The Singapore national competition of the Cleantech Open is organized by Energy Carta.
It is a non-profit organization founded by a team of young Singaporeans who are driven by a passion for clean technology, sustainable development, the environment, and a desire to invoke change through their actions.
The Cleantech Open is the world’s largest clean technology business competition. The competition hopes to attract the best clean technology ideas from around the world. Ideas can range from revolutionary ways to generate clean energy to better water filtration to ideas about how governmental policies around climate change can foster new businesses in one of the competition categories.
If your idea beats out the competition in your National Competition, you get to represent Singapore as a Global Ideas finalist at the annual Cleantech Open Awards Gala on November 17, 2010 in San Francisco. Read more
Recently, I wrote a post announcing that Facebook has set up an office in Singapore and shared about the jobs they were hiring for. A reader of SGEntrepreneurs wrote us an email pointing out an inconsistency in our treatment of job opportunities.
That is true. On hindsight, we should not have posted the job openings together with the news that Facebook was setting up an office here.
Facebook setting up shop in Singapore and hiring for jobs is indeed big news, news that leads to additional traffic for our site. However, since we have moved to a model where announcements for job opportunities for local startups are done in tandem with paid listings on the job board managed by us and promoted by our partners, this inconsistency with free publicity for jobs at Facebook is indeed glaring.
I have removed any mention of the current job opportunities offered in the post.
Moving forward, even though it will be big news when big boys like Facebook start a hiring spree in Singapore, we will not be covering it on SGE unless a paid listing is done on the job board like the rest of our local startups.
We have always been about building the local entrepreneurship community and promoting awareness of it. Important to achieving these goals is extending equal treatment to the local startups as well as to the bigger players.
I would like to thank our reader who cared enough to share with us his concerns.
Gwen
Launched just a few months ago by Chris McCann and Brendan McManus, the [Startup Digest] has grown from just 2 cities to over 32 and now has over 30K global subscribers! The [Startup Digest] is (usually) a weekly email digest of the best startup events in a city of your choice (you can also sign up for multiple cities), all delivered conveniently to your email inbox. For an example of a Digest, check out one of New York City’s.
Each city’s Digest is handpicked and curated by a member of that city’s startup community.
And…we are happy to announce that we will be curating the Singapore chapter of [Startup Digest]! Read more
I’m looking forward to this Wednesday because we at SGEntrepreneurs have teamed up with supperclub Singapore to get entrepreneurs like you In Bed With The Right Investor! Read more
Years come and go, holidays appear and disappear.
Much too fast, we fast forward and race out of our past.
What’s a little Christmas cheer on this 25th of December?
Linger a bit, let the holiday sit,
Thank the world for what you’ve got.
Partners, customers, family and friends,
Anchored you are in all our thoughts.
May this holidays bring you all that you need,
And nary what you want,
For we may sometimes be blind to all that is dear.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and to a Great New Year.
Image courtesy of milena mihaylova.
2009 has been an incredible year for the startup scene in Singapore. Despite the challenges of the painful global economic downturn, we’ve witnessed many of you grow from strength to strength and bringing much needed cheer and excitement to our community. Read more
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We would like to give a shout out to IKEA to thank them for featuring us as one of the business resources to check out for Singapore.
A new beginning. That’s what this 4th State of Our Site is about. The beautiful picture above signifies how I see SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) – as a seedling with much more room to sprout and bloom. Yes, we are 4 years old, but we are also very young in many other ways. Read more
Back in early February, SmartLoans told SGE that they would be launching its site up to the public within two weeks but only just recently kept that promise. This is April. Did this delay harm or help them? When entrepreneurs make known publicly of a release deadline, do you think they should keep to it? In this example, were you eagerly waiting for the launch of SmartLoans and was disappointed? Or did this wait enhance your excitement? We’re curious. Let us know! Read more
If you haven’t already guessed it, my appointment as Chief Editor of Malaysia Entrepreneurs was meant to be an April Fool’s joke. If my supposed free holiday and apartment weren’t big enough hints for you, I don’t know what else can be. (That’s why you should read the full post!) Read more
