For an indication of how developed a geek community, just ask if there is a HackerSpace around. That’s an observation made by Zane Kripe, a PhD student at Leiden University in the Netherlands, in an article for the International Institute for Asian Studies newsletter.
“HackerSpace requires substantial dedication and effort, and thus can be considered to indicate the existence of a more developed and substantial geek community,” she wrote, adding that Hackerspaces are gaining momentum in Southeast Asia. These spaces are distinct in that they are independent from the government and large corporations.
Within a year, four new establishments arose in Indonesia, and they are located in the cities of Bandung, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, and Medan. Jakarta is on track to have one too. Read more
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Ernst & Young Singapore Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the results of which were announced this week.
It also marks ten years since the Singapore government established an Economic Review Committee to fundamentally review the country’s development strategy, and formulate a blueprint for economic restructuring.
(Photo: The Parliament House. By Kojach)
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Filed under Featured, Funding, Special Commentary, Venture Capital & Private EquityTags: E27, economic review committee, erc, Ernst & Young Singapore Entrepreneur of the Year Award, INSEAD, NRF TIS, Singapore Government, Startup@Singapore
e27 will be hosting a special edition of Founders Drinks with Venture Capitalist Tim Draper.
Timothy C. Draper is the Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. His original suggestion to use “viral marketing” in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and YahooMail, and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique by hundreds of businesses. Read more
This month, Founders Drink will be back again in town. Focusing on social media with a specific look at user acquisition via social media, e27 is partnering with Penn Olson and Amazon Web Services. There will be some changes in the format of Founder Drinks. Instead of of the usual startup pitches, the organizer will increase engagement by having these startups do a five minute presentation on their product and also an issue that they are facing related to the focus of the night. The question and answer session will then engage the panel and also members of the audience to bounce ideas around. After the two case studies, the panel will then round up the evening by taking questions from the audience or sharing some key thoughts of their own.
Program Details
7pm–710pm Welcome/Opening speech by e27 & Penn Olson
710pm–725pm Opening speech by Amazon Web Services
725pm–740pm Case Study 1 (Qlubbr)
740pm–755pm Case Study 2 (Gastro Couture)
755pm–815pm Panel Roundup
815pm–900pm Networking
Event Details
When: Wed, Aug 31
Time: 7pm-9pm
Where: Amazon Web Services, Capital Square, 23 Church Street, #10-01, 049481 Singapore (Map)
Register here.
Echelon 2011 aims to help Southeast Asia’s startups get discovered. The main event will be held in June in Singapore, but there will be two Satellite launchpads in Singapore and KL (Malaysia) will help filter the startups.
Echelon 2011 will be a two-day, double-track event with an expected attendance of more than 1,000 delegates; a demo pit of more than 40 startups and companies; and workshops and fringe events. Read more
Filed under EventsTags: 31Storey, Alphapod, Asia, CellKast, E27, Echelon, Feed George, FetchFans, FLOChip, Hong Kong startups, identifii, launch, LocoBuzz, Love Byte, Malaysia startups, MobileApps, Motif Channel, Philippines startups, PlayMoolah, Posttude, singapore startups, Soft Solvers, Spatial Ideas, Startups, Stylelogue, Taxizu, Tikam, WorkCrowd
This March meetup of Founders Drinks will see Pandamian (“The easiest way to publish a book online.”) and NewsAnchorMac (“An RSS reader that actually reads the news to you.”) present. Guest speaker is Meng Weng Wong. Wong is an active angel investor and a member of the board of directors of the Business Angel Network of South-East Asia. Wong is a principal at JFDI, an incubator that is part of the TechStars Network, he is also one of the directors at Hackerspace SG. Wong is also the co-founder of Pobox and Karmasphere. Read more
This February meetup of Founders Drinks will again have a short pitching session before the networking. The idea of adding this session is for entrepreneurs to gather honest feedback on their ideas. Read more
This new version of Founders Drinks will have a short pitching session before the networking. The idea of adding this session is for entrepreneurs to gather honest feedback on their ideas. Read more
It was as if Danny and Aen foound themselves caught in an explosion of hype and activity after their pitch at the Echelon 2010 StartUp Launch Pad.
Everyone wanted a piece of them – from panelist and Geeks On A Plane founder, Dave McClure, requesting that everyone give them a standing ovation to TechCrunch’s Dr. Serkan Toto tweeting about their “world class presentation”, foound seemed to be the name on everyone’s lips.
How did they manage to earn that standing ovation from one of the harshest panelist at the event? Read more
If you haven’t already purchased your ticket to Echelon 2010, one of the most happening web tech events in our local (and regional) web technology landscape, here is one major reason why you should: Geeks On A Plane (!!) are arriving for a 2 day stopover at our sunny shores for the event. 20 geeks have confirmed attendance. What’s more is that Singapore is their last stop for their Asian tour after China and Korea – this definitely ensures keen insight of the Asian market from these experienced entrepreneurs. Convinced already? Click here to register now.
Need more persuasion? Here are 5 other reasons why you should be stoked about Echelon 2010. Read more
