Events & Happenings
Here comes SXSW Interactive 2011
Austin-based SXSW Interactive Festival, happening March 11-15, 2011 - part of South by Southwest (SXSW)- has provided a first peek of its 2011 programming!
[U.S] How Small Business Saturday Can Help Your Small Business
In its second year, Small Business Saturday is an initiative created to motivate consumers to shop at their favorite local stores on Saturday November 27th, during the busiest shopping weekend of the year.
[US][Competition] Ketel One Vodka And GQ Issues A Gentleman’s Call
'A Gentleman's Call' is a competition by vodka brand Ketel One and men's magazine GQ that is on the lookout for genuine and honorable gentlemen to come up with an original idea to invest in that will champion the lifestyle of the modern gentleman.
[Competition] Startup Open 2011 Starts… Opens… Launches!
Startup Open, a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), has launched its search for the 50 most promising new companies with high growth potential around the world.
[ADV] Fund Your Idea to Reality!
When buddies Aseem, Yu Ming, Raziuddin and Zi Huan decided to set up their latest venture Give.sg, they already had a successful and profitable business venture behind them, set up at no cost, during their university days at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Breakouts Are Good For You – Unconference Singapore 2008
Here's your chance to meet and interact with some of Singapore's hottest web startups - the upcoming Unconference Singapore 2008 on 12th July is...
[Singapore][Conference] 2nd Annual Strategic Online PR & Media Relations Forum 2011
The 2nd Annual Strategic Online PR & Media Relations Forum 2011 is scheduled to take place in Singapore September 13-16, 2011, after its successful debut the previous year.
[U.S.] [Event] Magic Johnson and Biz Stone To Star At EO Alchemy 2011
Basketball legend and entrepreneur Magic Johnson and Twitter founder Biz Stone are set to be keynote speakers at this year's EO Alchemy 2011, a three-day global conference for entrepreneurs to learn new strategies, share success stories and experiences and network with financers and other industrialists.
[US][Competition] Drive Your Business Forward With Fast Company And Mercedes-Benz
If you run a small- or medium-sized that could definitely do with a new van, here's one competition you may want to check out.
[Asia] JFDI Asia Bootcamp 2013 Applications Now Open
Singapore-based technology startup accelerator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI.Asia) today announced that applications for the first of its two business acceleration programs they intend to run for 2013 is now officially open.
[Asia] Echelon 2011 Announced!
If you thought last year's Echelon 2010 was huge, this year's coming Echelon 2011 is going to be even bigger.
[ADV] [Singapore] [Event] Social Media And The Changing Demands of Global Consumers On The...
In recent years Web 2.0 has changed the way people communicate not only with each other but with companies and brands.
[Singapore][Event] CREATE Film Festival
Organized by the Creators of Tomorrow, the CREATE Film Festival is Singapore's first "Social Cinema", which will feature three short films from local filmmakers telling stories about engineering in Singapore.
In The Year 2035
Posing for a photo with Vinton Cerf, father of the Internet (I'm the bald guy on the left.)
Some weeks ago, Google evangelist Vinton Cerf...
[US] [Event] Launch Pad Ignition To Introduce Six New Startups
May 5 will see six startups launched at Launch Pad Ignition in Louisiana's New Orleans Museum of Art, as part of two-day startup conference Launch Fest.
[Event][Hong Kong] If You’re A MaD Entrepreneur, Hong Kong Wants You
If you're an Asia-based entrepreneur or are looking to establishing links in Asia, the Make a Difference (MaD) Venture Fellows Programme may be a gateway to the Hong Kong and greater Asia markets.
[Event] [Singapore] DEMO Asia Starts This Week!
This week will see DEMO Asia kick off in Singapore. One key part of the event will be the launch and alpha pitches by startup companies to potential investors, and the organizers has just released some information on the numbers and countries of origin of the participating startups.
Asia-Pacific Enterprise Challenge
The inaugural Asia-Pacific Enterprise Challenge (APEE) is inviting young people all over the Asia-Pacific region to suggest innovative and practical solutions to overcome real business case studies posed by local enterprises.
[Singapore][Event] Social Media Week Singapore
Social Media Week Singapore 2013 will see over 30 free-to-participate events scheduled across 18-22 February.
[Singapore] Facebook Eyes Asia-based Developers
In a developer conference today in Singapore, online social networking giant Facebook made its strongest indication yet of its intention to better engage developers in Asia and Southeast Asia.
Friendster Is Out to Make Friends
Some weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Friendster's Marketing Director Jeff Roberto at a blogger's lunch meeting organised by The Digital Movement....
[U.S][Competition] Brother And StartupNation Launches Small Business Grant Program
Brother International Corporation just launched a US$25,000 small business grant program together with entrepreneurial online resource StartupNation, offering five grant packages of $5,000 each to small business owners who can convince them how the grant money can help them start their own business, or grow a current one.
[U.S] [Contest] Tell Your (Video) Story With My Business Story
Google and American Express OPEN launches My Business Story contest, challenging small businesses to produce online videos about their companies and tell their entrepreneurial stories during Small Business Saturday.
[Event] World Tech Jam
Held as part of The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2012, World Tech Jam aims to bring together thousands of online contributors to collaborate and share their ideas, passion and insights for the creation of a "Global Digital Agenda".
Global Entrepreneurship Week, 17 to 23 November 2008
17-23 November this year marks the Global Entrepreneurship Week (also known as The Week, for short), in which 75 countries all around the world...
10 Reasons Why You Should Join A Business Plan Competition
With high confidence and ego, you said to yourself “I want to be an entrepreneur”. You have a great business idea and vision. One possible way to start is to join a business plan competition.
[Singapore][Event] InnovFest 2012
Held on April 18-20, 2012, InnovFest 2012 is an exciting festival of innovation-related activities featuring innovative technologies, dynamic startups as well as award-winning innovators and entrepreneurs.
[Singapore][Event] Junior World Entreneurship Forum 2011
Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum 2011 aims to gather entrepreneurs and youths together to share their vision, finding, ideas and recommendation on current global issues.
[Competition][Singapore] Top 10 Finalists of ‘The Ultimate Start-up Space’ 2011
550 - that's the number of entries from local aspiring entrepreneurs that were received for Martell V.S.O.P ‘The Ultimate Start-up Space’ 2011 since it was launched on March 31 this year.
SiTF Awards 2010 Now Open For Nominations
Singapore infocomm industry association Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF), has just announced that its SiTF Awards 2010 is now open for nominations.