Thinking Aloud
10 Famous Businesspeople Who Benefited From Nepotism
Nepotism is a nasty business, especially because it’s hard to imagine we’d behave much differently given the same chances. Here are 10 famous businesspeople who’ve at least been suspected of benefiting from the ugly game.
$4 Per Gallon Gas = Energy Innovation
Long lines at the gas pump weren’t the only product of the twin energy crises of the 1970s. A legislative push toward energy conservation and innovation were also born as a result. And that’s why Robert Brands believes the skyrocketing price of oil will do the same in 2011.
[Infographic] The Anatomy Of A Startup
Having the chance to cover several start-up stories across Asia and also building one myself, I know it’s never easy to build and manage a business. My friends always have the idea that an entrepreneur is rich, famous and successful.
Focus.com – Top Entrepreneurs Of The Last Century
Focus.com's 20 top entrepreneurs in the last century, through a nice graphic. The list includes Apple’s Steve Jobs, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Walmart’s Sam Walton and Ford’s Henry Ford.
Indonesia, The Rising Tech Start-up Nation
When we think about start-up nations, U.S, Europe, Japan and China quickly come to mind. But watch out for Indonesia as investors are keeping a close watch on the country.
Is Innovation The Cure To America’s Ills?
Something that kept creeping up in President Barack Obama's State of The Union address was the word 'innovation'.
[ADV] Does The Singapore Education System Stifle Entrepreneurship?
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor lists Singapore as one of the least entrepreneurial societies in the developed world, averaging 5.7 per cent in Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA). Does Singapore's education system really stifle entrepreneurship?
Groupon’s Business Model From A Different Angle
Contributor Rama Muamaya of DailySocial.net ponders on how a startup’s business model should be flexible and how it relates to a customer’s and your own company’s profit.
A Smarter Planet? We Need Smarter People Too.
In November 2008 IBM announced its Smarter Planet initiative - how world leaders, change-makers and citizens can leverage information technology to improve the world's systems and processes.
Youth Ideas On Social Entrepreneurship Shows Future Is In Good Hands
Welcome to the Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge (RYSEC) 2010, where some two-score teams of youths aged 16 to 35 pitched their ideas on socially responsible businesses.
Here’s Hoping For A “The Social Network” Effect
Come October 28, Columbia Pictures' The Social Network - based on the story of young billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook - will play across cinemas in Singapore. Will it spur technopreneurship here?
Stay Away From The Gray Twilight
An inspiring quote from Theodore Roosevelt, for entrepreneurs and everyone else.
Singaporean Students Want To Be Entrepreneurs, Not Office Drones
The Global University Entrepreneurial Spirits Student's Survey, carried out in 2008, shows that more than 80 percent of students in Singapore want to start their own business.
Writing a Book, 2.0
Scott Scheper is only 23 years old, but he may be single-handedly showing the book-publishing world its future.
Learn From Young Upstarts
I'd love to get my hands on a copy of "Upstarts!: How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success" by author and journalist Donna Fenn. Simply because it'll make perfect sense for this blog.
Parable Of The Ten Talents – Taking Hold of Life’s Opportunities
What do you do when God (or life, if you're an agnostic) presents you with an opportunity to fulfill your destiny? Would you invest it, or bury it?
What Will You Find Inside Larry & Sergey’s Brain?
"Inside Larry and Sergey's Brain" delves into the minds and thinking of the two most powerful men driving the Internet.
Making An Impact on Canada’s Entrepreneurial Landscape
The Impact Entrepreneurship Group is Canada's largest non-profit, student-run organization dedicated to encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit amongst youth in Canada. Could we have a similar setup here?
Teaching Entrepreneurship Early In School
We may gotten it all wrong when we talk about teaching entrepreneurship to our youth.
Yes, Entrepreneurs Can.
Watch this inspiring video about how entrepreneurs can change the world.
TheFunded.com Launches New-Breed Incubator, Founder Institute
I've often argued that one of the reasons why the startup community in Singapore is spluttering is because of the fact that we don't have a good platform where successful and experienced entrepreneurs can help guide our newbie startups. Perhaps we can learn from TheFunded.com's latest initiative.
The Rise Of The Sellsumer
In Trendwatching.com's latest briefing report, the independent trend observation firm believes it has spotted a new trend. It claims that during these recessionary times, many ordinary consumers will increasingly become a new class of consumers called the sellsumers.
Singapore Needs A Support Ecosystem For Its Startups
I submit to you that, in Singapore's entrepreneurial scene, there is a lack of a proper ecosystem around our fragile startups to nurture, sustain and help them survive in this increasingly difficult times.
Doom And Gloom For Small Businesses In Singapore; Buggered By Greedy Landlords And Hypocritical...
According to a Straits Times story, 131 small businesses in Singapore closed down last year - an increase of almost 25 percent over 2007, with...
MyLinkup.sg – Innovative Tuition Agency Goes Web 2.0; Conducts Questionable Blogging Contest?
Picking the right home tutor for your child is an extremely important process, and it can take a long time to find someone suitable....
Ten Things You Can Do For A Better 2009
By all accounts, 2009 is shaping up to be a very bad year. The global financial crisis that has wiped out billions of dollars...
Being Smart
Most people think Levi Strauss invented the blue jean. Actually, it was Jacob Youphes (aka Jacob Davis), a Latvian immmigrant to the United States...
Merry Christmas; Pledge Your Support For Underprivileged Children
Now that the Christmas presents opened and the feasting is done, spare a thought for the needy this festive season. Drop by Samsung Hope...
An Upcoming, And Hopefully Interesting, Project
I'm currently organizing a project which I hope will add value to Singapore's entrepreneurial, and technopreneurial, scene.
Slated to start sometime in January 2009, it...
An Old Man And His Craft
During my vacation to Hong Kong last week, I made a day trip with my wife to nearby Macau. As we walked past Senado...