Organised by the NUS Entrepreneurship Society, the nation-wide business plan competition Start-Up@Singapore 2010 closed with a bang (literally) at its Awards Ceremony held at DBS Auditorium last week, when confetti and streamers were shot high to celebrate the victory of its champion. Acting Minister of Information, Communication and the Arts, Mr Lui Tuck Yew, graced this closing ceremony with the keynote address. Read more
The Semi-Final round is over, and 11 Finalists have been selected for this 11th installment of Start-Up@Singapore, the national business plan competition.
Here are the team names and their ideas in a few words: Read more
781 individuals participated in 276 teams in this year’s Start-Up@Singapore, the national business plan competition now into its 11th year. Join us at the Awards Ceremony this May and you will get to hear the finalist pitches (Update! 11 finalists have been chosen!) and network with illustrious members of the local entrepreneurship scene. Read more
With the success of the first ever 24 Hour Biz Plan Challenge whereby participants were put to the test to come up with a great executive summary in 24 hours, Start-Up@Singapore has been helping many entrepreneurs learn the ropes of one of the first few steps in entrepreneurship. After getting numerous requests for the deadline for the competition to be extended, the team behind S@S has gladly obliged, making the new deadline Singapore time 2350h, 8th Feb 2010! Read more
Start-Up@Singapore concluded its first ever 24 Hour Biz Plan Challenge last weekend. Held overnight at the NUS Business School, it was intended for those who wanted the experience of developing a business plan in the shortest time frame possible. The event saw 33 teams of 110 participants in total fighting to keep awake while absorbing as much as they could about entrepreneurship in 24 hours. Read more
We present the slides for the talk in Start-Up@Singapore on the topic “How to write an executive in 24 hours”. It provides a comprehensive guide with examples to how one can write a 2-5 pages executive summary: (a) introduction, (b) problem/opportunity, (c) technology/service/product, (d) team, (e) route to market, (f) business strategies, (g) financials and (h) exit strategy. Read more
If you want to challenge yourself to create a totally new product idea, write an executive summary AND refine your pitch enough to present to a panel of unforgiving judges, check out Start-Up@Singapore’s inaugural 24 Hour Biz Plan Challenge. Read more
Hear from the Founder and President of 77th Street, Elim Chew; Founder and Managing Director of HungryGoWhere.sg, Dennis Goh; and the Founder and CEO of Plug and Play Tech Centre in Silicon Valley, Saeed Amidi. The session will be moderated by another young entrepreneur, Alvin Yap, Founder of TheMobileGamer (9th S@S Youth Category Winner). Find out how they came to establish themselves and their causes! Read more
Singapore’s biggest business plan competition is here again, and their official launch will see Mr. Hsieh Fu Hua, CEO of SGX as the Guest of Honour and also speaking at the panel will be Mr. Tan Kai Hoe, Deputy CEO of SPRING Singapore. Read more
After 3 intense rounds of judging over a period of 8 months, the winners of Start-Up@Singapore 2009 were revealed at the Awards Ceremony on 30 May 2009.
Open Category winner, Zimplistic with their winning invention of the Rotimatic walked away with $40,000. Winner of the Youth Category, E-Thermnity won $10,000 with their baby milk bottle that changes colour according to the temperature of their content. Read more
