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
Continuing our special interview series in conjunction with Echelon 2010, we interview Noah Kagan, co-founder of Gambit, and interestingly, the founder of the E27 in Silicon Valley. We chatted with him about the roots of E27 and how it was brought to Singapore via Bjorn and Justin Lee. The most exciting parts of the conversation with Noah are about his experiences with Mint (the TechCrunch 40 winner and subsequently acquired by Intuit), Facebook and Gambit, his thoughts about the upcoming panel on “Product Management 101 – What Makes a Product Manager Tick” in Echelon 2010 and how he come to start Gambit. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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The first of the special episodes, as TWIA is a supporting media partner for Echelon 2010, we bring together two special guests, Mohan Belani the lead organizer and his team from E27 Singapore who brings together the top web-tech startups within Asia to Singapore, and Guang Ming Yong, CEO of Social Wok to talk about the upcoming conference, the story of Social Wok and their experience from Unconference 2009 to TechCrunch 50. They also discuss their own thoughts on the topic of cloud computing. Update: Ming Yong, who is originally intended to be the moderator for the panel, “Changing Enterprise 2.0: Implications of Cloud Computing, Social and Web Services”, will not be able to attend. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs.
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If you looking to attend echelon 2010 this coming June, make sure you sign up by this Friday! Early bird registration closes then. Be sure to check out the list of speakers and agenda! Read more
The TWIA crew is back without Cerventus who was on his way back to KL from Singapore during the recording. We discussed how the iPad performed with respect to the hosts of the show, while moving to the stories of the three new phones C3, C6 and E5 launched by Nokia and China has boosted the downloads in the Ovi Store. Marching on, we examine the reasons why TenCent (who owns QQ) have invested in Russia’s DST and whether HTC will acquire Palm. Finally, we end with more outsourcing horror stories, and with a bonus story from Mike on his review of the Opera Mini app on the iPhone. Do look forward to the special reviews for the upcoming Echelon and also the live show in Barcamp KL next week. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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echelon 2010 is an event that will take place this beginning of June and features keynotes, panel discussions, case studies, pitching sessions and exhibitions spread out over 2 days over many different technology areas. Read more
