Singapore’s shortest and most exciting business plan competition is back again this year with three new categories and promises to be a day of heart-pumping excitement. The top team from each of the three categories gets a prize money of S$500 (US$384) and if the judges are impressed enough, direct entry to the semi-finals of the Start-Up@Singapore Business Plan Competition 2012, Singapore’s largest and most prestigious. Read more
Next Tuesday, Start-Up@Singapore will organize ‘Entrepreneurs Unplugged’, a panel discussion with the topic ‘Dream Big, Act Now: Converting Ideas into Businesses’. The speakers will share their take on entrepreneurship and cover diverse topics such as how to get out of comfort zones and how to decide on whether an idea is feasible.
Mr David Yim of Udders Ice-Cream, Mr Tong Yee of School of Thought, Associate Professor Albert Teo from NUS business school, Mr Ben Tan of Hauslab D&B Pte Ltd (Design & Build) and Mr Geoffrey Kung of REVERSE Cooperative are the panelists for this event.
Event Details
When: Tuesday, 8th November 2011
Time: 630pm-830pm
Where: Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS Business School, 1, Business Link, Singapore 117592 (Map)
Register here.
This event is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011.
SGE is proud to be the Official Online Media partner for GEW 2011.
Filed under EventsTags: Albert Teo, Ben Tan, David Yim, Entrepreneurs Unplugged, Entrepreneurs Unplugged 2011, Geoffrey Kung, Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011, Hauslab D&B, REVERSE Cooperative, School of Thought, Start-Up@Singapore, Tong Yee, Udders Ice-Cream
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