Event: NLB Series Grow-It: Building A Sustainable Advantage

Start-Up@Singapore (S@S) and the National Library Board (NLB) are proud to present the NLB Series! Comprising 3 events for aspiring entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs-at-heart and supporters of entrepreneurship, this series aims to educate the general public through interactive and insightful events and seminars conducted by past winners and top performers in our yearly S@S business plan competitions.

NLB Series: Grow-It: Building A Sustainable Advantage Grow-It: Building A Sustainable Advantage is the 2nd event in our 3-part NLB Series. With thousands of new businesses emerging in Singapore every year, the key issue entrepreneurs have to consider is the consistent and stable growth of their businesses. In this 2nd event of the NLB Series, we aim to extricate possible growth strategies to consider. Our speakers will share more on how they have built a competitive advantage in their respective industries and maintained their market share. What determines a company’s continuous growth and sustainability? How does a company maintain an advantage amidst strong competition? Discover the answers to these questions and more by joining us at this exciting event brought to you by Start-Up@Singapore and the National Library Board.

• Date: 1 March 2008 (Saturday)
• Time: 10.00am to 12.00pm (Registration starts at 9.30am)
• Venue: Seminar Room Possibility, National Library Building, 100 Victoria Street Singapore 188064
• Admission: Free!
• RSVP: growit@startup.org.sg
• Attire: Smart Casual

Speaker’s Panel

Dr Martin Henz is an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore’s School of Computing since 1997. Besides teaching, he is also a Co-Founder, Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of FriarTuck, a company that develops, implements and support software solutions that for enterprises. Together with his student, Mr. Sevugan Alagappan, they took part in Start-Up@Singapore in 2002 and emerged as the overall Winner. Since then, the duo has set up FriarTuck and the company has been growing rapidly over the years. In fact, their software – FTStaffRosterer – a manpower-rostering program that creates automated schedules, was used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a team of 200 scientists on their high-profile mission to Mars. Friartuck has also branched out to other industries like education and healthcare. Their goal is to be the global leader in scheduling complex events.

Mr Prakash – the CEO of Yolk – wanted to be a fireman when he was young. Today, he somehow lives both dreams. From the daily fire fighting duties of running a dynamic interactive design agency and serving various clients ranging from bluechips to young start-ups to adopting two cats in the office and a cocker spaniel at home. Yolk was established on 11 September 2001 and, despite this time being a tough period to start a new business, they continued to pursue towards their dreams by keeping operating costs manageable and finding different means and ways to stay in business. Yolk’s entrepreneurial efforts were recognized and Yolk was titled one of 2005’s Spirit of Enterprise (SOE) Awardees. Prakash was also one of the four finalists in the 2006 Young Indian Entrepreneur of the Year awards. He has also been proudly dedicating himself to the ACE Speaker Circuit for the last three years, giving talks and speeches to mostly schools. Prakash believes in the power of dreaming and that everyone should live life to the fullest using the talents and gifts they have.

Ms Sharon Teo is the Co-Founder of Inspire-Tech, which provides consultancy and development of mobile applications on pocket PC wireless development, providing customised smart applications for mobile workers to retrieve and transmit data real-time on the move. Headquartered in Singapore and founded in 2000, Inspire-Tech gained the trust of global financial institutional clients in delivering comprehensive messaging solutions. As a Gold Certified partner, Inspire-Tech has demonstrated strong expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven the ability to leverage on the latest technology effectively to their clients’ benefits. Inspire-Tech’s flagship product, EasiSMS Enterprise Messaging Server and the business modules have been tested with SQL Server and Windows 2003 for compatibility.

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