Starting Up Start-Ups @ Neoteny Conference

For those who have missed the Neoteny Conference earlier this month, you should check out this interesting panel entitled “Starting Up Start-Ups” moderated by Sean Bonner (Founder, Bode Media), together with Rob Mee (CEO, Pivotal Labs), Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang (Head Engineering, Chumby Industries), Joi Ito (CEO, Creative Commons) and Samir Patel (Co-Founder, SearchForce). There are some interesting insights shared during the panel and perhaps, it will be great to check out the video here: Read more

Sir Bob Geldof on The Power of The Individual

The recently concluded Youth Engagement Summit 2009 (YES2009) conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia brought together an impressive line-up of speakers. One of them was Sir Bob Geldof, best known as being the founder of Live Aid and Live 8. Read more

Do You Think Differently?

An old 1997 Apple ad from the Think Different campaign. Read more

How Do You Remove Empty Soapboxes?

A simple story of creativity has been going around and we thought it would be good to share with our readers. Read more

Entrepreneurs, please please please use your research skills

What is one of the important components in getting an expensive education in Singapore? Our contributor, Wong Meng Weng thinks that research skills are one of them and urges wannabe entrepreneurs to start exercising the skills which they learned from school. A Singaporean entrepreneur who has returned from Silicon Valley and now an angel investor within the community, Meng Weng hopes that his open letter will offer a guide to wanna-be entrepreneurs when they should set up a meeting with an investor. Read more

Entrepreneurs Can Change The World

An inspirational video by the team at Grasshopper. Read more

You never succeed with your First Startup?

A recent conversation with a starting out entrepreneur recently illustrates some prevailing attitudes of young entrepreneurs in Singapore. If you have found a start-up and it has a product which others might want, what’s the likely scenario for you? The first option is to maintain your position to move on with the product and company. The second option is to license the product to another company or other interested parties. Finally, the last option is to sell the company. So, what is the implication as to why most people don’t succeed with their first startup? Read more

Interesting Lessons from Stanford Entrepreneurship Podcast Series I

Lately I have spent some time to continue my learning by listening to podcast from the ITunes Stanford University. The series “Stanford Technology Ventures Program” and “Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs” will be of interest to those who want to know more about the trials and tribulations of both investors and entrepreneurs. I found some interesting lessons on customer service and what it means to be an entrepreneur from Tina Seelig (Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program) and Greg Ballard (Glu Mobile). Read more

An Opinion about Singaporean Business Culture

Sometime back, I was in Shanghai on a conference. During that trip, I asked a Singaporean friend (who has been working there for at least two years) to tell me more about the business culture and what are the rising industries there. He told me that the Singaporeans are better in the education sector as compared to the other sectors in Shanghai. In his opinion, Singaporean business men did not do so well against businesses from Hong Kong and Taiwan, particularly in the food and beverages industry. Read more

The Art Of The Start: Part 2

Continue resident contributor, Cobalt Paladin’s story of his take of the Art Of The Start: Part 1 with Part 2. He shares his personal experiences in trying to get customers near the beginning of his entrepreneurial venture. Read more

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