Breakfast Talk – Gov Assistance and Funding Options for Entrepreneurs in Singapore
December 14, 2009 by SGEntrepreneurs
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In this breakfast talk by the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, learn about the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Singapore.
The Talk
Almost a decade ago, the government of Singapore began to promote entrepreneurship by developing a comprehensive entrepreneurship ecosystem in Singapore.
Today it is well known that Singapore is the world’s easiest place to do business. However this is true not only for foreign MCNs setting foot in Asia, but also for smaller local or foreign companies, and entrepreneurs starting a business locally.
Financing the early stage of a venture, or simply transforming an idea into a real cash-earning and value-creating business, have always been and remain major issues for entrepreneurs. Then making a business financially sustainable on a long term basis is another critical challenge.
The present breakfast talk explores the current possibilities of Government Assistance and Funding Options for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Singapore.
After a summary of the main features of the entrepreneur ecosystem in Singapore; a review of the principal government agencies and other organizations; and an outline of their schemes and options; the participants will have the opportunity to address their questions to Prof. Wong Poh Kam, who will share with them its hands-on experience.
This Breakfast Talk is of interest to:
- Entrepreneurs, SMS or individuals intending to start a company in Singapore
- Any person interested in gaining a better understanding about how doing and developing business in Singapore, while leveraging on the schemes and options offered by the public and the private sectors (government agencies, incubators, business angels, etc.)
Speakers
Prof Wong Poh Kam holds joint Professorship appointments at the NUS Business School and LKY School of Public Policy.
He is one the leading personalities in the development of the ecosystem for entrepreneurs in Singapore.
During the last decade, he has participated to numerous committees and task forces for the government in Singapore, aiming at developing the entrepreneur spirit in Singapore. He has also assisted, with a hands-on approach, numerous entrepreneurs to develop their business in Singapore.
He has been the founding director of NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, where he oversees the expansion of entrepreneurship teaching at NUS as well as the nurturing of spin-offs by NUS professors and students through schemes like the NUS Incubator and NUS Venture Support seed funding schemes.
He also initiated the annual StartUp@Singapore national business plan competition in 1999. He was a co-founder of 3 companies in Malaysia before joining NUS, and has been active in angel investing in Singapore, Silicon Valley and China. His current angel investment portfolio in Singapore includes iWow (an Enterprise 50 winner), Globalroam (first company quoted on Singapore’s OTC market), and TenCubes (Red Herring Asia 100 winner).
He is also BANSEA’s founding chairman and founded BANSEA, the Business Angel Network (South East Asia) Ltd, in 2001. He holds BSc in Physics and EE, MSc in EE/Comp Sc, and PhD in Regional Policy, all from MIT, and was a Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley and visiting scholar at Stanford University.
Ms. Valerie Bonin is a graduate of ESSEC, a leading business school in France. Prior to starting her own company, Alpana Advisory Services Pte Ltd in Singapore in 2000, she has been working for about 15 years with various investment banks, in private equity, mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance and project finance departments, on transactions taking place in Western Europe, the US and South and Southeast Asia. She has been living and working in various places in Asia since 1995.
Since working in Singapore, Ms. Valerie Bonin has assisted several entrepreneurs and SMEs of French origin in setting up or developing their business in Singapore and in the region, while advising them about their optimum entry market strategy, their business model and funding/financing matters.
She is a French Trade Advisor and a member of the Singapore Venture Capital Association and of the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, 15th December 2009
Time: 820-10am
Venue: Traders Hotel, 1 Cuscaden Road, Function Room, Level 2/2A
Fees: $45 (FCSS or BANSEA Members), $65 (Non-Members)
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