by a group of friends who wanted a resource to help them make their lives easier by finding the perfect place to eat within seconds, to knowing what’s going on out there in Singapore.” Read more

Does Your Business Pass The PIS$ Test?

Does your business pass the PIS$ test? This was the question posed by an entrepreneur from MACRI (i.e. Malaysian Association of Creativity & Innovation) at the recent barcampKL when sharing about Malaysia’s Cradle Investment Programme.

So what is the PIS$ test? PIS$ is an acronym for the 4 key criteria used in evaluating a business. Read more

Was It As Good For You As It Was For Me

Last night, the kind folks from Ogilvy PR’s 360 Digital Influence Team ( or what I would like to call, the trifecta of awesomeness ) hosted an educational event for a group of bloggers.

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