Events & Happenings
[Competition] Expand My Brand
EXPANDMYBRAND Startup Challenge is a startup competition where emerging social technology startups get to pitch to a panel of representatives from top brands such as Starbucks, Nike, Macy's and Gap as well as social media thought leaders on how their product helps boost brand reach and customer engagement.
DMFest 2008: A Spirited Pre-Event Discussion On User-Generated Content
I was invited to a pre-event session for the Singapore Digital Media Festival 2008 by the kind folks of PR outfit Text100, where I...
[US] Are You From Generation Zuckerberg?
Internet entrepreneur Marc Ostrofsky has launched a video contest called R U Gen Z (Generation Zuckerberg) to encourage youth entrepreneurship.
NTU New Media and Entrepreneurship Seminar
I'm speaking at the upcoming New Media and Entrepreneurship seminar on Nov 12, 2010 hosted by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Invent Singapore ’09
The Fellowship of Inventors (FOI), together with Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IIE) and Wee Kim Wee Centre of Singapore Management University, will be organizing Invent Singapore '09 (ISG '09), a conference bringing together the invention and innovation community in Singapore.
Meet AsiaJin’s Masaru Ikeda in Singapore
Masaru Ikeda of Japan-based tech blog Asiajin, which covers the technology and startup scenes in Asia, will be in town to attend Accelerate 2010.
[Singapore] Digital Style Brings A New Style Of IT Retail
Singapore-based IT retail chain Newstead Technologies, better known for its Apple-centered Nübox stores, has launched a brand new concept store, Digital Style, that aims to revolutionize the IT buying experience.
Singapore Startups at the e27 Unconference Singapore 2008
Here's a look at the local startups that pitched to the audience at e27 Unconference Singapore 2008:
1. Geo-spatial/contextual location-based service provider with routing and...
YSN Launches Global “Build Your Own Virtual SUBWAY® Store” Campaign
If you have dreams of starting your own successful franchise restaurant chain, maybe you can participate in "Build Your Own Virtual SUBWAY® Store" and try starting a virtual store first.
[Singapore] Martell V.S.O.P.’s “The Ultimate Start-up Space” 2011
The Martell V.S.O.P. "The Ultimate Start-up Space" competition is back again this year and promises to be bigger and better.
Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference 2010
The Fifth Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference (AZEC10) will take place on November 17, 2010, and will feature entrepreneur and investor Dave McClure, who blogs at Master of 500 Hats, web analyst Jeremiah Owyang, and author and blogger Brian Solis.
[Singapore] [Cause] AWARE Celebrates International Women’s Day With I AM AWARE
As part of International Women's Day (IWD), leading Singapore-based gender equality advocacy group Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) is launching a new Facebook campaign to help highlight critical women's issues in Singapore.
[Singapore][Competition] Students’ Digital Scrapbook Idea Wins Microsoft Imagine Cup Championship 2012
Team AlphaWaves wins Microsoft Imagine Cup Championship 2012 with their idea Dementia Assistance and Recall Engine (DARE), a web-based digital scrapbook designed to capture and organize the past memories of dementia patient in a personalized digital format as part of reminiscence therapy.
[Singapore][Event] ad:tech Singapore 2012 Shows Digital Future For Asia
Leading digital marketers from around the Asia Pacific and beyond gathered yesterday at ad:tech Singapore 2012 to share and discuss the continuing growth of the role of technology and digital media in marketing and advertising.
[Singapore] Microsoft Wants To Modernize Your Small Business With Get2Modern Contest
Microsoft has launched the Get2Modern SME IT Makeover Contest, where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore will stand a chance to modernize their operations with products and services worth US$6,000.
[Indonesia][Event] Startup Asia Jakarta 2012
Buoyed by the success of the recent Startups in Asia conference in Singapore, the Tech In Asia team will be organizing another 'Startup Arena', this time in Jakarta, Indonesia on Jun 7-8, 2012.
socialmedia worldforum Asia – Social Media Is BIG.
Opening presentations at socialmedia worldforum Asia established what we already knew – that social media is spreading like wildfire in Asia.
[Hong Kong] Make a Difference Venture Fellows: A New Generation of Asian Entrepreneurs
A new Make a Difference (MaD) Venture Fellows Programme took place in Hong Kong from 24-27 January, selecting three winners to celebrate and support a new generation of entrepreneurs who seek to change the world for the better.
[Asia] [Competition] The Apprentice Asia 2012
Asia will see soon its own edition of hit reality TV series, "The Apprentice", in which contestants competed for a job as an apprentice to billionaire American Donald Trump. The Apprentice Asia will see various contestants from around Asia vie for a position with Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes of AirAsia fame.
Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge 2010
The Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge (RYSEC) is back!
[US] [Event] Launch Tennessee’s Southland Conference To Highlight South’s Top 50 Startup Companies
California's Silicon Valley and New York tend to hog the headlines as America's most lauded hotbeds of innovation, but Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) wants to prove that the country's South also features plenty of innovative startups that can challenge for dominance in the global marketplace with its Southland conference.
[Event][Singapore] Finovate Asia 2012
Financial and banking technology conference Finovate comes to Asia for the first time with Finovate Asia 2012.
[Singapore][Competition] SiTF Awards 2011 Sees Strong Finalists
Organized by the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF), the SiTF Awards 2011 - which seeks to recognize innovative infocomm technology applications or solutions developed in Singapore - has announced its finalists for the awards competition.
Indie Fashion Entrepreneurs to Compete at Nolcha Fashion Week: NY
Nolcha.com, a platform that provides various resources for independent fashion designers and retailers to grow their businesses, has introduced an "entrepreneurship accelerator" package at Nolcha Fashion Week: New York aimed at helping independent designers catapult their brands onto the global stage.
Stream Media Unveils MoVend At Echelon 2010
Singapore-based mobile payment solutions provider Stream Media announced the launch of their mobile payment platform at Echelon 2010.
MITEF Talk: How Warren Katz grew MÄK Technologies
MIT Enterprise Forum of Singapore's upcoming event will feature Warren Katz, CEO of VT Systems, who will share his experience of being acquired as a startup.
[India] [Event] Click Asia Summit 2012
Held on January 15 to 17, 2012 in Mumbai, India, Click Asia Summit 2012 is designed to create a forum for some of the top marketing professionals to congregate and create a marketplace for ideas and services that will help Asian companies get the marketing edge.
LaunchHouse Launches Startup Accelerator Program
Shaker Heights, Ohio-based business incubator LaunchHouse is inviting ten technology startup teams from around the world to participate in a 12-week startup accelerator program.
[Singapore] SIF Young Social Entrepreneurs Program 2013
Singapore International Foundation's Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) program for 2013 is now open for applications.
[Singapore][Competition] Rakuten Startup Challenge
Rakuten has announced its first-ever Rakuten Startup Challenge in Singapore, a competition for Singapore-based entrepreneurs and developers to develop personalized e-commerce websites using Rakuten’s APIs.