We just got news from Vinod Nair, CEO of The Real Group, the company behind HomeSpace and RentSpace, that the two web properties will be taken down on the 1st of June. The other members of the team who helped make HomeSpace and RentSpace happen are Jarrold Ong, Zhuo Weifeng, Staelen Yew and Timothy Kua.
However, Vinod still has SmartLoans and Textuate to play with. We understand from him that they were unable to generate enough traction with HomeSpace and RentSpace while SmartLoans is doing “pretty well”, and Textuate only recently launched so its progress remains to be seen. Read more
Whenever I hear the founder of a website say that their site is the first or only site performing some sort of service or offering some sort of new product, my heart skips a little bit. I want to believe that innovation can happen in Singapore. However, more often than not, the site succeeds in disappointing. Read more
Finally, the videos for the the Barcamp II – Maps and Mobile Unconference held on 21 May 2008 in NUS Extension, Park Mall are out. The event was organized by the combined team of Singapore PHP User Group, E27 (Garag3) and Barcamp Singapore. The second part focus on the Maps session and the demos presented by SingGeo, Shoplette, Lilihood, Homespace and Gary Chan – Nokia. Read more
We have received from both Leonard Lin (co-founder of Tyler Projects) and Vinod Nair (co-founder of Homespace) that they are featured today in the Straits Times and Business Times respectively. The article to look out for Leonard is entitled “Budding entrepreneurs blaze new trials” on page HI7 dated 4 February 2008. In any case, we congratulate both Leonard and Vinod making on the press. You can check out their interviews with SGE: Leonard Lin and Vinod Nair.
Real Estate Search company, The Real Group, beta launched their flagship site HomeSpace.sg today. The Real Group plans to tackle the increasing problem of finding real estate online with their proprietary technology and easy-to-use user interface. Read more
Perhaps HomeSpace.sg has chosen a good time to launch their online real estate site with all the real estate fervour in Singapore. Here, we catch Vinod Nair, founder and CEO of HomeSpace for an interview. He brings us his story of this young startup. Read more
