65bits #170: Google Google
May 30, 2010 by SGE
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TWIA #35: Saumil Nanavati from Chlkboard
May 18, 2010 by SGE
What’s the story behind Chlkboard and what followed after the launch of the first beta in 21 days? Joining us in TWIA in conjunction with Echelon 2010, Saumil Nanavati, CEO and co-founder of Chlkboard came on our virtual studio and share with Chew Lin and Daniel Cerventus more on the local mobile ad network and his thoughts on the speed that start-ups need to innovate in today’s world. Of course, above all, we ask him what he will look forward to in the coming Echelon 2010 conference which he will attending. Coming on board for this interview on behalf of his other co-founder, Bernard, who is a host to the show and a speaker on the panel “Mobile Applications: the State of Play“, we will hear more about the mobile advertising space in the coming Echelon 2010. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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TWIA #29: This Week in Japan
May 8, 2010 by SGE
For this week, the TWIA crew is joined by Serkan Toto, a special guest from Japan, who is the only Asia correspondent for TechCrunch. We diced and sliced through the news happening in Japan: (a) DeNA’s reported profits and its competition with Gree, (b) Google is now booted out of mobile search by NTT-Docomo, the largest telco in Japan with them adopting Goo, (c) the new mobile apps platform set up by various Japan handset vendors including NTT-Docomo, and finally, we have a Singapore start-up named TenCube making headway in China. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more
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Latest Startup Jobs – 15 Apr 2010
April 15, 2010 by SGE
If you are reading SGEntrepreneurs, you are probably already partial to startups, perhaps having founded one yourself or are working in one.
If not, why not consider joining a dynamic startup to see for yourself what it is like working with just two other people in your entire company?
If you are looking for a job as a developer, programmer, or you want something in business development, sales, or perhaps you are a designer and looking for creative jobs, check out these newly listed open positions at these diverse startups. Read more
65Bits Episode 159: What will Apple ban next week?
March 11, 2010 by SGE
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TWIA Episode 19: The Thai-Malaysia-Singapore Nexus
March 5, 2010 by SGE
Benjamin Scherrey, the Chief Architect from Proteus Technologies from Thailand joined us with the TWIA crew without our host John Lim. With Daniel Cerventus taking over the helm of the moderator, our discussion started with recent tech events such as the Google Android Developer Conference and the preview of Nokia N900 event. We continued with the growing numbers of Facebook users in Asia and chatted about Baidu’s new Hulu clone – Qiyi and also Plug and Play center’s entrance into Malaysia. Of course, we have Ben Scherrey sharing the story behind the Nexus Project, his thoughts on the Thai tech scene and how the entire Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore) are now going to swept by a new wave of foreign investments and mentors from all over the world. You can listen to the podcast in SGEntrepreneurs here by going to the post directly. Read more
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In Conversation with Saumil Nanavati, Co-Founder of Chlkboard
February 3, 2010 by Gwendolyn Regina T
My fellow founder of SGE, Bernard, has just launched a new startup together with entrepreneur Saumil Nanavati who had previously successfully led a startup to acquisition. The amazing thing is, the whole thing (beta vesion) was built from scratch in 21 days! But do not underestimate the product. This new venture of theirs, Chlkboard, allows users to find nearby promotions via mobile phones and allows retail shops to reach potential customers in the vicinity by pushing out promotions to them. We speak to Saumil on this new startup. Read more
TWIA Episode 15: The iPad Tsunami
February 1, 2010 by SGE
Michael Smith Jr, Director YDN SE Asia from Yahoo! joins the TWIA crew as our guest for the week. The discussion centered on the aftermath of the Apple iPad after months of speculation. With the Founders’ Institute coming to Singapore following after many incubators setting up shop here, the TWIA discussion group discussed the impact on tech entrepreneurship in Singapore and overall to the other countries Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. With Maxis opening apps store in Malaysia and China’s declaration that they have nothing to do with the attacks on Google, the crew steered ahead with an exciting week in Asia. You can listen to the podcast in TWIA on SGE or go to their website. Read more
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Market Opportunities in Vietnam & Middle East Telecom Sector
January 26, 2010 by SGE
If you would like find out more about business opportunities in the Middle East and Vietnam in the telecom sector (mobile VAS, infrastructure etc.), and relevant market entry strategies, attend this workshop brought to you by the Mobile Alliance and IE Singapore. Read more
Samsung Developer Night Jan 2010
December 31, 2009 by SGE
For those developers and entrepreneurs who are into mobile development particularly in the area of developing apps for various platforms, Samsung Asia Pte Ltd is hosting an exclusive networking event on 8 January 2010 to showcase one of Samsung Mobile’s most exciting developments to-date. The event is held in conjunction with CES 2010, and it is an opportunity for the developers to find out more about Samsung’s mobile phone strategy, its position on operating systems including its proprietary Bada platform, as well as Samsung’s new Apps Store and local launch details. The executives from Samsung will be on-site to host you and discuss possible opportunities for collaboration. Note that the event is only open to developers. Here are the details for the event:
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