Singapore Entrepreneurs

There is perhaps still a prevalent white superiority complex in the world: more prominent in developing nations, less perhaps in Singapore, but arguably still very much in existent in a developed country like ours - even if Singaporeans/Chinese/Japanese/Asians have proven themselves to be comparable if not better than the West in certain technological areas which are usually considered to be the benchmark of superiority. Why then, do we still retain a certain feeling of being inferior to the West? Resident contributor, whysgentrepreneurssuck speaks about (our) the tendency to look up to the West, perhaps much more than we should. [ Read More ]

Did you know that Singapore has approximately 130,000 SMEs? Resident contributor, whysgentrepreneurssuck looks at the significance of the small-medium enterprises in Singapore to her economy. [ Read More ]

What should come first, a good venture capital scene ready to fund risky new ventures or an entrepreneur who can do a million dollar venture by bootstrapping rather than raising funds? Our resident contributor, whysgentrepreneurssuck, offers some perspective on how entrepreneurs need to break free of the naysayers and cynics in order to be ready for the start of a great enterprise.

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Are Singaporeans getting hitched too young deterring entrepreneurship from happening in Singapore? Our resident contributor, whysgentrepreneurssuck, sets off an argument to explain why our males and females are reluctant to take the plunge as entrepreneurs, given their tendency to get hitched too early and their high adversity to risk.

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Can Singapore produce a world-class startup? Our newly minted resident contributor, whysgentrepreneurssuck, expounds on the lacklustre venture capital industry in Singapore and how we are doing it all wrong in our quest to fund the next big thing.

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