Singapore Entrepreneurs

Want to meet like-minded people who are passionate about making a difference? Want to learn from respected and experienced community leaders and social entrepreneurs? SYINConnect is a one-day youth conference that connects participants to urgent social issues, and what people are doing about them in Singapore. Participants will get the opportunity to meet the community leaders making change in our society today, and build the skills, networks and confidence to be effective agents of change. [ Read More ]

Micro-loans from Singapore-based Remarkable Innovation will help entrepreneurs in the world’s poorest nations. SINGAPORE, June 13th, 2008 – Local technology advisory firm Remarkable Innovation is putting its reserve funds to good use by making loans to third-world entrepreneurs through visionary website Kiva.org. Endorsed by well-known figures including former US president Bill Clinton, Kiva allows “investors” to finance loans for people starting or expanding a business in the world’s poorest countries. [ Read More ]

For those who are interested in social entrepreneurship, here is a forum which will be happening this weekend. The title is Social Entrepreneurship Forum 2007: Making it Work in Asia. The event will be held on 31 March 2007, Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Theatre Level 3 from 9.00 am - 1.00 pm. Distinguished speakers include Chris Cusano (Ashoka) and Marie Lisa Dacanay (Asian Institute of Management). [ Read More ]

Always wanted to volunteer or explore social entrepreneurship but didn’t know where to start? The 2nd International Youth Volunteerism Summit next February will bring together thinkers and doers in the field of international volunteer work and entrepreneurship. What’s more, if you already have an idea in mind, submit a proposal and see it take off. [ Read More ]

Since Al Gore conceded the election to his opponent, he has embarked onto something different in his life. In the past few years, he contributed to a social enterprise project where he started from schools within the United States to the rest of the world, to talk about the issues of global warming and warn about the consequences if we do not have the political will to solve the problem. The movie “An Inconvenient Truth” (a book copy is available) presents the problem of global warming and he gives his perspective on how to resolve the issues. We present a review of the movie in this blog entry and provide some information about CO2 emissions in Singapore. [ Read More ]

In the past few years, a lot of emphasis have been placed on social entrepreneurship. Like the euphoria of business plan competitions, the Singaporean business community has jumped on the bandwagon to create an awareness in this new buzzword “social entrepreneurship”. Unfortunately, the notion of social enterprise has been marred by the NKF incident. In this article, I argue that a chasm exists for Singaporeans to adapt to this new concept and propose education as a solution to bridge the gap. [ Read More ]

Warren E. Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. plans to donate the bulk of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four other philanthropies starting in July. We review why this move offers a good lesson for any organizations from student enterprise to big MNCs. [ Read More ]

Contributed by BL

Sometime back when I was a JC student, I spent a period of time working as a volunteer. Unlike the students today, I don’t have to clock twenty hours of social service. That experience in social work shaped a lot of my views about life. [ Read More ]

In the Wikipedia entry, the term is defined:

Social entrepreneurship is about developing social innovation through entrepreneurial solutions. A social entrepreneur takes notice of a social problem or need, decides to passionately pursue it, creatively innovates new solutions and entrepreneurially addresses the issue through an organised ‘business plan’ approach, thus allowing the social entrepreneur to address the issue of sustainability of the social venture undertaken.
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