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Now we have the part 2 from the HP TouchSmart Blogger’s event held in Brotzeit restaurant, Vivocity, with the well known tech & lifestyle bloggers to tell us their thoughts and opinions about the HP TouchSmart PC. Through Estee and Peter, we have interviewed many friends from the Tech65 team (Jerrick, Daniel and NTT), Howie ...
We always hear about the famous entrepreneurs in Singapore, from Olivia Lum to Sim Wong Hoo. Now it is time to take a look at the entrepreneurs who have taken courage to start-up businesses, not necessarily the high-tech ones, but also other traditional areas which we frequently miss. We have done our vote, how about you? Here is the information on how to vote for the …
The most important rule on doing business in China is the guanxi factor or relationship (in translation). How do you cultivate guanxi with the business community in China? Our resident contributor, Kenneth Wong, offers his perspective on guanxi based on his experience working in Shanghai, China.
It all started with a candid discussion over dinner table last night. We were discussing over how outsourcing of business operations diminishes the quality of the product and reduces the lack of innovation. In adopting Steven Levitt’s Freakonomi...
What are the aspirations for an entrepreneur. Drawing from his recent stint in a local conference, our resident contributor, Der Shing discuss about his aspirations and what he looks for as a challenge as an entrepreneur.
Web 2.0 is the new buzz word in Silicon Valley at the moment. You hear about Google, Flickr, Wikipedia, Engadget and many other companies that emerge from this new trend. In this article, I constructed three arguments to demonstrate that it is nearly ...
Our newest guest contributer, Garry Huang brings us a list of free stuff online that will make your bootstrapping easier! Who says that starting up requires that much capital?
Business Week, together with InterBrand, has recently announced their top 100 brands. Here is what our resident contributor, Wannapreneur thinks about the top 100 brands and give his analysis why they are there.
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Singapore, 29 April 2008 – World’s first concept business café, Geek Terminal, joins hands with global leader in networking, Cisco; kicking-off the café’s massive branding overhaul to spot …
Simplicity is an important trait in starting and managing a business. In this article, we are honoured to have our guest contributor, Harold Fock, an established entrepreneur and also the owner of Beyond SG blog, to demonstrate how the power and paradox of simplicity can change the speed and nature of business with 5 simple principles.
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After watching bits and pieces of this movie in youTube, I took a trip down to HMV and acquire a DVD copy of the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley. Starring Noah Wyle (famous from ER) as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates, and directed b...
We are informed by Mr Douglas Gan, CEO of ShowNearby.com that their service is now open for beta. The features of the portal uses Google maps for all Singapore street and building locations and provides a comprehensive listing of all addresses, postal codes and building names. It also allows the users to find friends nearby ...
Last Saturday, the NUS Entrepreneurship Society held their recruitment drive for the new workyear. This year, they have started many new initiatives, other than their flagship project, the 8th Start-Up@Singapore (S@S), from alumni relations to their local and global outreach. I was asked to give a speech about entrepreneurial aspirations, and the title of the talk …
Suppose you want to buy a electronics gadget, for example, a television, you walked into different stores to check how much it cost for you to make the purchase. Most of the time, you will encounter many brands of television imbued with different speci...
We have heard earlier from Gabriel Yong from NUS@Shanghai on doing business in China. Continuing on the business in China series, Kenneth Wong, president of SHEN, introduces us to the concept of wholly foreign owned enterprises in China, and offers t...
“I have been spending many sleepless nights watching the latest FIFA World Cup on TV recently. Between the occasional dozing off and celebrating the beautiful goals, I have been inspired to link up the football business with entrepreneurship, in...
hile spending the last two days reading, listening and thinking over the main points of the speech, I realized that something that was amiss in his speech. The keywords “entrepreneurship”, …
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