How to write an executive summary in 24 hours

S@S logo 2009 JPG We present the slides for the talk in Start-Up@Singapore on the topic “How to write an executive in 24 hours”. It provides a comprehensive guide with examples to how one can write a 2-5 pages executive summary: (a) introduction, (b) problem/opportunity, (c) technology/service/product, (d) team, (e) route to market, (f) business strategies, (g) financials and (h) exit strategy. Read more

The 24 Hour Biz Plan Challenge and Executive Summary Deadline

S@SIf you want to challenge yourself to create a totally new product idea, write an executive summary AND refine your pitch enough to present to a panel of unforgiving judges, check out Start-Up@Singapore’s inaugural 24 Hour Biz Plan Challenge. Read more

Entrepreneurs Unplugged – 16 Nov

Hear from the Founder and President of 77th Street, Elim Chew; Founder and Managing Director of HungryGoWhere.sg, Dennis Goh; and the Founder and CEO of Plug and Play Tech Centre in Silicon Valley, Saeed Amidi. The session will be moderated by another young entrepreneur, Alvin Yap, Founder of TheMobileGamer (9th S@S Youth Category Winner). Find out how they came to establish themselves and their causes! Read more

Congratulations – Winners Of Start-Up@Singapore 2009

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After 3 intense rounds of judging over a period of 8 months, the winners of Start-Up@Singapore 2009 were revealed at the Awards Ceremony on 30 May 2009.

Open Category winner, Zimplistic with their winning invention of the Rotimatic walked away with $40,000. Winner of the Youth Category, E-Thermnity won $10,000 with their baby milk bottle that changes colour according to the temperature of their content. Read more

Finalists of Start-Up@Singapore 2009

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Out of 940 teams, 12 remain. These final 12 will battle it out during the finals this Saturday in the General and Youth categories for S$40,000 and S$10,000 respectively.

If you’re keen to monitor your heartbeat through your mobile phone or want a automated roti-maker to rival your rice cooker, check out the upcoming Start-Up@Singapore 2009 Finals and Awards Ceremony. Read more

Start-Up@Singapore 2009: Awards Ceremony – 30 May

Calling all enterprising students, aspiring entrepreneurs, curious onlookers and anyone else who wants to turn his or her ideas into the next big thing. The much-awaited Start-Up@Singapore 2009 Awards Ceremony is finally here!

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Putting The ‘Ethics’ In ‘Business’

Start-Up@Singapore put together for the first time the Social Enterprise Challenge competition and panel discussion session.

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Event: Social Enterprise Challenge Panel Discussion – 14 May 09

Social Enterprise Panel

Always wanted to help society or contribute in some way but didn’t know how? Learn from the leaders themselves at the S@S Social Enterprise Challenge Panel Discussion! Read more

Start-Up@Singapore 2009 – Extension: Exec Summary Deadline 6 Feb 2009

Extension- Exec Summary Deadline

EXTENSION: Executive Summary Deadline now 6 Feb 2009!

In the past few hours, our executive summary submissions have been rising exponentially and we have received many requests to extend the submission deadline. In the interests of creating more opportunities for everyone, we have decided to extend our submission deadline to midnight (2359 hrs) of 6th February 2009 (Friday).

Teams that have already submitted their executive summaries may continue to edit and improve on their submissions during this period.

Participate in this enriching nation-wide business plan competition by submitting your 3-page Executive Summary! The Executive Summary, simplistically speaking, covers all the aspects related to your team’s business idea and its implementation.

More than S$200,000 worth of cash prizes are up for grabs! Winners also stand a chance to take part in other international competitions like the Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge and the Global Talentpreneur Innovation Competition. You will also have the opportunity to be among the 3 winners of the Media Development Authority-Interactive Digital Media (MDA-IDM) Special Category, standing the chance to win up to S$50,000 in grant money from MDA.

Take the first step today by visiting us at www.judging.startup.org.sg to register!

Can’t find team members? Make use of our team matching service!

For enquiries, please email us at info@startup.org.sg.

Best Regards,
The S@S’09 Team
Make Ideas Happen | www.startup.org.sg

About Start-Up@Singapore
Start-Up@Singapore is a nation-wide business plan competition organized by NUS Entrepreneurship Society and supported by the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre and NUS Business School Alumni Association. Over the past ten years, we have attracted over 6000 participants and 1700 teams to participate in the competition. Start-Up@Singapore has also evolved to be a beacon for start-ups on their road to success. Till date, we have spun off over 60 start-ups.

Start-Up@Singapore is actually more than just a competition. Because we believe that the process from idea to product is educational, we organize seminars, networking session and workshops to help aspiring entrepreneurs with anything and everything that they would need to write a good Business Plan.

Start-Up@Singapore happens in several phases. To take part in the first phase, participants would need to submit an Executive Summary, which should cover all aspects of the team’s business idea and implementation.

After the Executive Summaries are submitted, experienced judges are invited to evaluate them. If the judges collectively deem a team’s Executive Summary to be promising, the team will proceed to the 2nd phase of Start-Up@Singapore. In this phase, the team will be required to broaden the Executive Summary into a full-fledged Business Plan and pitch it to a panel of experienced judges.

The winning teams will get to take home a substantial cash prize that may help them to turn their winning ideas into a money-making reality. Wait no further, Join Us now!


Guidelines for format of Executive Summary

The competition recommends that you submit your executive summary according to the following guidelines, which can be found on Page 6 of the Official Contestant Kit:

* Up to 3 A4 pages
* 1 inch borders all round
* Times New Roman font
* Font size 12
* Single spacing
* Pictures optional
* No appendices
* Upload in PDF version
* The file name will be overwritten by the Online Judging System automatically.

On top of the 3 pages, you may also include an additional cover page indicating your team name.

After CEO Unplugged-Intrapreneurship at NUS Entrepreneurship Week

January 24, 2009 by Gwen  
Filed under Events, Start-Up@Singapore

Eweek - Intrapreneurship

Is Intrapreneurship an oxymoron? Can one apply entrepreneurial skills within the confines of a large organization? CEO Unplugged allowed us to gain an insight into the minds of Mr Michael Yap (Deputy CEO, MDA), Mr Richard Eu (Group CEO, Eu Yan Sang International Ltd) and moderator Prof Wong Poh Kam (NUS and BAF Spectrum) and hear their thoughts on intrapreneurship. Read more

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