Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Getting your first customer is always difficult, as Collin and his business partner Joe found out.
The two co-founders of Mithn Singapore had realised in 2006 that the open source movement in Singapore was growing tremendously, but few were the companies who could deliver open-source enterprise solutions and thin client solutions ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
This year's CapGemini and Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report puts the number of millionaires in Singapore at 77,000, a rise of 15.3 percent over last year's number of 66,660.
India is still the country with the fastest growth in the number of its millionaires at 22.7 percent growth over 2006, with ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
What: Findpropertysg, a new online portal for Singapore property buyers and sellers. The site provides home owners, sellers and real estate agents DIY (Do-It-Yourself) marketing tools to gain more exposure online for their properties.
Who: Started by Alvin Tan and Laurent Ho, two 27 year-olds who work in IT-related industries. "We ...
Posted in Business, Internet, Singapore | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Who: Digital Concierge 2Go®, by Cellcity Pte Ltd
What: A local mobile digital concierge service - which includes a mobile application, WAP application and a website - that allows users access to useful information such as maps, a Yellow Pages directory, an entertainment guide, real-time flight information, weather forecasts and more. ...
Posted in Internet, News, Singapore, Technology | 4 Comments »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
According to the Straits Times, Sirius Venture Consulting has announced a SGD$30 million venture capital fund targeted at helping Singapore-based SMEs to grow and expand. It aims to invest in some ten to 12 companies by pumping SGD$2-3 million into each one in return for a 20-30 percent equity stake.
Posted in Funding, News | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Or at least this is what the Singapore government is saying.
It's all about creating jobs though. Unfortunately it's got nothing to do with entrepreneurship.
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Books Actually, a quaint bookstore run by Kenny and Karen whom we've interviewed before, is now at No.5 Ann Siang Road!
They've added more than 600 titles to their new abode and included additional sections like Poetry, Food and Travel Narrative since moving to their new location on 1 April 2008.
If ...
Posted in Business, News | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
To rent pushcarts at these locations:
Shopping Malls
Bugis Junction: 6557 6556
Cathay Cineleisure: 6337 8181 or email corporate_services@cathay.com.sg.
Causeway Point: (link)
Centrepoint, The: (link)
Century Square: 6789 8827 or marketing@centurysquare.com.sg
Compass Point: (link)
Eastpoint: (link)
Forum The Shopping Mall: 6838 7173 or jo@hermill.com.sg
Hougang Mall: 6488 9613 or marketing@hougangmall.com.sg
Junction 8: 6354 2955
Katong Shopping Centre: 6345 0322
Lucky Plaza: 6235 6294 ...
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
It's official. According to this AsiaOne story, the annual Merrill Lynch and Capgemini World Wealth Report has reported that the number of Singapore millionaires has grown by an impressive 21.2 per cent last year, or some 11,660 new millionaires. Singapore saw the fastest growth in high net-worth individuals ...
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