Singapore Entrepreneurs

In my personal blog, I recently talked about the impact of the current credit crunch on fundraising and how entrepreneurs need to throw away their textbook methods in growth strategies to navigate out of this crisis. Here are some thoughts on how the contracted liquidity in the market will create new challenges for the entrepreneur. [ Read More ]

After having put forth his case for a market gap in the hotels vertical, resident contributor Ian Timothy delves deeper into this vertical and offers a more targeted analysis as to how to make a web 2.0 Singapore hotels search site work.
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Recently, Ian Timothy wrote an analysis of a gap in market need which current solutions have failed to provide for: online search for hotel accommodation in Singapore. Inspired by that entry, our other resident contributor, Der Shing, offers some interesting questions on how the metasearch framework can be extended to online advertising as a whole. [ Read More ]

Resident contributor Ian Timothy returns with an analysis of a gap in market need which current solutions have failed to provide for: online search for hotel accommodation in Singapore. Singaporeans may not feel the pain, but our many tourists do. Eager entrepreneurs searching for an idea, take up Ian’s suggestion?
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There has been a lot of activity in the online world from SPH, who recently started Mocca (an EBay clone) and ST701 (a search engine clone). Our resident contributor, Der Shing, one of our resident contributors and co-founder of JobsFactory, provides an overview about how the online classified battles are heating up in Singapore. [ Read More ]

In the Web 2.0 sphere, most people talk about the need to create, maintain and sustain their communities before even thinking about revenue models for their own sites, for example, online social network sites. SG Entrepreneurs is pleased to welcome a new resident contributor, Ian Timothy (with his blog On the Red Dot), to kick off his first article on the buzzword “community” and tells us why it is being overused. [ Read More ]

Here is the continuation for the 2nd part of my talk which I gave in the Gananan Forum tonight. You have heard about how different forces have catalyzed the 2nd internet revolution with the development of AJAX, LAMP, Ruby on Rails & etc. In the 2nd part, I will offer my perspective where web 2.0 and 2nd Life are situated on the Gartner’s Hype Cycle in the technology business landscape. [ Read More ]

In a talk that I am about to give on this coming Tuesday in the Gananan Forum, I will be talking about how the business landscape has changed with a set of new paradigms, particularly with the emergence of web 2.0 and virtual worlds. But where are we really in terms of the business landscape. In part I, I will briefly talk about the forces at work. [ Read More ]

Finally, Christopher Ng Wai Chung, the author of “Growing your tree of prosperity” has now released his second book “Harvesting the Seeds of Prosperity”. This book can now be found on sale at the World Book Fair’s Marketasia stall in Suntec City at about $22.90. In a special tribute, he has decided to spoil part of his latest book “Harvesting the Seeds of Prosperity” in the most intelligent Singaporean blogs in cyberspace. The book details his manifesto in reaching a state of Financial Nirvana, the ability to live within one’s investment income while still keeping day job to grow his portfolio even bigger. In this special post, he will share excerpts from his book, centering on the notion of human capital. [ Read More ]

Some web 2.0 start-ups, for example, Del.icio.us and Flickr started off as hobbies before the founders decided that it was time to commercialize them. Our resident contributor, Der Shing, one of our resident contributors and a local entrepreneur, provides some perspective on when it is time to call something a business with a recent email discussion with an NTU TIP alumnus. [ Read More ]