How To Stop Thinking Like A Pariah In A Networking Session
Oops, excuse me. Harvard, 24, VP Marketing. Pardon me. Stanford, 27, CEO. I’m so sorry…didn’t see you coming. Yale, 22, acting CTO. This unique cajun curry is awesome! Carnegie Mellon, 30, VC. Do these...
View ArticleWomen 2.0 and my say on being a woman amongst men
It was the first time that I attended an entrepreneurial event with so many women and where the focus of the event was on women entrepreneurs. The Conference Women 2.0 organized by Entrepreneur27 in...
View ArticleQuick Tips for Networking I
Networking is an important skill that any students and entrepreneurs must have. It requires more than just a glib tongue or strong charisma to pull it off. Here are some simple suggestions to help you...
View ArticleQuick Tips for Networking II
Most people in Singapore, whether students or entrepreneurs find it hard to interact in a networking. They are either suffering from a lack of confidence or have no idea how to network properly....
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Singapore Government Funded Networks
For entrepreneurs in Singapore, there is a vast support of funding network structure in place. Of course, there are specific requirements that these funding networks require before they can help you....
View ArticleThe Three Principles of Networking
You have read my earlier quick tips on networking part I and II, you will realize that there are common principles that you can draw on. I have reduced them down to three simple principles which you...
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The Art of Making an Awesome Business Card
In any networking event, you often present your namecard to the people you meet. Believe it or not, the design of a namecard can be vital for the other person to have a good impression of you. So, we...
View ArticleIf you do not have enough or any namecards, what do you do?
A common question that comes up in every networking session I conduct in theNUS Business School, “How are you going to get the other person’s namecard when you do not have any namecards with you?” It’s...
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The Year of Online Social Networks
The era of online content distribution and generation for example, YouTube and Flickr dominated, has moved into a new phase after they are being acquired by Google and Yahoo!. Of course, the virtual...
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Kauffman-Singapore Entrepreneurship Program
Often said to be one of the world’s largest foundations devoted to entrepreneurship, the Kauffman Foundation has just launched its first campus programme outside the United States. The Nanyang...
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Geeks On A Plane – 7 to 16 June
If you’ve been thinking of exploring the startup scene in Japan and China, check out Geeks On A Plane, a 10-day orientation tour of the Internet, Mobile and Gaming sectors in Tokyo, Beijing and...
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30% Discount To Geeks On A Plane
If you’re interested in going on the Geeks On A Plane East Asia Tour, you’ll be happy to know that Microsoft BizSpark members have a 30% discount. However, to be a Microsoft BizSpark member, you’ll...
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IDA's iStart – Helping Entrepreneurs, Developers, Startups
If you have attempted to go global but found yourself fumbling around, this iStart project by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) might interest you. iStart is multi-pronged approach...
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UK-based women's business network to launch in Singapore
The Athena Network, a UK networking organization for businesswomen, will be launched in Singapore this September (see press release). Besides arranging meetup sessions, the organization also holds...
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5 reasons why you should be at DEMO Asia 2012
A quick glance. The event will happen from 29th February to 2nd March 2012. Get 5% off your DEMO Asia tickets with the code SGE68S The post 5 reasons why you should be at DEMO Asia 2012 appeared first...
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Why investors should take a long, hard look at Southeast Asia
With China and India hogging the limelight when it comes to entrepreneurship, it’s easy to forget that something is brewing in Southeast Asia. Quietly but steadily, geek culture within the region is...
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Pairing business and technical skills for start-up success
Participants split into groups to brainstorm their "Next Big Thing" Idea. On the evening of 27th January 2012, Start-up@Singapore (S@S), Singapore’s largest business plan competition, launched Ideas...
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Startup Stay lets you connect with entrepreneurs overseas and stay in their...
Stayovers are a great way of getting to know a person, since homes and their artifacts tell stories about the owners. Airbnb has made an industry out of this by popularizing peer-to-peer short term...
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Never go at it alone again: List of women-focused business, tech, and...
Female entrepreneurs are rare. According to the New York Times, only eight percent of American venture-backed tech startups in 2010 were founded by women. The most common explanation given is that...
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Tencent tips in $100 million funding round for China’s leading taxi-hailing...
Chinese taxi booking app Didi Dache has started off the new year with a bang, receiving a fresh round of $100 million in funding, according to Tencent Tech. Citic PE is leading the series C funding...
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